| The school
holidays have begun and it's always a challenge to find places to go.
As part of a new series of features on local places within easy reach of
Armadale, we have started to produce a
Places to Visit page.
On an overcast Saturday afternoon, we visited
Polkemmet Country Park, on the B7066 between Harthill and Whitburn, about 3 miles from Armadale (aerial
photo), where we found the newly opened Create Craft Café in the
old stable block. The bright and cheerful cafe is open from 9.30am
until 5pm for meals and
snacks while the adjoining studio offers paint-it-yourself pottery
for young and old, as well as other craft opportunities. Apart from
group bookings and regular ladies' nights, once the summer holidays are
over, they will be introducing new workshops that will include parent and
toddler classes, story corner and adult crafts.
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Why not pop in to the café while visiting Polkemmet
Country Park? We know that you will receive a warm welcome.
Other attractions at the Park include: children's play areas, country
walks, BBQ and picnic areas, 160 acres of wonderful grounds with mature
trees, the only driving range in West Lothian, the pay and play 9-hole
golf course and the bowling green. The green is on the site of the former
39-roomed Polkemmet mansion, home of the Baillie family who owned the
estate from 1620 until 1957.
Map showing Park attractions;
Park history (old photos &
video clips) |
