Danderhall is a village

Village

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 in Midlothian

Midlothian

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, Scotland

Scotland

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. It is just outside the city

City

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 of Edinburgh

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, but inside the Edinburgh City Bypass

Edinburgh City Bypass

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.

The village includes a large amount of council housing — although much of this is now privately owned by the occupiers. Danderhall was formerly a "mining village", supplying labour for the nearby coal mines of Edmonstone to the northwest, Sheriffhall to the southeast, Woolmet to the east and Monktonhall beyond that. The latter was the last to remain open, but closed in 1998.

Danderhall is made up of 1,200 homes and a small number of shops. Danderhall also includes a library, primary school, two churches (a Church of Scotland

Church of Scotland

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 and "Calvary Chapel

Calvary Chapel

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 of Edinburgh"), a doctor's office, a miner's club with a bowling green and a community centre.

Notable people from Danderhall include footballer Grant Brebner

Grant Brebner

Grant Ian Brebner is a Scottish association football player, who currently plays for Australian A-League side Melbourne Victory. Born in Edinburgh, Brebner joined Manchester United as a 16-year-old in 1994, and although he was a member of the club's successful youth side, he failed to break into...

, now playing in Australia and former Hearts and Motherwell footballer Kevin Twaddle

Kevin Twaddle

Kevin Twaddle is a Scottish former professional footballer.A forward, Twaddle began his career with Dunbar United in 1992 before joining St. Johnstone in 1994. He remained at McDiarmid Park for two years, making 51 league appearances and finding the net on ten occasions.In 1996 he joined Raith...

; the village is also home to Scottish bowlers David Peacock, Alex Marshall and David Marshall.