Loanhead (pop. 6,900) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg as well as Dalkeith. The town was built on coal as well as oil shale mining, and the paper industries. Loanhead continues to grow, largely due to the impact of the continued advancement of Straiton Retail Park which includes one of just two IKEA stores in Scotland, yet additionally progressively as a dorm community for Edinburgh, parts of which are under 20 mins away. In spite of the distance of large stores such as Sainsbury's as well as Costco, the major road, Clerk Street, is active with traffic as well as neighborhood customers. A big, modern industrial estate with around 100 different issues gives a wide variety of tasks for neighborhood citizens. Companies include MacSweens haggis manufacturing facility, and Cops Scotland's Communications Centre (The Force Communications Centre, or FCC) where all radio traffic and also emergency telephone calls are taken care of. The Pentlands industrial estate was opened in the 1970s, and also a variety of retail and also other companies profession from the perimeter of the community. These were from the likes of Gregg's to the extra industrial firms focusing on welding as well as steel fabrication.