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A pretty pond, Pyramids Business Centre
This pond must be the envy of the few gardeners that get to see it. Beautifully designed and shaped, it comes complete with flowering lilies and ducks.
It is visible, but slightly hidden from the main entrance if not concentrating, and the road to the car park goes in the opposite direction, which must explain why I was the only person here on a pleasant summer lunchtime.
The pond is one of a pair. Its sister, slightly further North, is nearly as nice, but a bit wilder with only one small section that leads down to the water.
Image: © Ian Dodds
Taken: 13 Aug 2021
0.12 miles
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Fire Hydrant, Pyramids Business Centre
It is pretty rare to see a fire hydrant ever getting used and rarer still to find one attached and unattended, and quite so shiny. There were also three other smaller but fairly similar shiny red things sticking out from the lawn in front of the building.
A quick web search reveals that a data storage centre has recently been opened in part of the large building, formerly a mobile phone factory. A lot is made of their 24 hour surveillance and super secure area for this government funded venture. Maybe this is something else to put potential customers' minds at ease, showing that they have reduced the risk of a fire taking hold of the data as much as they possibly can. Incidentally, the fire station is probably just a minute's drive away too.
Or maybe it is just that certain Covid vaccines are dangerously flammable. There has been a vaccination centre here since they became available.
Image: © Ian Dodds
Taken: 13 Aug 2021
0.13 miles
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Aptuit: Bathgate
Pharmaceutical research facility.
Image: © Jim Smillie
Taken: 13 May 2009
0.15 miles
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Former Motorola Factory Bathgate West Lothian
Decline of Silicon Glen continues. This factory was in production for less than 10 years and is now being used by a variety of smaller businesses
Image: © paul birrell
Taken: 10 Jul 2006
0.18 miles
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Bathgate from the air
The view from the south east is more or less centred on the Pyramids Business Park. The Whiteside Industrial Estate can be seen skirting the M8 centre left.
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 25 Jul 2012
0.20 miles
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Tesco, Blackburn Road
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 9 Nov 2011
0.20 miles
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Pyramids Business Park
Seen from the M8, with Bathgate beyond.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 7 Jul 2013
0.20 miles
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The Pyramids Business Park, Bathgate
Image: © Mike Pennington
Taken: 1 Jun 2017
0.22 miles
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Wester Inch
Huge housing development on the site of the old truck works.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 13 Jun 2008
0.23 miles
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Former railway bridge, Bathgate
Bridge under the A7066 now used by the NCN75 cycle path through the Pyramids Business Park.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 13 Jun 2008
0.25 miles