Bed and Breakfasts Directions Edinburgh, Stirling and Glasgow

To Belsyde House B&B, Linlithgow, West Lothian From Edinburgh, M9

Take Junction 3 from the M9 and turn left at the end of the slip-road onto the A803. At the small roundabout at the beginning of Linlithgow turn right. Drive through Linlithgow town centre. Turn left at the roundabout onto the A706 signposted to Lanark (immediately after the 5th pedestrian crossing). Follow the road for 1½ miles, crossing over the Union canal, and turn left into the driveway at Belsyde Lodge. Belsyde Farmhouse is at the top of the private drive.

To Belsyde House B&B, Linlithgow, West Lothian From Glasgow on the M8

Take Junction 4 from the M8 and take the first exit off the roundabout onto the A801. Continue on the A801 about 5½ miles and turn left onto the A706 signposted for Linlithgow. Continue on this road for 2 miles and turn right into the driveway at Belsyde Lodge. The Bed and Breakfast Accommodation is at the top of the private drive.

To Belsyde House, Linlithgow, West Lothian From Stirling on the M9

Take Junction 4 from the M9 and at the top of the slip-road take the third exit off the roundabout, signposted Linlithgow A803. Follow the road for just over two miles to the first set of traffic lights. Turn right at these traffic lights signposted to Lanark. Turn right at the roundabout onto the A706. Follow the road for about 1 mile, crossing over the Union canal, and turn left into the driveway at Belsyde Lodge. Belsyde Bed and Breakfast is at the top of the private drive.

From Our Bed and Breakfast You Can Explore Scotland and be inspired!

The Scottish scenery, the romance and excitement of mystical Scottish castles, an abundance of surprises on the coast. Watching ospreys swoop and salmon leap. Indulge in the many holiday activities, tee off at dramatic holes or take to the hills with your own ghillie. Enjoy a little retail therapy with a wealth of bargains from High Street names, as well as specialist shops. Scotland is just waiting to be explored. So it's not surprising that Scotland has inspired and help develop the modern World.

The majestic views which enthral today’s visitors wove the same magic spell a century ago on Bram Stoker. He took lengthy holidays in Scotland, where he wrote the world-famous horror novel Dracula.

During a seven week holiday in the summer of 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson’s stepson Lloyd Osbourne painted a map, and suggested to his stepfather that he write a story around it. RLS did so, reading out every evening what he had written that day. So chapter by chapter, Treasure Island came into being.

Scotland has much to be proud of. From the words of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet, to some of the inventions that changed history.

• James Chalmers - Invented the adhesive postage stamp.
• Sir Hugh Dalrymple - Invented the hollow-pipe drainage system.
• David Douglas - Botanist after whom the Douglas Fir is named.
• James Gregory - Invented the reflecting telescope.
• John McAdam - Developed the process of covering roads with small broken stones Tarmac (Tarmacadam).
• Charles MacIntosh - Added naptha to rubber to create the Macintosh raincoat.
• William Paterson - Founded the Bank of England!
• John Shepherd-Barron - Inventor of the ATM.
• Sir Sandford Flemming - Created the World time zones!
• Alexander Wood - Invented the hypodermic needle.
• John J R MacLeod - Helped to discover insulin.
• Henry Faulds - Created the process of criminal fingerprinting
• Ian Donald - Invented the ultrasound scanner.
• William Symmington - Developed the first steam powered marine engine
• Robert William Thomson - Invented the vulcanised rubber pneumatic tyre, patented the fountain pen and patented the steam traction engine.
• Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt - Developed RADAR
• Sir James Dewar - Invented the vacuum flask.
• John Boyd Dunlop (Dunlop Tyres)- Further developed the vulcanised rubber pneumatic tyre
• Thomas Telford - Built many of the first modern roads
• Rev. Patrick Bell - Invented the reaping machine, which led to the combine harvester
• Joseph Black - Developed the concept of latent heat and discovered Carbon Dioxide.
• John Logie Baird - Invented the television.
• Sir Alexander Flemming - Discovered penicillin.
• Alexander Graham Bell - Invented the telephone.

Come to Scotland, Be Inspired! Belsyde Bed and Breakfast, Linlithgow