Middleton (Midlothian)
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 49 ′ N , 3 ° 1 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | GOREBRIDGE | ||
| ZIP code section | EH23 | ||
| prefix | 01875 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Midlothian | ||
| British Parliament | Midlothian | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | ||
Middleton is a hamlet in the Scottish Council Area Midlothian on the northern edge of the Moorfoot Hills . The closest city is Gorebridge, four kilometers to the northwest . Musselburgh is 14 km north, Galashiels 23 km southeast. One kilometer north is the hamlet of North Middleton . The Gore Water , a tributary of the South Esk, has its source in Middleton .
In the early 15th century, Borthwick Castle was a fortress two kilometers northeast of Middleton. The Scottish Queen Mary Queen of Scots found refuge there in 1567 after the murder of her husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, together with James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell . Middleton Hall mansion , built in the 1710s, is on the eastern edge of the hamlet. The major Arniston House is two miles northwest of Temple .
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Middleton is connected to the A7 ( Edinburgh - Carlisle ) by a side road . The Gorebridge train station along the Waverley Line has been a long-distance train station nearby since the 19th century. After closing in the 1960s, it will reopen as part of the Borders Railway construction in the 2010s. With the Edinburgh Airport is an international airport some 23 km north-west.
