West Lothian is a county in southeast Scotland, bounded on the north by the
Firth of Forth, on the west by
Midlothian, and on the south and east by
Lanarkshire and
Stirlingshire. It has an area of 120 square miles.
From lowlands along the Firth of Forth the surface rises gradually to a hilly region in the south where there are heights of 1000 feet. The soil is fertile except in the moorland and rocky aras of the south and southeast. Dairy farming is important. The principal towns are Linlithgow, Bathgate, and Armadale.
