Burnwynd

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Burnwynd

Coordinates55.90°, -3.40°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Burnwynd is a village on the border between the City of Edinburgh council area and West Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the A71 road. Burnwynd is home to approximately twenty houses and also Hatton Tennis Club. Old documents also place Robert Burns in Burnwynd on several trips out of Edinburgh.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale

British diplomat (1759-1839)

Daniel Dunglas Home

supposed British medium (1833-1886)

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Bill Bann

Scottish footballer (1902-1973)

John Kerr

Scottish ice dancer

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Michael Caton-Jones

Scottish film director

Neil Findlay

British politician (born 1969)

Jamie MacDonald

Scottish footballer (born 1986)

Chris Innes

Scottish footballer (born 1976)

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Mark Burchill

footballer, football manager (born 1980)

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Gavin Hamilton

British cricketer (born 1974)

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Gary Glen

Scottish footballer

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Alexander Thomson

Scottish banker and religious writer (1889–1966)

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Alan Irvine

Scottish footballer (born 1962)

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Alan Wilson

Bishop of Buckingham

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Ally Brazil

Scottish footballer (born 1958)

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Andrew Fairlie

British actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Muirend
  2.4 mi away
• Dalmeny
  5.7 mi away
• West Linton
  10.4 mi away · pop. 1,547
• Carberry Mains
  14.4 mi away
• Carberry
  14.7 mi away
• Springfield Cottages
  14.7 mi away
• Crossgatehall
  14.9 mi away
• Cowstrandburn
  15 mi away
• Lochcraig
  17.3 mi away
• Blairforge
  17.3 mi away
• Carsegour
  18.6 mi away
• Fala
  19.8 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-26

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-26

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Seen 2026-09-26

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-26

wall-rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Seen 2026-09-26

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-26

Mother of Thyme

Thymus praecox

Seen 2026-09-26

European mountain ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers