Breich

Breich
The A71 through Breich
Breich  Breich shown within West Lothian
OS grid reference	NS963608
Civil parish	West Calder
Council area	West Lothian
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WEST CALDER
Postcode district	EH55
Dialling code	01501
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Livingston
Scottish Parliament	Almond Valley
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Coordinates: 55°49′52″N 3°39′18″W / 55.831°N 3.655°W

Breich is a small village lying in the western part of West Lothian, Scotland.^[1][2] It lies on the A71, the Edinburgh to Ayrshire road, which also goes to the large town of Livingston 7 miles to the east. It is situated at the junction of the A706, to Lanark, Bathgate and Linlithgow.

Breich railway station.

The village consists mainly of a single row of houses by the roadside, with some new builds behind the single row, and has one pub. It also has a Roadside Snack Bar called Big T's at the Breich Cross layby. Breich railway station is on the Shotts Line, and is served by one eastbound and one westbound train per day. A nearby coal bing (spoil heap) was used as a speedway training track in the late 1960s.

The Channel 4 TV comedy series Absolutely used Breich as a location for the fictional town of Stoneybridge, showing photographs of the houses by the roadside in a mock promotional video. It also used the nearby 'Five Sisters' spoil heap in the same scene.

References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 65 Falkirk & Linlithgow (Dunfermline) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229705.
2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

External links

• Museum of the Scottish shale oil industry - Breich No. 1 & 2 pits
• Canmore - Woodmuir Colliery, Pits Nos.5 and 6 site record