Dechmont

Dechmont
Scottish Gaelic: Deagh Mhonadh

Humpbacked Bridge, Dechmont
Dechmont
 Dechmont shown within West Lothian
OS grid referenceNT039708
Civil parishUphall
Council areaWest Lothian
Lieutenancy areaWest Lothian
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BROXBURN
Postcode district EH52
Dialling code 01506
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentLivingston
Scottish ParliamentLinlithgow
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 55°55′16″N 3°32′13″W / 55.921°N 3.537°W

Dechmont (Gaelic: Deagh Mhonadh) is a small village located near Uphall, West Lothian in Scotland. Bangour Village Hospital is located to the west of Dechmont. It has an approximate population of 989 people. Its postal code is EH52. There was said to be an alien encounter in 1979 in the nearby Dechmont Woods.[1]

The village has a small infant/primary school providing learning for pre-school through to primary three pupils. In 2012 the school roll was thirteen which consisted of five primary one pupils; four primary two pupils and four primary three pupils as well as sixteen pre-school infants[2]

See also

References

  1. Livingston Incident
  2. http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/downloaddoc/1799471/1880471/dechissq1112

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