Once a paper-making town on the North Esk, Penicuik is now largely residential, and it has been growing. New estates have gone up on its northern side, and the A701 into Edinburgh carries the resulting commuter and construction traffic past Milton Bridge and Bilston.
Along that same road is the Easter Bush campus, a significant centre for veterinary and animal science research with a continuing building programme, as well as Glencorse Barracks. To the south and west the land rises quickly to open hill and moor, where the A702 and A703 serve farms and quarrying. Sweeping needs range from muddy site entrances to campus roads and resurfacing support.
Coverage in and around Penicuik
The same enquiry takes in Auchendinny, Milton Bridge, Roslin, Bilston and Loanhead, plus Howgate and Leadburn on the A703. Carlops and West Linton on the A702 can also be considered. Penicuik is higher and more exposed than most of Midlothian, so winter weather occasionally affects start times.