Ballencrieff Hill [Cairnpapple Hill]
312mM Marilyn
Ballencrieff Hill is a Marilyn, 312m high, and also counts as a HuMP. The Marilyns are hills anywhere in Britain and Ireland with at least 150 metres of prominence, whatever their height.
Bathgate is the nearest station, 1.9 mi (about 2.5 mi on foot), so the summit is within walking distance of the train. From Bathgate it's about 1 hour to the summit, 1 in 18 on average. Livingston North is next, 3.4 mi (about 4.5 to 5 mi on foot), and 17 stations are within 10 miles in all.
Stations within 10 miles of Ballencrieff Hill, nearest first. Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off. Times use Naismith's rule and don't include stops.
- Bathgate1.9 mi (about 2.5 mi on foot) · 1 hour1 in 18 on average to the summit
- Livingston North3.4 mi (about 4.5 to 5 mi on foot) · 1.5 to 2 hours to the summit
- Armadale (W Lothian)3.8 mi (about 5 to 5.5 mi on foot) · 2 hours to the summit
- Linlithgow3.8 mi (about 5 to 5.5 mi on foot) · 2 to 2.5 hours1 in 22 on average to the summit
- Uphall4.7 mi (about 6 to 6.5 mi on foot) · 2.5 hours to the summit
- West Calder5.2 mi (about 7 to 7.5 mi on foot) · 2.5 to 3 hours to the summit
- Addiewell5.5 mi (about 7 to 8 mi on foot) · 2.5 to 3 hours to the summit
- Polmont5.6 mi (about 7.5 to 8 mi on foot) · 3 to 3.5 hours1 in 23 on average to the summit
- Blackridge5.7 mi (about 7.5 to 8 mi on foot) · 3 hours to the summit
- Livingston South5.9 mi (about 7.5 to 8.5 mi on foot) · 3 hours to the summit
- Breich6.8 mi (about 9 to 10 mi on foot) · 3.5 hours to the summit
- Kirknewton7.7 mi (about 10 to 11 mi on foot) · 4 hours to the summitBronze walking rating
- Fauldhouse7.9 mi (about 10.5 to 11.5 mi on foot) · 3.5 to 4 hours to the summit
- Falkirk High8.2 mi (about 10.5 to 12 mi on foot) · 4.5 hours to the summit
- Falkirk Grahamston8.4 mi (about 11 to 12 mi on foot) · 4.5 to 5 hours to the summit
- Camelon9.5 mi (about 12.5 to 14 mi on foot) · 5 to 5.5 hours to the summit
- Shotts10.0 mi (about 13 to 14.5 mi on foot) · 4.5 to 5 hours to the summit