Philpstoun

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Philpstoun
Philpstoun (Scotland)
Philpstoun

Philpstoun shown within Scotland
Population Unknown (2006)
OS grid reference NT047770
Council area West Lothian
Lieutenancy area West Lothian
Constituent country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LINLITHGOW
Postcode district EH49
Dialling code 01506
Police Lothian and Borders
Fire Lothian and Borders
Ambulance Scottish
European Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish Parliament Linlithgow
Lothians
List of places: UKScotland

Coordinates: 55°58′35″N 3°31′43″W / 55.97649, -3.52871

Philpstoun is a small village situated roughly two miles east of the historic county town of Linlithgow, West Lothian. Surrounded by rich arable farm land, the village is comprised almost entirely of housing, with only a community centre and bowling club not being used for this purpose.

The bulk of the village lies between the Union Canal and the main Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line, although the easternmost part, Old Philpstoun, lies north of the railway and closer to the M9 motorway.

The village's name is frequently misspelt "Philipstoun".

An oil shale bing near Philpstoun, the result of intensive mining from the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th
An oil shale bing near Philpstoun, the result of intensive mining from the middle of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th