Main Street, Newtongrange
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Main Street, Newtongrange by Jim Barton as part of the Geograph project.
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Main Street, Newtongrange
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 1 Feb 2019
Newtongrange ('Nitten') was built as a mining village in the 1890s for the Lady Victoria Colliery, now home to the National Mining Museum. On the A7 and the Borders Railway it is now in the commuter area for Edinburgh and Midlothian.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.86509
Longitude
-3.066357