Loanhead
Loanhead (pop. 6,900) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, and also near Roslin, Bonnyrigg and also Dalkeith. The town was built on coal as well as oil shale mining, and the paper markets. Loanhead continues to grow, largely because of the influence of the ongoing growth of Straiton Retail Park that includes one of just 2 IKEA stores in Scotland, yet also significantly as a dorm room community for Edinburgh, parts of which are under 20 minutes away. Regardless of the proximity of big stores such as Sainsbury's as well as Costco, the major street, Clerk Street, is busy with traffic and regional consumers. A large, contemporary industrial estate with around 100 different issues offers a variety of work for regional residents. Services consist of MacSweens haggis factory, as well as Cops Scotland's Communications Centre (The Force Communications Centre, or FCC) where all radio traffic and also emergency phone calls are managed. The Pentlands industrial estate was opened in the 1970s, and also a number of retail and various other companies trade from the perimeter of the town. These were from the similarity Gregg's to the extra industrial firms focusing on welding and steel manufacture.