West Calder is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, located 4 miles west of Livingston. The town was an important centre for the oil shale economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries. West Calder has its own railway station. The surrounding villages that take the towns name in their address; Polbeth, Addiewell, Loganlee, Harburn and Westwood outline the area that this town encompasses and they all have played an important part in the history of the town as well as the town has played in West Lothian. It is also has the most northerly centre of the Dogs Trust, closely followed by the new centre at Glasgow. The town is a 10 minute drive from Livingston, which is host to two large shopping centres.
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