Dechmont

{{Short description|Village in West Lothian, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = Scotland

|static_image_name= Goodall Place, Dechmont - geograph.org.uk - 1734533.jpg

|static_image_caption= Goodall Place, Dechmont

|coordinates = {{coord|55.921|-3.537|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Dechmont

|gaelic_name= Deagh Mhonadh

|label_position= left

|population = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Dechmont}}

|population_ref = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}}){{Scottish settlement population citation}}

|os_grid_reference= NT039708

|lieutenancy_scotland= West Lothian

|unitary_scotland= West Lothian

|constituency_westminster= Livingston

|constituency_scottish_parliament= Linlithgow

|post_town= BROXBURN

|postcode_district = EH52

|postcode_area= EH

|dial_code= 01506

}}

Dechmont (Gaelic: Deagh Mhonadh) is a small village located near Uphall, West Lothian in Scotland. Bangour Village Hospital is located to the west of Dechmont. It has an approximate population of 989 people. Its postal code is EH52.{{cite web|url=http://www.postcode-info.co.uk/dechmont-info-58419.html |title=Dechmont, West Lothian Information |publisher=postcode-info.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-11-26}} An alleged alien encounter took place in 1979 in the nearby Dechmont Woods.[http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/ufo's/dechmont.html Livingston Incident] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831054457/http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/ufo%27s/dechmont.html |date=2008-08-31 }}

The village has a small infant/primary school providing learning for pre-school through to primary three pupils. In 2012 the school roll was thirteen which consisted of five primary one pupils; four primary two pupils and four primary three pupils as well as sixteen pre-school infants[http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/downloaddoc/1799471/1880471/dechissq1112 ]{{dead link|date=November 2015}}

Lothian Country operates daytime bus service X18 and night service N18 between Edinburgh and Whitburn via Broxburn, Bathgate and Armadale.