Loanhead
Loanhead (pop. 6,900) is a village in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, as well as close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and also Dalkeith. The town was improved coal as well as oil shale mining, and also the paper markets. Loanhead continues to expand, mostly as a result of the impact of the continued advancement of Straiton Retail Park that includes among only two IKEA shops in Scotland, yet likewise progressively as a dorm community for Edinburgh, parts of which are under 20 mins away. Despite the proximity of large stores such as Sainsbury's as well as Costco, the primary road, Clerk Street, is active with traffic and also local customers. A huge, contemporary industrial estate with around 100 various issues offers a wide variety of jobs for regional residents. Businesses consist of MacSweens haggis manufacturing facility, and also Cops Scotland's Communications Centre (The Force Communications Centre, or FCC) where all radio web traffic and also emergency situation phone calls are managed. The Pentlands industrial estate was opened in the 1970s, and a variety of retail and also various other services trade from the periphery of the town. These were from the likes of Gregg's to the a lot more industrial business concentrating on welding and also steel construction.
