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Winchburgh is a village in the Council area of West Lothian, Scotland. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of the city-centre of Edinburgh, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Linlithgow and 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Broxburn.PopulationThe 2001 census recorded around 2,000.Public transportThere are regular scheduled buses to and from surrounding places including Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Falkirk, South Queensferry and Broxburn. Buses following Route number 38 travel to and from Edinburgh to Linlithgow/Falkirk/Stirling, via Winchburgh. The weekend night bus service, Route number 44N, follows a similar route, allowing travellers to return from Edinburgh City Centre at 12.30am and 3.00am on Saturdays and Sundays.The mainline railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street goes through the Winchburgh Tunnel, under the village. Until it was closed in 1930, there was a passenger station at the north end of the tunnel. The construction of the Winchburgh Tunnel was supervised by the noted Scottish Civil Engineer, John Gibb.SportNiddrie Castle Golf Club has an 18-hole, 5914 yards long, par 70 golf course, located in and around the grounds of the historic Niddry Castle. The club was established in 1926.

West Lothian was called Linlithgowshire or the County of Linlithgow until 1921.West Lothian is a Land Register county. See Registers of Scotland, Land Register Counties.The county is a Lieutenancy area.Local GovernmentWest Lothian Council is one of the 32 Local Government unitary council areas in Scotland, and borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire.It borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire.[[West Lothian Council]]Under the terms of the Local Government Act 1973, the county administration, with the exception of the Bo'ness area, was included in the new Lothian Region with effect from 16 May 1975. Bo'ness became part of the Central Region. Lothian Region was divided into four districts, one of which was named West Lothian and approximated to the county. The county place-name exists for different purposes within and under the West Lothian District Council, as do the place-names of towns and villages.

Queen Margaret University is a Modern University located in Musselburgh, East Lothian near Edinburgh in Scotland. It is named after Saint Margaret, wife of King Malcolm III of Scotland.HistoryQueen Margaret University was founded in 1875, as The Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, by Christian Guthrie Wright and Louisa Stevenson, both members of the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association. The School was founded as a women-only institution, with twin aims of improving women's access to higher education and improving the diets of working class families. Teaching was initially delivered via lectures at the Royal Museum, supplemented by a programme of public lectures and demonstrations delivered nationwide, but in 1877 the School established a base at Shandwick Place, in Haymarket.The school moved in 1891 to Atholl Crescent, expanding its courses and offering residential places to students. In 1909, the School was designated a Central Institution and brought under the public control of the Scottish Education Department. The first Principal appointed was Ethel De la Cour. De la Cour retired in 1930, and in the same year the School became the Edinburgh College of Domestic Science.