Mayfield

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Mayfield

Total population

12,820

Elevation155 m

Coordinates55.87°, -3.04°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mayfield is a community in Midlothian, Scotland, located just south of Dalkeith near Edinburgh between the A68 and the A7 south. It had an estimated population of 13,690 in 2020.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Stuart Sutcliffe

Scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles (1940–1962)

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Alex Young

Scottish footballer and manager (1937-2017)

William Drummond of Hawthornden

Scottish writer 1585–1649

William Robertson

British historian, minister of religion, and principal of the University of Edinburgh (1721-1793)

Les McKeown

British singer (1955-2021)

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Karl Miller

British journalist (1931–2014)

Michael Leslie

Scottish snooker player

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Robert Dundas, 9th Viscount Melville

British politician (1937-2011)

Ruth Davidson

Scottish politician and peer

Archibald Thorburn

British wildlife artist (1860-1935)

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Eddie Thomson

Scottish association football player and manager (1947–2003)

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Alan Smith

presenter and newsreader on BBC Radio 4

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Isabel Wilson

British psychiatrist (1895-1982)

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Bill Douglas

director (1934-1991)

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Billy McCartney

Footballer (born 1947)

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Bobby Kirk

Scottish footballer (1927-2010)

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

Nearby places in Scotland

• Crossgatehall
  2.7 mi away
• Springfield Cottages
  2.8 mi away
• Carberry
  3.2 mi away
• Carberry Mains
  3.3 mi away
• Fala
  5.9 mi away
• Humbie Dean
  7.4 mi away
• West Linton
  14.8 mi away · pop. 1,547
• Dalmeny
  15 mi away
• Muirend
  16.1 mi away
• Faucheldean
  17.7 mi away
• Canty Bay
  19.3 mi away
• Kedslie
  19.7 mi away

Browse all places in Scotland →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mayfield

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

creeping thistle

Cirsium arvense

Seen 2026-09-17

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-17

Purple Toadflax

Linaria purpurea

Seen 2026-09-17

Trailing bellflower

Campanula poscharskyana

Seen 2026-09-17

European mountain ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Seen 2026-09-17

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Seen 2026-09-17

northern red oak

Quercus rubra

Seen 2026-09-17

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Seen 2026-09-17

common hazel

Corylus avellana

Seen 2026-09-17

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

Official Identifiers