Scotland · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Livingston
Livingston is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom, home to about 57,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Livingston, with about 76 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- EDI12 km · Edinburgh Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Livingston
Livingston (Scots: Leivinstoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Dhunlèibhe) is the largest town in West Lothian, Scotland. Designated in 1962, it is the fourth post-war new town to be built in Scotland.
In the 12th century a Flemish man, De Leving, built a fortified tower (long gone) and the settlement of Levingstoun or Livingston grew up around it. In the 19th century, West Lothian became urbanised when the shale oil industry developed, but the Livingston area remained farmland until the 1960s. Then five "new towns" were built rapidly to relieve congestion in Glasgow, four of them on greenfield sites (East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Cumbernauld and Livingston) while the fifth was built onto the existing town of Irvine.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Livingston
See
- Almond Valley
- Cairnpapple Hill
- Torphichen Preceptory
- Jupiter Artland
- Scottish Owl Centre
Do
- Escape Livingston
- Livingston FC
- Deer Park Golf and Country Club
- Dalmahoy Golf Club
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Livingston
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Livingston hotel | 76 | 4.0/5 970 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Livingston
17 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dalmahoy | 9.4 km | |
| Newbridge Inn | 9.1 km | |
| Bridge Inn, 27 Baird Road, Ratho, Union Canal | 9.6 km | |
| Livingston Inn, Main Street, Livingston Village | 1.5 km | |
| Norton House Hotel, Edinburgh | 9.9 km | |
| Allan Ramsay Hotel | 15.1 km | |
| Ashcroft Farmhouse | 3.1 km | |
| Blyth Mill | 1817 | 22.8 km |
| Court Residence | 11.7 km | |
| Home From Home Bed and Breakfast | 2.4 km | |
| Livingston Inn, Main Street, Livingston Village | 1.5 km | |
| Macdonald Houstoun House | 4.7 km | |
| Oatridge Hotel, 2, 4 East Main Street, Uphall | 5.2 km | |
| Raemartin Hotel, Raemartin Square, West Linton | 17.7 km | |
| Romanno Bridge Hotel, Romannobridge | 21.5 km | |
| St Michaels Hotel, 17 High Street, Linlithgow | 11.5 km | |
| The Torphicen Arms Hotel, Bank Street, Mid Calder | 2.5 km |
All 18 hotels in Livingston, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Livingston
Livingston has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 18 °C; October is the wettest, with about 131 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Livingston: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), about 12 km from the city centre in a straight line; Glasgow Airport (GLA, 57 km) and Dundee Airport (DND, 70 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Livingston is 17 miles west of Edinburgh and 33 miles east of Glasgow. The M8 (Edinburgh-Glasgow) runs to the north of Livingston and the usual approach is to exit at jcn 3 and turn south onto A899. Otherwise follow A71 which runs south of town. Lothian Country Bus X27/28 runs daily from Edinburgh every 20 mins, starting from Regent Rd opposite St Andrews House not the bus station. It takes an hour to Livingston via Riccarton (for Heriot Watt University) and Mid Calder, and continues to Deans and Bathgate.
Getting around
SD Buses L1 and 9 potter round town hourly M-Sa. A dozen taxi firms are based in Livingston. There's no bus along the lane to Cairnpapple Hill but it's an easy bike ride.
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EDI · Edinburgh Airport
GLA · Glasgow Airport
DND · Dundee Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Livingston
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Livingston: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Livingston?
By published guest score: Travelodge Livingston (4.0 / 5 · 970 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Livingston?
Livingston has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 18 °C; October is the wettest, with about 131 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Livingston?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), about 12 km from the city centre in a straight line; Glasgow Airport (GLA, 57 km) and Dundee Airport (DND, 70 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Livingston?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Livingston
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.