What is Bathgate?
{{infobox UK place |country = |official_name= Bathgate |gaelic_name=Both Chèit |scots_name=Bathket -or- Bathkit |population = 20,363 |population_ref=<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Scotland's Census Results Online|title =Area Profile: Bathgate Locality | url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/area.html| date = 2011| access-date =16 October 2016}}</ref> ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]]) |static_image= Bathgate aerial.JPG |static_image_caption=View of Bathgate, West Lothian from an aeroplane approaching Edinburgh Airport. |os_grid_reference= NS973689 |map_type= |coordinates = {{coord|55.902359|-3.643097|display=inline,title}} |unitary_scotland= [[West Lothian]] |lieutenancy_scotland= [[West Lothian]] |constituency_westminster= [[Linlithgow and East Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Linlithgow and East Falkirk]] |constituency_scottish_parliament= [[Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Linlithgow]] |post_town= BATHGATE, UK |postcode_district = EH47, EH48 |postcode_area= EH |dial_code= 01506 }} '''Bathgate''' is a town in [[West Lothian]], Scotland, 5 miles (8 km) west of [[Livingston]] and adjacent to the [[M8 motorway (Scotland)|M8 motorway]]. Nearby towns are [[Armadale]], [[Blackburn, West Lothian|Blackburn]], [[Linlithgow]], [[Livingston]], [[West Calder]] and [[Whitburn]]. Situated 2 miles (3 km) south of the ancient [[Neolithic]] burial site at [[Cairnpapple Hill]], Bathgate and the surrounding area show signs of habitation since about 3500 BC. ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in West Lothian]]