Loanhead
Loanhead (pop. 6,900) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, as well as close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith. The town was built on coal and oil shale mining, and the paper sectors. Loanhead continues to expand, mainly as a result of the influence of the continued growth of Straiton Retail Park which includes among only two IKEA stores in Scotland, however likewise increasingly as a dorm room town for Edinburgh, parts of which are under 20 mins away. In spite of the distance of huge shops such as Sainsbury's and also Costco, the main road, Clerk Street, is active with web traffic and local buyers. A big, contemporary industrial estate with around 100 different issues provides a variety of work for neighborhood homeowners. Services consist of MacSweens haggis factory, and also Authorities Scotland's Communications Centre (The Force Communications Centre, or FCC) where all radio traffic and also emergency calls are dealt with. The Pentlands industrial estate was opened in the 1970s, and also a variety of retail as well as other businesses trade from the periphery of the community. These were from the likes of Gregg's to the much more industrial companies concentrating on welding as well as steel construction.
