Newtongrange is a former coal mining village in Midlothian, three miles south of Dalkeith and to the south of the city of Edinburgh.
Newtongrange is one of the railway stations on the Waverley Line, which re-opened on 6 September 2015.
In 1894, in the heyday of British coal mining, Newtongrange became Scotland's largest mining village with the sinking of the Lady Victoria Colliery. It had a shaft over 1600 feet deep. It was nationalised in 1947 with the formation of the National Coal Board, and closed in 1981.
The smaller Lingerwood Colliery, which pre-dates the Lady Vic colliery, was connected underground and shared buildings above ground.
Today, many of the buildings from the Lady Victoria Colliery have been converted for the National Mining Museum Scotland.
As you might expect, giving its roots in mining, Newtongrange has an excellent brass band. The Newtongrange Silver Band was Scottish Brass Band Champions in 2005, and represented Scotland at the European Brass Band Championships in 2006.
Newtongrange has an annual Brass in the Park, where you can hear a number of brass bands play over three days.