Loanhead
Loanhead (pop. 6,900) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a traveler belt to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith. The community was improved coal and oil shale mining, as well as the paper sectors. Loanhead remains to expand, mainly as a result of the influence of the continued growth of Straiton Retail Park which includes among just two IKEA shops in Scotland, yet also progressively as a dorm community for Edinburgh, parts of which are under 20 minutes away. Despite the proximity of large stores such as Sainsbury's and also Costco, the main street, Clerk Street, is active with traffic and local consumers. A huge, contemporary industrial estate with around 100 different problems supplies a variety of tasks for local residents. Businesses consist of MacSweens haggis manufacturing facility, and also Police Scotland's Communications Centre (The Force Communications Centre, or FCC) where all radio web traffic and also emergency situation telephone calls are managed. The Pentlands industrial estate was opened in the 1970s, as well as a number of retail and also various other companies profession from the periphery of the town. These were from the likes of Gregg's to the more industrial firms concentrating on welding as well as steel construction.
