Loanhead
Loanhead (pop. 6,900) is a village in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, and also near to Roslin, Bonnyrigg as well as Dalkeith. The community was built on coal and oil shale mining, as well as the paper markets. Loanhead continues to grow, mostly as a result of the influence of the continued advancement of Straiton Retail Park that includes one of only 2 IKEA shops in Scotland, yet additionally progressively as a dorm town for Edinburgh, parts of which are under 20 minutes away. Regardless of the closeness of big shops such as Sainsbury's and Costco, the primary street, Clerk Street, is active with traffic and also neighborhood customers. A big, contemporary industrial estate with around 100 various issues provides a variety of work for regional residents. Companies include MacSweens haggis factory, and Police Scotland's Communications Centre (The Force Communications Centre, or FCC) where all radio website traffic as well as emergency 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 trade from the periphery of the community. These were from the likes of Gregg's to the more industrial companies concentrating on welding and also steel fabrication.
