📌 Viewpoint near Bathgate, West Lothian
★★★
Some summits are easier to reach than others… and perhaps The Knock is the easiest of all. Under three miles from the M8 motorway, and barely 100 metres from the car park, the panorama from the view indicator is surprisingly wide reaching with grandstand views of the Forth Bridges, Arthur’s Seat, Pentland Hills, nearby Cairnpapple Hill, the Central Highlands and Ochil Hills. The path to the summit is so short that we’re not classifying this as a walking route and you don’t need to come prepared for one – though high heels probably aren’t ideal for the rocky terrain.
The Knock seen from the roadside 
View of the summit from the southeast side 
Looking southeast towards the Pentland Hills 
View north towards Cairnpapple Hill 
View north to Cairnpapple Hill, backed by the snowcapped Central Highlands peaks (zoomed) 
View northeast to the Forth Bridges (zoomed) 
View east to Edinburgh & Arthur’s Seat (zoomed) 
View southwest towards Bathgate
🌍 Location
📌 Off minor road 2 mi northeast of Bathgate
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 991711
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.922619,-3.616872
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Car park at 🧭 NS 990711 / 🛰️ 55.922030,-3.617183
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
💬 From the car park it’s a 2-min walk to the summit on a steep & rocky hill path.
