Penicuik
Sign in to savePenicuik ( ; Scottish Gaelic: Ceann na Cuthaige) is a town and former burgh in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River North Esk. It lies on the A701 midway between Edinburgh and Peebles, east of the Pentland Hills.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Penicuik
- UK place.static_image
- The Cowan Institute, Penicuik.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Penicuik Town Hall
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT2359
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Midlothian
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Midlothian
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Midlothian
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
- UK place.post_town
- PENICUIK
- UK place.postcode_district
- EH26
- UK place.postcode_area
- EH
- UK place.dial_code
- 01968
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 8.5
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 324
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Penicuik ( ; Scottish Gaelic: Ceann na Cuthaige) is a town and former burgh in Midlothian, Scotland, lying on the west bank of the River North Esk. It lies on the A701 midway between Edinburgh and Peebles, east of the Pentland Hills.
==Name== The town's name is pronounced "Pennycook" and is derived from a compound meaning "hill of the cuckoo" in the Old Brythonic language (also known as Ancient British and the forerunner of modern Welsh). The modern Welsh equivalent would be Pen y Gog and the Gaelic name, Ceann na Cuthaige, is the literal equivalent of the Welsh name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penicuik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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