Opened in the autumn of 2020, the Shale Trail is a 16-mile long route aimed at walkers and cyclists linking some of the best known bings in West Lothian.
Starting in West Calder, the trail heads out past the Five Sisters, following the Breich Water and then River Almond through Livingston before turning north to Broxburn. Here the route meets the Union Canal, picking up the towpath for the next leg, weaving around the bings of Albyn, Greendykes, Faucheldean and Niddry on its way to Winchburgh. Read more…
James Carron 