Located on the north bank of the River Almond, Livingston Village is the ancient heart of the new town of Livingston in West Lothian. The village takes its name from a Flemish noble and adventurer called Baron de Leving, who was granted land here in the early 12th century by King Edgar (c.1074 - 1107). The family built Livingston Peel, a tower house, which became the home of the Murrays of Elibank from 1512 until it was demolished in 1671. Its foundations have been recreated within Peel Park. The Kirk of Livingston dates from 1150, although the present structure was the result of rebuilding in 1732. The 18th-century Livingston Inn was once an important stop on the Glasgow-Edinburgh coach route. To the west is Livingston Mill, also dating from the 18th C., now an attraction within the Almond Valley Heritage Centre.
Livingston Village has some of the most expensive property in the town; the former manse next to the Kirk is perhaps the grandest with mature trees in the garden including a redwood. While the Free Church has gone, its manse remains further to the east on Main Street. Also on the eastern section of Main Street are unexpectedly substantial modern properties.
Livingston Village Primary School opened in 2001. Hanover Court is a 20-home sheltered housing complex on Village Lane. On Kirk Lane, the Kirkton Business Centre was demolished and replaced by a £9 million private nursing home for 60 residents, which opened in 2021, and a rather crowded development of detached and semi-detached housing, completed in 2020.
