Linlithgow is a royal burgh in West Lothian, Scotland. It is West Lothian's county town, as seen in the county's other name of Linlithgowshire. Linlithgow lies in the north-east of West Lothian, close to the border with Stirlingshire. It lies 20 miles (30 kilometres) west of Edinburgh along the main train route to Glasgow. Before the building and construction of the M8 and M9 motorways, along with the opening of the Forth Road Bridge, the town was located on the primary road from Edinburgh to Stirling, Perth and Inverness while the canal system linked the burgh to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The nearby town of Blackness formerly functioned as the burgh's port. Linlithgow is overlooked by its nearby hill, Cockleroi. An ancient town, it lies south of its 2 most famous landmarks: Linlithgow Palace and Linlithgow Loch, and north of the Union Canal. With Saint Michael as the partron saint, the town's slogan is 'St. Michael is kinde to straingers'. A statue of the saint carrying the burgh coat of arms stands on the high street. Two big areas of the northern side of the High Street were demolished in the 1960s and replaced by flats and public buildings in the brutalist style typical of that time period. Though these buildings were embraced at the time as being a vast improvement on the confined and unkempt traditional accommodation, they have actually required considerable upkeep and remodelling for many years. With a population of around 19000, the town is very popular with the middles classes and commuters given efficient transportation links and high quality education. For all your house upgrades, make sure to make use of reliable contractors in Linlithgow to make certain of quality.