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A green space for the local community 78 Mid Street Bathgate:Land -former Baths

Investment project code: 59

As extensive research shows us, all, including young children and the elderly who reside in the area would benefit in so many ways from having access to a safe and secure green space and the opportunity of being close to nature.

The land is the site of the former Bathgate Baths,part of the community for 76 years, from 1934 to 2010) and gifted by the Scottish National Assoiation of Miners, for the use and enjoyment of the miners who worked in the area, their families and the wider community. I would suggest that the space should remain an amenity for the local community in a new form: A green space and there could be tribute to the miners who generously gifted the Baths to the local community at a time when there were no other swimming baths in the county. 

Mid Street is a busy thoroughfare with a continual stream of traffic travelling between Hopetoun Street and Edinburgh Road, Many cars drive to and from and park at the two Care Homes, the Nurture Nursery, Riverside Vets, St Johns Church, the Church hall and the Guide Hall. There are road safety and healthy safety concerns. It would be unsafe to build on this land and create more housing, traffic as it would lead to further congestion. The entrance is directly opposite the road to the care home which requires access at all times for ambulances. 

Location: 78 Mid Street, Bathgate, EH48 1QD. Land of the former Bathgate Baths gifted to the people of WL by the Miners Association.