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Ward 25 Calderwood
Commencing at NG Ref NT 0625 6957 where the eastern boundary of EW 13 meets the southern boundary of EW 24; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally southward along the said Council boundary to the River Almond at NG Ref NT 0994 6981; then southwestward along the said river to and southward along the Linhouse Water to where it is crossed by the Edinburgh to Shotts railway line at NG Ref NT 0764 6579; then westward along the said railway line to the eastern boundary of EW 19 at NG Ref NT 0656 6542; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 18; then northwestward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 16 at NG Ref NT 0616 6727; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 17 at NG Ref NT 0665 6743; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 17 to the eastern boundary of EW 13 at NG Ref NT 0667 6887; then northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 26 Middleton
Commencing at NG Ref NT 0581 7296 on the southern boundary of EW 5; then eastward along the said EW boundary to the B8020 road at NG Ref NT 0802 7347; then generally southward along the said road to where it crosses the Union Canal; then southwestward along the said canal to where it is crossed by West Main Street; then westward along the said street to a point in line with a path to the west of No 111 Goschen Place; then southward to and along the said path to the Brox Burn; then eastward along the said burn to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0664 7193; then southeastward along the said field boundary to the A89 road and the northern boundary of EW 24; then generally westward and northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 5 at NG Ref NT 0589 7265; then northward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 27 Strathbrock
Commencing at NG Ref NT 0802 7347 on the southern boundary of EW 5; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally southeastward along the said Council boundary to the A89 road and the northern boundary of EW 24; then southwestward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 26 at NG Ref NT 0682 7149; then generally northward and northeastward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 26 to the point of commencement.
Ward 28 Fauldhouse
Commencing at NG Ref NS 9362 6291 on the southern boundary of EW 20; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9410 6288; then eastward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9423 6286; then southward along field boundaries to NG Ref NS 9452 6174; then eastward along field boundaries to the A706 road; then southward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9523 6178; then eastward to and northeastward along the said field boundary to a ditch at NG Ref NS 9592 6226; then southeastward along the said ditch to a point in line with the western boundary of a farm at NG Ref NS 9615 6201; then eastward to and southeastward along the western boundary of the said farm to a point in line with the B7015 road at NG Ref NS 9614 6190; then southward to and eastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9617 6188; then southeastward to and along the said field boundary to the Breich Water at NG Ref NS 9634 6157; then eastward along the said water to its confluence with the Woodmuir Burn; then generally southward along the said burn to its source within the Woodmuir Plantation at NG Ref NS 9583 5936; then westward in a straight line to the A706 road at NG Ref NS 9556 5906; then southwestward along the said road to the southern boundary of West Lothian Council; then generally southwestward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of West Lothian Council to the southern boundary of EW 20 at NG Ref NS 9085 6216; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 29 Breich Valley
Commencing at NG Ref NS 9587 6373 where the eastern boundary of EW 21 meets the southern boundary of EW 22; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 23; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to where a path crosses the Breich Water at NG Ref NT 0092 6344; then southward along the said path to the B792 road at NG Ref NT 0103 6317; then northeastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0112 6321; then southeastward to and along the said field boundary to the West Calder Burn at NG Ref NT 0118 6314; then eastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a path at NG Ref NT 0133 6322; then southeastward along the said path to and across a footbridge over the Edinburgh to Shotts railway line to and continuing southeastward along an access road to Northfield Cottages to its junction with Main Street; then southeastward across Main Street to and southeastward and northeastward along Dickson Street to a point in line with a footpath immediately east of No 31 Stewart Court; then southeastward and northeastward along the said footpath to the Stewart Court parking area; then southeastward along an access road to Stewart Court to its junction with Hartwood Road; then southwestward along the said road to NG Ref NT 0155 6251; then eastward along the southern boundary of Kirkfield House to NG Ref NT 0164 6253; then eastward in a straight line to a point on a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0167 6253; then eastward along the said field boundary to an access road to West Muir at NG Ref NT 0189 6262; then southward along the said access road to its junction with a track at NG Ref NT 0191 6259 ; then southeastward along the said track to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0219 6233; then southeastward along the said field boundary to the Harwood Water at NG Ref NT 0230 6232; then northeastward along the said water to Morrispool Bridge and the B7008 road at NG Ref NT 0266 6278; then eastward and southeastward along the said road to a road junction at NG Ref NT 0337 6247; then northeastward along an unnamed road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0386 6293; then northwestward to and along the said field boundary and its prolongation in a straight line to a path at NG Ref NT 0341 6359; then generally northeastward along the said path to an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0405 6398; then southward along the said road to its junction with an access road leading to a property known as Westfield at NG Ref NT 0404 6373; then eastward along the said road to and generally northward, eastward and southward along a track passing to the west and north of the said property to an access road to Westfield at NG Ref NT 0449 6389; then northeastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0458 6396; then southeastward to and southeastward and southwestward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0458 6384; then southeastward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0463 6373; then eastward and southeastward along the said field boundary to a point in line with an access road leading to a property known as Muireston Castle farm at NG Ref NT 0485 6357; then northeastward to and southeastward along the said road to a point in line with the northwestern boundary of the said property at NG Ref NT 0493 6352; then northeastward and generally southeastward along the northwestern and northeastern boundaries of the said property to the northeastern boundary of Muireston Castle at NG Ref NT 0501 6352; then southeastward along the said boundary to NG Ref NT 0504 6345; then eastward in a straight line to a point on an unnamed road leading between the properties known as Skivo and Balgreen at NG Ref NT 0528 6347; then southeastward along the said road to a point in line with the northwestern boundary of a property known as Balgreen at NG Ref NT 0551 6327;
then northeastward to and generally northeastward and southeastward along the northwestern and northeastern boundaries of the said property to the northeastern boundary of a property known as Beechwood Lodge; then southeastward along the said boundary and its prolongation in a straight line to the Edinburgh to Carstairs railway line; then southwestward along the said railway line to where it crosses an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0567 6313; then southeastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NT 0579 6301; then northeastward to and generally northeastward along the said field boundary to a point in line with a path following the northeastern boundary of Linnhouse Cottages; then southeastward to and along the said path to NG Ref NT 0625 6297; then southeastward in a straight line to a path at NG Ref NT 0627 6296; then southeastward along the said path to a point in line with the Linnhouse Water at NG Ref NT 0633 6292; then southeastward in a straight line to and generally southward along the said water to its confluence with the Camilty Water; then southward along the said water to its confluence with the Whitelea Burn at NG Ref NT 0641 6032; then northeastward along the said burn to its confluence with an unnamed burn at NG Ref NT 0729 6062; then generally southward along the said burn to the northwestern boundary of a property known as Brookbank; then northeastward and southeastward along the northwestern and northeastern boundaries of the said property to a point in line with the A70 road; then southeastward in a straight line to and southwestward along the said road to where it crosses an unnamed burn at NG Ref NT 0724 5990; then generally southwestward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a track at NG Ref NT 0666 5924; then northwestward along the said track to a point in line with the A70 road; then northwestward in a straight line to and southwestward along the said road to where it crosses the Shear Burn at NG Ref NT 0582 5867; then southeastward along the said burn to its source at NG Ref NT 0693 5748; then southeastward in a straight line to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council at NG Ref NT 0953 5648; then generally westward along the eastern and southern boundaries of West Lothian Council to the eastern boundary of EW 28; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 20 at NG Ref NS 9410 6283; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 21 at NG Ref NS 9466 6340; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 30 Limefield
Commencing at NG Ref NT 0243 6643 where the southern boundary of EW 23 meets the western boundary of EW 14; then generally southeastward and northeastward along the western and southern boundaries of EW 14 to a point in line with the eastern boundary of a strip of woodland known as Limefield Strip west of Brucefield Industrial Park at NG Ref NT 0385 6466; then southeastward to and along the said boundary to and eastward along the Edinburgh to West Calder railway line to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at NG Ref NT 0426 6422; then southwestward along the said road to the northern boundary of EW 29 at NG Ref NT 0405 6398; then southwestward, southeastward generally westward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 23 at NG Ref NT 0093 6343; then generally northward and eastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 31 East Calder
Commencing at NG Ref NT 0994 6980 where the eastern boundary of EW 25 meets the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council; then southeastward along the said Council boundary to a point due north of a junction between the A71 road and the B7015 road at NG Ref NT 1140 6855; then southward in a straight line to the said junction and southwestward along the A71 road to where it crosses the Linhouse Water and the eastern boundary of EW 25 at NG Ref NT 0753 6600; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 32 Linhouse
Commencing at NG Ref NT 0448 6605 where the eastern boundary of EW 14 meets the southern boundary of EW 18; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 19; then generally southward, eastward and northward along the western, southern and eastern boundaries of EW 19 to the southern boundary of EW 25; then generally eastward and northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 31 at NG Ref NT 0753 6600; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of West Lothian Council at NG Ref NT 1140 6855; then generally eastward and southward along the said Council boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 29; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 30 at NG Ref NT 0405 6398; then northward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of EW 14 at NG Ref NT 0386 6466; then generally northeastward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 14 to the point of commencement.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of West Lothian Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of West Lothian Council is divided into 32 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.
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