# Pumpherston Oil Works

Pumpherston, Scotland · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-17a7021049` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/scotland/pumpherston-pumpherston-oil-works/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-17a7021049.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-17a7021049.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-17a7021049

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | housing, other | none |
| What is there now | a golf course and new housing | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1990 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Timeline

- 1884: Pumpherston Oil Works was built
- 1884: Opened
- 1919: Pumpherston oil works merged into Scottish Oils Ltd
- 1964: Main refinery closed
- 1990: Detergent plant closed
- 1990: Former workings redeveloped
- 1990: Closed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Pumpherston is a village in West Lothian, Scotland.  Originally a small industrial village housing works for the nearby shale mine and works, it now forms the eastern part of the new town of Livingston, which was constructed to the west of Pumpherston in the late 1960s and quickly grew to incorporate Pumpherston in its wider urban settlement, as defined by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). The village of Uphall Station lies immediately to the north.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpherston

## Sources

- Pumpherston — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpherston

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Pumpherston Oil Works, Pumpherston, Scotland." Record n-17a7021049, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/scotland/pumpherston-pumpherston-oil-works/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_pumpherstonpumpherstonoilworks,
  title = {Pumpherston Oil Works, Pumpherston, Scotland},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/scotland/pumpherston-pumpherston-oil-works/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-17a7021049, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.