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Abbeyhill
Abbeyhill is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
As with many other city suburbs, the area has varying definitions. Generally it may be taken to mean the part of town lying between Holyrood Park (and perhaps The Palace of Holyroodhouse itself) to the south; London Road and adjoining streets to the north; Calton Hill and the yards of Waverley Station to the west; and Meadowbank to the east. It is in the locale of the recently constructed new Scottish Parliament building, contains a number of old churches and other historic sites, and looks onto the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Abbeyhill is one of the oldest parts of the city, taking its name from the ruined Holyrood Abbey, a major historic religious site. It originally featured a royal road from the Abbey to the canons' fishermen tenants at North Leith via the village of Restalrig. The main east-west thoroughfare through the area is London Road, laid in the 1820s as part of the Calton development of the New Town. This superseded an older road to Haddington which still skirts the north side of the King's Park, now officially named Holyrood Park
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Alnwickhill
Alnwickhill is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is on the southern edge of the city and neighbours the areas of Liberton and Kaimes. The area is primarily residential.
Coordinates: 55°54′21.24″N 3°10′8.39″W / 55.9059°N 3.1689972°W / 55.9059; -3.1689972
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Ardmillan
Ardmillan is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders on Dalry, Gorgie, and Polwarth.
The name means the "high bare place" in Scottish Gaelic (Aird a' Mhaolain).
The area contains many tenements as well as "Diggers" pub, so called because the gravediggers from the large graveyard in the Ardmillan-Dalry area would go in there after work. Another pub in the area, the Caledonian Sample Room, is often mistakenly assumed to be owned by Caledonian brewery (actually it is owned by Punch Taverns).
There is an old congregation of Wesleyan Methodists in the area. Ardmillan is also home to a large, modern health centre and related services.
Coordinates: 55°56.28′N 3°13.55′W / 55.938°N 3.22583°W / 55.938; -3.22583
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Baberton
Baberton is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south-west of the Edinburgh City Bypass, and south of the Edinburgh to Bathgate railway line. The village of Juniper Green is situated to the south of Baberton. From Baberton there about a 20 minute walk to the foot of the Pentland Hills.
The majority of Baberton comprises a housing estate, built during the 1960s by George Wimpey. The estate was built as a dormitory suburb where the residents will mainly work in the city centre, although more widespread travel since the estate's completion means some residents work elsewhere, including Livingston and Fife.
Baberton House was designed and built in 1623 by the architect Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton (d.1634), King's Master of Works. Murray built the house for himself, although it is now used as offices.
When Baberton was built in the 1960s it was jokingly referred to as "Spam Valley" due to the tendency for residents to contribute large proportions of their salary to buy a house there.
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Balerno
Coordinates: 55°53′07″N 3°20′15″W / 55.88518°N 3.337526°W / 55.88518; -3.337526
Balerno (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Àirneach) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 12 kilometres south west of the city centre, next to Juniper Green and Currie. Administratively, Balerno falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.
Its name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Airneach, meaning "townland/town of the hawthorns". The earliest written records of Balhernoch or Balernach are found in the late 13th century.
The 18th Century brought substantial development to the area, with many new flax, snuff and paper mills springing up around the Water of Leith (evidence of flax production can be seen in Harlaw Woods). These mills were a prominent feature of village life until fairly recently. After the First World War house building began in earnest in the area and since then residential pressures have almost overwhelmed commercial and industrial ones. There was a short loop railway running over what is now the Water of Leith Walkway.
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Balgreen
Balgreen is a suburb of Edinburgh. The name comes from Balgreen House once situated where Balgreen School now stands and is possibly derived from Scottish Gaelic, either being Baile na Grèine (Sunny Town) or Baile Grain (Gravel town) from the gravel on the riverbank. It does not, as some etymologies have suggested, come from "Ball Green". The "Bal-" prefix can also be found in Balerno.
The Water of Leith flows through here, and there are also a library, primary school, and a large park here, with facilities for football (soccer) etc, and a children's playpark.
Balgreen's neighbouring areas include Saughtonhall, Chesser, Whitson, Murrayfield and Gorgie.
Coordinates: 55°56′34″N 003°15′23″W / 55.94278°N 3.25639°W / 55.94278; -3.25639 (Balgreen)
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Bankhead, Edinburgh
Bankhead is an area of west Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders the bypass (and Hermiston Gait) to the west, the Calders to the south, Sighthill to the east, and South Gyle/Edinburgh Park to the north. It is mostly occupied by a large industrial park. Amongst the companies here, Royal Mail and Burtons Biscuits have a large presence. Ethicon also had a plant here, but it has closed, and will reportedly be replaced by a sports facilities. Stevenson College, and the former Sighthill campus of Napier University are just to the west.
The main Edinburgh-Glasgow trainline passes along the northern boundary and is served by Edinburgh Park station. The dual carriageway Calder Road passes to the south.
Edinburgh's travelling community often camps here.
Coordinates: 55°55′31″N 3°17′52″W / 55.92528°N 3.29778°W / 55.92528; -3.29778
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Barnton, Edinburgh
Barnton is an affluent district of Edinburgh, Scotland, located to the north-west of the city.
It is home to the Royal High School of Edinburgh; Braehead House, a plain Scots Classical house dating from circa 1700; and The Royal Burgess Golfing Society, one of the oldest golf clubs in Scotland. Barnton Quarry, a former stone quarry in the area, is the (now derelict) site of an underground bunker which, in the event of nuclear war, would have served as the regional seat of government for Scotland from 1961 until its abandonment in 1985.
Coordinates: 55°57′45.88″N 3°18′26.69″W / 55.9627444°N 3.3074139°W / 55.9627444; -3.3074139
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Beechmount
Beechmount is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of A8.
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Coordinates: 55°56′37″N 3°15′24″W / 55.94361°N 3.25667°W / 55.94361; -3.25667
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Bingham, Edinburgh
Bingham is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of Duddingston, west of Magdalene, south of Southfield and north of Niddrie. The main A1 road skirts Bingham to the north. The Braid Burn flows through Bingham.
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Coordinates: 55°56′15.73″N 3°7′28.51″W / 55.9377028°N 3.1245861°W / 55.9377028; -3.1245861
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Blackford, Edinburgh
Blackford is an area in the south of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a reasonably affluent area, and contains Blackford Hill, one of the supposed "Seven Hills of Edinburgh", which has the city's Astronomical observatory on it. The Braid Hills and Pentland Hills dominate views to the south.
The suburb was made a Royal Burgh by Edward VII in 1907 in recognition of the many happy days he spent residing at the (now demolished) Blackford Manor on his state visits to Edinburgh during the period of major restoration works on Holyrood Palace circa 1905.[citation needed] The current reigning baronet is the Rt. Hon. Baron Downhead, 4th Lord of Blackford; and he is purported to have a residence in the area.[citation needed] Other notable residents include the former TV Presenter John Leslie and his brother Grant Stott.[citation needed]
Coordinates: 55°55′35.20″N 3°11′10.94″W / 55.926444°N 3.1863722°W / 55.926444; -3.1863722
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Blackhall, Edinburgh
Blackhall is a suburb in the north west of the Scottish capital city Edinburgh.
Blackhall according to Stuart Harris in "The Place Names Of Edinburgh" states that the "Black" could derive either from the Anglican blaec or Scots blac meaning simply black, and the "Hall" ending is the Anglican "Halh" or Scots "Haugh" meaning land beside or in the bend of a river.
There is also evidence that the street "March road" is derived from "Marsh Road" as the area was bog and wetland hundreds of years ago.[citation needed]
Nowadays it is mainly residential served by facilities including a library and a small selection of shops. The majority of the housing in the neighbourhood was constructed in the inter-war period, although the recent housing boom has seen new development on the northern slope of Corstorphine Hill. This development went ahead despite considerable opposition from the local community and an unusual planning quirk which allowed the development to go ahead based on forty-year-old outline permission.[citation needed] Blackhall has numerous community and church based groups including a bowling club, and horticultural society. There is a local community council, Craigleith/Blackhall, that serves the area.
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Bonaly
Coordinates: 55°53′45″N 3°15′27″W / 55.895956°N 3.257439°W / 55.895956; -3.257439
Bonaly is an area on the south-western outskirts of Edinburgh and the northern slopes of the Pentland Hills, lying within the Parish of Colinton. It is a mix of mainly post-war housing, woodland, pasture-land and heather moorland. Bonaly Burn has its sources in the hills above Bonaly and flows towards Oxgangs, where it becomes the Braid Burn. The Edinburgh City Bypass passes through Bonaly.
The name Bonaly may be derived from the Gaelic Bonnáth Linne (meaning “the pool at the bottom ford”) or from Bànáth Linne (meaning “the pool at the white ford”). An alternative suggestion is that the derivation is from the Gaelic Bonn-aill (meaning "the foot of the rocks or cliff").
The placename has appeared in many different forms and spellings. Early variations include Banale in 1438,Bonala in 1538 and Bonally in 1531. Other variations include Bonala, Bonalay, Boneyley, Bonnalay, Bonailie and Bonaley.
In Timothy Pont's detailed 1654 map of Scotland, it appears as a small settlement close to the Pentland Hills, labelled Bonely, and also appears on the Map of the Three Lothians in 1773 as Bonilie.
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Braepark, Edinburgh
Braepark is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north of A90.
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Coordinates: 55°57′56″N 3°18′26″W / 55.96556°N 3.30722°W / 55.96556; -3.30722
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Braid Hills
The Braid Hills form an area towards the south-western edge of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The hills themselves are largely open space. Housing in the area is mostly confined to detached villas, and some large terraced houses. The Braid Hills Hotel sits above Pentland Terrace and Comiston Road, overlooking the park across the road.
The area is well known for its golf course and its views of the city, and is a popular destination for families taking children sledging in the winter. There is also a riding stables and school, eastwards towards Liberton, which arranges pony trekking.
Nearby areas are Morningside to the north, Comiston to the west, and Liberton to the east.
The core of the name is shared with the Braid Burn and the nearby Hermitage of Braid woodland park.
Coordinates: 55°55′N 3°12′W / 55.917°N 3.2°W / 55.917; -3.2
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Broomhouse
Broomhouse (Lowland Scots: Bruimhoose) is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is mainly residential, low-rise housing. It borders on Sighthill, and Saughton Mains. The Glasgow railway passes to the north but there is no station. The arterial route of Calder Road passes to the south. There are two schools (one Roman Catholic the other non-denominational), a community centre, two Church congregations (St. Joseph's R.C and St David's Broomhouse C.o.S.) and a counselling centre here. Medical and library facilities are in nearby Sighthill and Corstorphine.
Saughton House is a large Government building fronting on Broomhouse Drive and houses the Scottish Executive, HM Revenue and Customs, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, and a number of other government offices. Originally built as a hospital, its distinctive spurs are now used as office accommodation.
Parallel to Broomhouse Drive is Scotland's first bus guideway opened in 2004 as a public transport initiative. The West Edinburgh Busways project, is an 8km bus corridor linking the Gyle and Edinburgh Park to the city centre and has 1.5km of two-lane dedicated guided busway, the longest section of continuous bus guideway in the UK. The guideway has been designed and constructed for future conversion to tram operation.
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Broughton, Edinburgh
Broughton is an ancient feudal barony today within the City of Edinburgh, Scotland that was once known for its witchcraft. Its borders are defined, approximately, as being Leith Walk in the south east, Broughton Street in the south west, Broughton Road in the north west and McDonald Road in the north east. Moving clockwise from south east, Broughton is bordered by Greenside and Calton, the New Town, Canonmills, and Pilrig.
Broughton's main thoroughfare is Broughton Street. The street has many independent speciality shops.
Broughton is at the centre of Edinburgh's "pink triangle", an area of the city with a number of gay bars and clubs.
The Broughton Spurtle is a community newspaper for Broughton. It has been running since February 1994.
Broughton High School was formerly located in Broughton, but is now located further west in Comely Bank. The Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid undertook part of his formal education at Broughton High. Schools still located in Broughton include Drummond Community High School.
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Brunstane
Brunstane is a southeastern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies on the A1 and is served by Brunstane railway station on the Edinburgh Crossrail. Some of Brunstane is covered by new housing, such as the Gilberstoun estate.
Much of the area at one time constituted the policies of Brunstane House (i.e. the lands attached to the mansion), built in 1639 for John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, incorporating an L-plan house dating from the 1560s and early 14th century elements built for the Crichton family. It was extended by Sir William Bruce in 1672 and bought by Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton in 1733. He employed William Adam to rebuild parts of the house and install interior panelling, plasterwork and other features. The house includes the earliest known examples of sash windows in Scotland.
Other prominent local features include the Milton Road campus of the Jewel and Esk Valley College and Edinburgh's largest Asda supermarket. Extensive shopping and some leisure facilities are close by at the Fort Kinnaird retail park nearby, on the site of the former Newcraighall coalmine.
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Bruntsfield
Bruntsfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about twenty minutes walk south-west of the city centre. In feudal times it fell within the barony of Colinton.[citation needed]
The modern district of Bruntsfield lies east of Bruntsfield Links park and golf link, beyond which lies the district of Marchmont; Merchiston is to the west and Tollcross to the north. To the south and east lies the former estate of Greenhill, and to the south Morningside. The estate around the grand Bruntsfield House is now called Marchmont (which the Warrender family began feuing in 1872, many of the street names reflecting associations with that family). The whole area lay within the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh, from which a former farm Burghmuirhead took its name which passed eventually to a small area within Bruntsfield. The Burgh Muir stretched all the way through the valley of the Jordan Burn to the slopes of the Pentland Hills. The junction beyond Burghmuirhead on the road to Morningside became known in the twentieth century as Holy Corner from its cluster of Victorian churches.
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Bughtlin
Bughtlin is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of A902.
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Coordinates: 55°57′15″N 3°18′25″W / 55.95417°N 3.30694°W / 55.95417; -3.30694
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Burdiehouse
Burdiehouse is an area in the south east of Edinburgh, Scotland, near Gilmerton and Southhouse. Its name is often said to be a corruption of Bordeaux, as a result of settlement in the area by French immigrants associated with Mary, Queen of Scots (cf Little France nearby), but this is by no means certain.
Modern Burdiehouse is an area with high levels of poverty among residents.
The Burdiehouse Burn (known elsewhere as the Lothian Burn, Niddrie Burn and Brunstane Burn) flows through the area.
Coordinates: 55°53′50.30″N 3°9′31.01″W / 55.897306°N 3.1586139°W / 55.897306; -3.1586139
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Burghmuirhead
Burghmuirhead (sometimes anglicised as Boroughmuirhead) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The area lies between Bruntsfield to the north and Morningside to the south. West is Merchiston and east is Greenhill and then The Grange.
The area was once part of the lands of Greenhill. It takes its name from the Burgh Muir, an area of oak forest which stretched over much of today's south Edinburgh; all that now remains is the parkland of Bruntsfield Links.
The anglicised form of the name was used for Boroughmuirhead Post Office which closed in 2010 (replaced by Bruntsfield Place Post Office), and also was the former name of the now Grangebank House, located down a lane to the west of Morningside Road.
Today the names Holy Corner and Church Hill are more commonly used to describe the respective northern and southern parts of Burghmuirhead.
Coordinates: 55°56′00″N 3°12′36″W / 55.9333333°N 3.21°W / 55.9333333; -3.21
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Calton Hill
Calton Hill (archaically spelt Caltoun Hill) is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, just to the east of the New Town. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
Calton Hill is the headquarters of the Scottish Government, which is based at St Andrew's House, on the steep southern slope of the hill; with the Scottish Parliament Building, and other key buildings, for example Holyrood Palace, lying near the foot of the hill. The hill also includes several iconic monuments and buildings: the National Monument,Nelson's Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the New Parliament House (the Royal High School), the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory.
The name Calton is sometimes said to mean "cold town", though this is probably inaccurate. A small settlement on the hill appears as Caldtoun in the records of South Leith Parish Church in 1591 and this spelling, or Coldtoun, remained general until about 1700 . By analogy with other occurrences of the name, it is however more logically related to the Gaelic "choille-dun" (forested hill) or "cauldh-dun" (black hill). Given the hill's black basalt structure the latter seems more likely.[citation needed]
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Cameron Toll
Cameron Toll is a suburb located to the south of Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally it was the site of a toll house built in the early 19th century, which was located on a stretch of road between Edinburgh and Dalkeith. The meaning of the name Cameron is suggested to be 'crooked hill', derived from the Scots Gaelic 'cam', crooked, and Old Gaelic 'brun' meaning hill, believed to refer to Arthur’s Seat clearly visible nearby; the original name may have been Pictish.
The area is now dominated by a large roundabout, which is crossed by a railway line.
Cameron Toll is 1½ miles from Edinburgh city centre, 2 miles from the Edinburgh City Bypass and is served by many bus services to and from Edinburgh and Midlothian. It is close to The Grange and Newington and the area called the Inch.
The area is the location of Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, Edinburgh’s first ‘out of town’ shopping centre, which opened in 1984 at a cost of £33 million. Built in the former grounds of Inch House between the A7 and A701 roads, the centre occupies a 26 acre site and has free parking for 1200 cars. It contains around 50 shops including one of the largest Sainsbury's supermarkets in Scotland, fashion retailers New Look, Dorothy Perkins and Peacocks, bookshop Waterstones and video game outlet Game. A number of eating and drinking outlets, with seating, are provided on a mezzanine floor and, in the main mall, are leading UK retailers Costa Coffee and Greggs the bakers.
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Cammo
Cammo is a north-western suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of A90, at the edge of the city.
There is a large public park at the rear of the housing area, which is the former estate of Cammo House. The house was built for John Menzies in 1693, and the surrounding parkland was laid out between 1710-26 by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik (1676–1755). In 1741, the estate passed to the Watsons of Saughton at which time it was called New Saughton. The house was bequeathed to the National Trust for Scotland in 1975 but, in 1977, the house was torched twice by vandals. The house was considered unsafe and was reduced to its external ground floor walls. In 1980 the City of Edinburgh Council was gifted the estate and declared it a Wilderness Park. The Council now maintain the grounds and operates a ranger service. Cammo is thought to have been the inspiration for the "House of Shaws" in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped.
Cammo Tower (55°57′14.96″N 3°19′16.94″W / 55.9541556°N 3.3213722°W / 55.9541556; -3.3213722 (Cammo Tower)) is a 19th century water tower for Cammo House. Other remains include the ruined stable block, ponds, a bridge, and the lodge which now houses a small visitor centre. The grounds are now widely used by people for walking in, although other sections remain as farmland, used for cattle grazing.
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Canonmills
Canonmills is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, situated south-east of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Inverleith.
It lies east of the Silvermills area and Stockbridge, south of Inverleith and west of Bellevue, in a low hollow north of Edinburgh's New Town on ground that was uneconomic to connect to the higher New Town street levels. The area was formerly a loch which was drained in three phases in the 18th and 19th centuries, disappearing finally in 1865.
Formerly a small village, Canonmills owes its origins and its name, in the same way as Canongate, to the Augustinian canons of Holyrood Abbey who operated a mill here from the 12th Century. It is shown pictorially as a cluster of buildings, three of which have waterwheels, on the 1560 Siege of Leith map. At a later period a mill lade from the Water of Leith reached the area via Silvermills. The Incorporation of Baxters (bakers) in the Canongate were compelled by law to have their corn ground at the Canonmills, and during demolition work carried out in 1964 to enlarge a local filling station a stone was unearthed bearing the inscription, "The Baxters Land 1686". It is now incorporated into a wall of the Canonmills Service Station.
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Chesser
Chesser is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, south of the water of Leith, Post Code area is EH14. Chesser is, mainly, a residential part of Edinburgh, situated between Longstone to the West and Slateford and Shandon to the East.
The Edinburgh Corn Exchange is situated in Chesser, providing a venue for regular live events. Recent regeneration has seen the existing, predominantly early 20th century housing stock supplemented with modern developments. Sporting and shopping facilities are also in the area including an Asda supermarket.
Coordinates: 55°55′43.05″N 3°14′55.06″W / 55.928625°N 3.2486278°W / 55.928625; -3.2486278
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Clermiston
Clermiston is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, to the north of Clerwood and west of Corstorphine Hill.
Clermiston estate, built in 1954, was part of a major 1950s house-building programme to tackle overcrowding in Leith and Gorgie. Now the area is home to more than 20,000 people.
The district, known 400 years ago as Glabertoun, became Clermiston in 1730, when a narrow track linked the village of Corstorphine to a small hamlet at Mutton Hole.
Used as a hunting ground by the wealthy, the Clermiston Estate was owned by the Buttercup Dairy Company until the 1950s, when Edinburgh Corporation bought it for local authority housing.
Some residents had been on the corporation’s housing register for more than seven years before they were offered their Clermiston house.
Part of the land not used by the corporation was sold off to Wimpey Homes who built the Clerwood housing estate there in 1963; the rest was used for the construction of Queen Margaret College later Queen Margaret University which was finally demolished in July 2009 after the University moved to its new campus in Musselburgh in 2008.
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Clerwood
Clermiston is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, to the north of Clerwood and west of Corstorphine Hill.
Clermiston estate, built in 1954, was part of a major 1950s house-building programme to tackle overcrowding in Leith and Gorgie. Now the area is home to more than 20,000 people.
The district, known 400 years ago as Glabertoun, became Clermiston in 1730, when a narrow track linked the village of Corstorphine to a small hamlet at Mutton Hole.
Used as a hunting ground by the wealthy, the Clermiston Estate was owned by the Buttercup Dairy Company until the 1950s, when Edinburgh Corporation bought it for local authority housing.
Some residents had been on the corporation’s housing register for more than seven years before they were offered their Clermiston house.
Part of the land not used by the corporation was sold off to Wimpey Homes who built the Clerwood housing estate there in 1963; the rest was used for the construction of Queen Margaret College later Queen Margaret University which was finally demolished in July 2009 after the University moved to its new campus in Musselburgh in 2008.
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Colinton
Colinton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Cholgain) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 6 kilometres south west of the city centre. It is bordered by Dreghorn to the south and Craiglockhart to the north-east. To the north-west it extends to Lanark Road (the A70) and to the south-west to the City Bypass. Bonaly is a subsection of the area on its southern side.
Colinton is a designated conservation area.
Originally sited within a steep-sided glen on a convenient fording point on the Water of Leith, and expanding from there, Colinton's history dates back to before the 11th century.
Close to the Water of Leith is Colinton Parish Church, correctly called St.Cuthbert's Parish Church, originally founded as the Church of Halis (Hailes) around 1095 by Elthelred, third son of Malcolm III and Queen Margaret. The church is particularly picturesque in its setting, which appears more rural than suburban. The current exterior largely dates from 1907 but the structure dates from 1650. It groups pleasantly with its manse, the old schoolhouse and the offertory house at the entrance. The entrance is marked by a lych gate, rare in Scotland and more common in southern England. The cemetery (on the lower slopes to the south) contains the village war memorial. One unique grave within the cemetery is a Norwegian War Grave.
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Comely Bank
Comely Bank is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies south-west of Royal Botanic Garden and is situated between Stockbridge and Craigleith.
The Victorian writer Thomas Carlyle lived in Comely Bank Road between 1819 and 1821 before achieving literary success. At that time, the terrace at the western end of the road was the last row of houses in Edinburgh before the village of Blackhall.
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Coordinates: 55°57′30″N 3°13′9″W / 55.95833°N 3.21917°W / 55.95833; -3.21917
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Comiston
Comiston is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Morningside and west of the Braid Hills.
The main road through the area, Comiston Road, is a continuation of Morningside Road, and further south becomes Biggar Road. It is classified as the A702 which indeed runs eventually to Biggar. Confusingly, a part of Comiston Road is also signed as Pentland Terrace, although this is in fact the name of a terrace of Victorian houses set back from, and above Comiston Road, with a roadway of its own immediately in front of the houses.
Coordinates: 55°54′37.28″N 3°12′49.07″W / 55.9103556°N 3.2136306°W / 55.9103556; -3.2136306
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Cowgate
The Cowgate is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, located about 5 minutes' walk from Edinburgh Castle, within the city's World Heritage Site. The street's name is derived from the fact that cows were herded down it for Edinburgh's market days in previous centuries (gate being a Scots term for "street"; compare with gait).
The street is part of the lower level of Edinburgh's Old Town, which lies below the elevated streets of South Bridge and George IV Bridge. Consequently the Cowgate can be quite gloomy and dark in sections. It adjoins the Grassmarket at its west end and Holyrood Road to the east.
Although the area is now partly restored, and several new buildings have been constructed, from the mid 18th century until after the World Wars the Cowgate was a notoriously overcrowded slum area, where the majority of the city's Irish immigrant community was based. Among others, the Irish Socialist leader and revolutionary James Connolly was born in 1868 at number 107, and was executed following his role as a leader of the Easter Rising, an attempt to bring about Irish independence.
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Craigcrook
Craigcrook is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, best known for Craigcrook Castle. It is fairly affluent, and lies on the north east slopes of Corstorphine Hill. It is near Clerwood, and Blackhall. It is near the newly built Hillpark area of Blackhall.
Coordinates: 55°57′32″N 3°16′2″W / 55.95889°N 3.26722°W / 55.95889; -3.26722
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Craigentinny
Craigentinny (Scottish Gaelic: Creag an t-Sionnaich) is a suburb in the east of Edinburgh, Scotland. Its name is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic Creag an t-Sionnaich meaning "Foxrock" or Creag an teinne meaning "Fire Crag".
Coordinates: 55°57′31.94″N 3°7′58.07″W / 55.9588722°N 3.1327972°W / 55.9588722; -3.1327972
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Craigmillar
Craigmillar (Scottish Gaelic: Creag a' Mhuilleir), from the Gaelic Crag Maol Ard, meaning 'High Bare Rock',[citation needed] is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of the city centre, with Duddingston to the north and Newcraighall to the east.
The area consists mainly of inter-war and post-war public housing schemes, ranging from private bungalows to Edinburgh Council-owned high rise tower blocks. The housing schemes were created through the Housing (Scotland) Act of 1924, with lands bought from the Wauchope Estate. Despite the relative modernity of most of the housing in the area, the settlement of Craigmillar itself is very old, and contains Craigmillar Castle, which was begun in the late 14th or early 15th century, and occupied until the early 18th century. In 1660, the Craigmillar estate was bought by Sir John Gilmour, and Inch House remains the property of the Gilmour family.
Craigmillar Brewery formed an industrial focus for the area. Built in 1886 by William Murray of "Murray's Ales" and also serving the Drybrough Brewery. Brewing ceased in 1950 but the majority of the buildings survived into the late 1990s before being cleared for modern flats.
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Cramond
Cramond (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Amain) is a seaside village now part of suburban Edinburgh, Scotland, located in the north-west corner of the city at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth.
The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. In modern times, it was the birthplace of the Scottish economist John Law.
It was once believed that Cramond Roman Fort was known to the Romans as Alaterva. A stone altar was dug up in the grounds of Cramond House dedicated "To the Alatervan Mothers and the Mothers of the Parade-ground." Early antiquarians interpreted the inscription as referring to the place where the stone was found, but this idea is no longer accepted among scholars, and "Alatervae" is presumably a native name for the Matronae, perhaps originating with the Tungrian cohort who erected the altar.
In the centuries that followed the end of the Roman occupation, Cramond passed into the hands of the Votadini, who spoke Cumbric, a Brythonic Celtic language, and gave the settlement its name. Cramond is derived from the compound Caer Amon, meaning 'fort on the river', referring to the Roman fort that lay on the River Almond.
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Crewe Toll
Crewe Toll is an area in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital.
The Western General Hospital is in the vicinity. Another hospital, the Northern General, was also in the area but this is now the site of a Morrisons supermarket. Edinburgh's Telford College (tertiary) was at Crewe Toll, but has moved to a site at Granton. Fettes College (private, secondary) is close by. A major aerospace facility is situated in the area, the SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems facility (formerly the avionics division of Ferranti, then GEC-Marconi, then until 2005 BAE Systems).
Ferry Road passes through the area, indeed the original Crewe Toll tolbooth where a roundabout now stands is on Ferry Road.
Some nearby Edinburgh districts include Craigleith, Pilton, Inverleith, and Silverknowes
Coordinates: 55°58′5.63″N 3°14′9.05″W / 55.9682306°N 3.2358472°W / 55.9682306; -3.2358472
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Currie
Coordinates: 55°53′45″N 3°18′27″W / 55.895956°N 3.307439°W / 55.895956; -3.307439
Currie (Scottish Gaelic: Currach) is a civil parish and suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated 10 kilometres south west of the city centre. A former village within the County of Midlothian, it lies to the south west of the city, between Juniper Green (NE) and Balerno (SW) on the Lanark Road. Administratively, Currie falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.
In 1995 the population of Currie was 6,343 and it contained 2,300 houses, 850 of them less than 20 years old.
There is no accepted derivation of the name Currie but it is possibly from the Scottish Gaelic word curagh/curragh, a wet or boggy plain, or from the Brythonic word curi, a dell or hollow. The neighbouring suburb of Balerno derives its name from Scottish Gaelic, whilst the nearby Pentland Hills derive their name from Brythonic, so either is possible.
The earliest record of a settlement in the Currie area is a Bronze Age razor (1800 BC) found at Kinleith Mill and the stone cists (500 BC) at Duncan's Belt and Blinkbonny. There are a few mentions of this area in mediaeval and early modern documents. One of the first is when Robert of Kildeleith became Chancellor of Scotland in 1249. Kildeleith means Chapel by the Leith, and survives today as Kinleith. Robert the Bruce gave Riccarton as a wedding present in 1315 and in 1392 the land passed to the family of Bishop Wardlaw. In 1612 the land went to Ludovic Craig, a Senator of the College of Justice. In 1818 it passed to the female line and became the property of the Gibson-Craigs.
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Curriehill
Curriehill (Scots: Curriehull, Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Churraich) is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north-west of Currie.
Curriehill railway station is the western terminus of the Edinburgh Crossrail. These trains continue to Glasgow Central via West Lothian and North Lanarkshire.
Coordinates: 55°53′56″N 3°19′5″W / 55.89889°N 3.31806°W / 55.89889; -3.31806
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Dalmeny
Coordinates: 55°58′59″N 3°22′12″W / 55.983°N 3.370°W / 55.983; -3.370
Dalmeny (Scottish Gaelic: Dail Mheinidh) is a suburban village and civil parish in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the south side of the Firth of Forth, 1 mile (1.6 km) east-southeast of South Queensferry and 8.3. miles (13.4 km) west-northwest of central Edinburgh; it falls under the local governance of the City of Edinburgh Council.
The name Dalmeny is either of Cumbric origin Din Meini "stony fort" cf. the earlier form Dunmanye (1562), most likely referring to Castle Craig above the town, or potentially of Scottish Gaelic origin, being now Dail Mheinnidh or Dail M'Eithne in the modern language. This may refer to an ancient ecclesiastical settlement, dedicated to an obscure (female) saint Eithne; the local parish church may have been dedicated to her, but is now dedicated to St Cuthbert. It is at least a thousand years old.
The present church building is recognised as the finest Norman/Romanesque parish church still in use in Scotland, and one of the most complete in the United Kingdom, lacking only its original western tower (rebuilt in a sympathetic style in 1937). The aisleless nave, choir and apse survive almost complete from the 12th century. The refined sculptural detail of the chancel and apse arches is notable, as is a series of powerful beast-head corbels supporting the apse vault. These features are also extremely well preserved, with the original tool-marks still visible. Outside the elaborate south doorway, including the signs of the zodiac and an "agnus dei", enlivened with blind arcading above, is a rare 12th century sarcophagus carved with 13 doll-like figures (possibly Christ and the 12 apostles) in niches (now very weathered). The door is comparable to the north door at Dunfermline Abbey
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Dalry, Edinburgh
Dalry is an area close to the centre of the Scottish capital Edinburgh, between Haymarket and Gorgie. The name Dalry may derive from Dail Ruigh or Dail Righ, Scottish Gaelic for the "Meadow Slope" or "King's Meadow" respectively. "Field of the heather" from Dail and Scottish Gaelic fhraoich, heather, has also been suggested as a derivation. Dalry is often mentioned along with the neighbouring area of Gorgie to the southwest, and the joint name Gorgie-Dalry is commonly used by the City of Edinburgh Council. Dalry also borders Ardmillan. It has become an increasingly popular residential area in recent years, and has a range of shops, restaurants and leisure facilities. Princes Street, in central Edinburgh, is ten to fifteen minutes' walk from the area. Many of Edinburgh's major employers are also within walking distance.
Dalry was developed in the nineteenth century and contains a mix of traditional tenements, "colonies" (terraced houses where one floor has an entrance at one side, and the other floor has an entrance on the other side; street names follow the buildings rather than the roads between them), and much more recently-built residential properties, including a substantial development on the site of a former distillery and other light industry.
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Davidson's Mains
Davidsons Mains is a former village which is now a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is adjacent to the districts of Barnton, Cramond, Silverknowes, Blackhall and Corbiehill/House O'Hill.
Within the district there is a variety of shops and businesses, ranging from cobblers to large supermarkets, as well as food outlets of various kinds. The district is also served by four churches, two banks, a veterinary surgery, a doctor's surgery, two dental surgeries and a primary school.
The district is currently served by three bus routes run by Lothian Buses: the 42 which travels via Tesco between Edinburgh Park and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; the 21 which travels to the Gyle Centre via Clermiston and to Leith in the other direction; the 41 which travels from Cramond to Morningside.
Coordinates: 55°57′55.40″N 3°16′27.58″W / 55.965389°N 3.2743278°W / 55.965389; -3.2743278
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Dean Village
Dean Village (from dene, meaning 'deep valley') is a former village immediately northwest of Edinburgh, Scotland city centre. It was known as the "Water of Leith Village" and was a successful grain milling hamlet for more than 800 years. At one time there were no fewer than eleven working mills there, driven by the strong currents of the Water of Leith. The mylnes of Dene were listed in the King David I Charters.
In 1833, the four-arched Dean Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford and 106 feet above the water level, was opened to carry the Queensferry Road over the Dean Gorge, almost at the sole expense of Mr John Learmonth Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The contractors were John Gibb & Son, from Aberdeen. Another intention of the new bridge was to open up the Dean estate to feuing. The side parapet of the bridge was raised in height at the beginning of the 20th century as a deterrent to suicides, which were very common here in the 19th century, being more or less guaranteed success. The change in stonework is still visible. Dean Bridge was featured in Ian Rankin's fictional book Strip Jack, in which a woman is found dead in the river underneath the bridge.
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Drumbrae
Drum Brae is the name of a suburb of west Edinburgh, Scotland generally considered to be part of the neighbouring larger area of Corstorphine. This is a commuter settlement as many people who live in the area travel to the centre of town to go to their work.
The name appears to derive from the Scottish Gaelic Druim Bràigh meaning "the brow of the ridge" and this ridge can still be seen today, and is an extension of Corstorphine Hill.
In the area there is lots of housing, a primary school, a leisure centre, a library/community hub and some shopping facilities. A gala is also held once a year which brings many people from the local community together in an event.
Drum Brae has become a more popular area to live in recent years as people move away from the centre of Edinburgh.
The area contains a diverse range of social and economic backgrounds. From affluent retired households to low income families but a few streets away. Many are employed, usually in service industries but there is also a higher rate of crime in the area.
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Drylaw
Drylaw is a suburb in the north west of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland between Blackhall and Granton. Formerly the estate of Drylaw House, the home of the Loch family, the area became the site of a major housing scheme in the 1950s designed to rehouse the occupants in Leith. It is on the A902 road Its name comes from the Lowland Scots for a "hill without a spring".
Coordinates: 55°57′51.09″N 3°14′56.79″W / 55.9641917°N 3.2491083°W / 55.9641917; -3.2491083
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Duddingston
Duddingston is a former village in the east of Edinburgh, Scotland, next to Holyrood Park.
The estate wherein Duddingston Village now lies was first recorded in lands granted to the Abbot of Kelso Abbey by David I of Scotland between 1136–47, and is described as stretching from the Crag (from Craggenmarg, an old name for Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh) to the Magdalene Bridge. This land grant included the settlement known by the name of Treverlen or Traverlin, in the western part of it; this being the oldest known name of the village and estates that eventually became known as Duddingston.
There are several possibilities exist for the etymology of "Treverlen".
All these names originate in the Celtic Brythonic languages, which pre-date the use of the Gaelic or Saxon tongues in Scotland, suggesting that they may go back to the time of some of the earliest settlements on Arthur's Seat. The last two names, in particular, fit well as a possible name for the Celtic crannog settlement which stood in the southernmost corner of Duddingston Loch.
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Dumbiedykes
Dumbiedykes is a residential area in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland.
It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by Holyrood Park.
The area was originally densely populated and poverty-stricken, but since the 1960s the majority of the tenement buildings and council flats have been completely demolished and the tenants moved to the new estates in Craigmillar and The Inch, Liberton with only Dumbiedykes Road, Viewcraig Street and Viewcraig Gardens still containing council-owned buildings.
The rest of the area has received a regeneration building modern flats, student residents and University of Edinburgh sports facilities and is now a popular area to live in due to its closeness to the centre of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliament.
Coordinates: 55°56′56.28″N 3°10′40.44″W / 55.9489667°N 3.1779°W / 55.9489667; -3.1779
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East Craigs
East Craigs is a residential district of Edinburgh located in the north-west of the city. It lies next to the green belt, and prior to development was a working farm. Development of the area began in 1922 when East Craigs Farm was purchased by the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (SASA) as a centre for agricultural research. However, much of the land was made available to housing developers from the 1930s onwards. It neighbours West Craigs (which is much less developed), Maybury and Drumbrae.
The oldest building in East Craigs is East Craigs House (55°56′56″N 3°18′36″W / 55.94889°N 3.31°W / 55.94889; -3.31 (East Craigs House)), built in 1768 with a semi-octagonal stairwell added c.1800. It once formed part of the now-demolished SASA complex, and has recently been restored as part of the new residential development there. New developments of small family-sized houses and low-rise flats were built in the 1970s and 1980s. In the neighbouring district of Craigmount, developed before the Second World War there are numerous bungalows and spacious family houses. Craigmount High School was built in 1970 to alleviate pressure on surrounding secondary schools. A new building opened at the beginning of the 2003 academic year, built on the old playing fields of the original school. East Craigs Primary School was built in 1979 to accommodate an influx of families moving into newly-built housing nearby.
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East Pilton
East Pilton is a housing estate in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is north of Ferry Road, west of Granton and east of West Pilton and Muirhouse.
Built as council housing in the 1930s, to help in the clearance of slum properties from the city centre, the estate comprises mostly two- and three-story blocks of flats. It includes some shops and other facilities which also serve the mostly more modern neighbouring estate of West Pilton, which has fewer facilities.
Coordinates: 55°58′N 3°14′W / 55.967°N 3.233°W / 55.967; -3.233
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Eastfield, Edinburgh
Eastfield is a primarily residential district on the north eastern outskirts of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies between Joppa and the Edinburgh City boundary with Musselburgh. The district is bounded on the north by the Firth of Forth, on the west by Joppa and the main East Coast rail line, and on the south by farmland and the grounds of Newhailes House a National Trust for Scotland property. The western boundary leads into Musselburgh along the coast, passing the small harbour at Fisherrow. In addition to housing, Eastfield includes Portobello Cemetery and a private 5 hole golf course behind the houses on the south side of Milton Road.
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Coordinates: 55°56′50″N 3°4′54″W / 55.94722°N 3.08167°W / 55.94722; -3.08167
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (
i/ˈɛdɪnbʌrə/ ED-in-burr-ə; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and the seat of the Scottish Parliament. It is the second largest city in Scotland and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a 30 square miles (78 km2) rural area. Located in the south-east of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast of the Central Belt, along the Firth of Forth, near the North Sea.
The city was one of the historical major centres of the Enlightenment, led by the University of Edinburgh, helping to earn it the nickname Athens of the North. The Old Town and New Town districts of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 in recognition of the unique character of the Medieval Old Town and the planned Georgian New Town. It covers both the Old and New Towns together with the Dean Village and the Calton Hill areas. There are over 4,500 listed buildings within the city. In May 2010, it had a total of 40 conservation areas covering 23% of the building stock and 23% of the population, the highest such ratios of any major city in the UK. In the 2011 mid-year population estimates, Edinburgh had a total resident population of 495,360.
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Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Dhùn Èideann) (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is located at Turnhouse in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2011, handling just under 9.4 million passengers in that year. It was also the sixth busiest airport in the UK by passengers and the fifth busiest by aircraft movements. It is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of the city centre and is situated just off the M8 motorway.
The airport is owned and operated by Global Infrastructure Partners, which also owns and operates two other UK airports .
The present terminal building, designed by Robert Matthew, was constructed in 1977 and has been upgraded in recent years, with new car parking facilities and an extended arrivals hall. A new control tower was completed in 2005.
There are plans for expansion of the airport, with passenger numbers expected to reach 26 million per annum by 2030.
On 19th October 2011, BAA Limited announced that it intends to sell Edinburgh Airport, following a decision by the UK's Competition Commission requiring BAA to sell either Glasgow or Edinburgh Airport.
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Fairmilehead
Fairmilehead is a district of South Edinburgh. It lies approximately 3 miles due south of the city centre and borders Midlothian. The area comprises the districts of Buckstone, Caiystane, Swanston, Frogston and Winton.
The centre of the area is the crossroads between Buckstone Terrace/Biggar Road and Frogston Road/Oxgangs Road. There is a bank and a shop at the crossroads, as well as Fairmilehead Parish Church, which is a parish church of the Church of Scotland. The church has 5 modern halls where dozens of activities and interests are pursued each week by the local and wider communities.Church Halls
A detailed history of the area can be found on the Fairmilehead Parish Church website, in the history section which includes details of the Caiy Stane which lies to the north of Oxgangs Road and is preserved by the National Trust for Scotland. There's also a history of the church itself Church History
Scottish Water also maintain a filter bed and offices at Fairmilehead. This is to be replaced shortly by a new centre being constructed at Flotterstone, a few miles south of the city border, along the A702 (Biggar Road).
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Ferniehill
Ferniehill is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is west of Danderhall.
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Coordinates: 55°54′35″N 3°7′49″W / 55.90972°N 3.13028°W / 55.90972; -3.13028
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Ferry Road
Ferry Road is one of the major roads of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is often referred to as an area in its own right. It runs from the eastern end of Davidson's Mains village in the west, to Leith in the east, passing through Goldenacre on the way. Leith public library is located shortly before where Ferry Road meets North and Great Junction Street.
Notable features of the area include, in the west, the former Northern General Hospital's site (now demolished for a supermarket, the Western General Hospital is also nearby), the playing fields of Fettes College, Stewarts Melville and other private schools to the south, a geriatric home of the Salvation Army, Goldenacre stadium etc. Drylaw Police Station is also situated on Ferry Road.
The easterly part of Ferry Road, as far west as the junction with Telford Road, is classified as the A902.
Coordinates: 55°58′19″N 3°12′08″W / 55.97207°N 3.20234°W / 55.97207; -3.20234
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Firrhill
Firrhill is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Club and lies next to Oxgangs.
The area is mostly made up of public housing which was built by the Corporation Housing Department in the mid 1950s, however most of the council properties have now been bought by tenants using the right to buy scheme although a fairly large number of these are rented out privately by individual landlords.[citation needed]
Firrhill High School lies in the area.
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Coordinates: 55°54′47″N 3°13′56″W / 55.91306°N 3.23222°W / 55.91306; -3.23222
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Fountainbridge
Coordinates: 55°56′37″N 3°12′32″W / 55.94361°N 3.20889°W / 55.94361; -3.20889
Fountainbridge is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, a short distance west of the city centre, adjoining Tollcross to the east, Bruntsfield to the south, Dalry to the west and Haymarket to the north.
From the early 19th century until the late 20th century it was home to a mixture of working-class tenement housing and industry. In the area is the present eastern end of the Union Canal (known as the Lochrin Basin), which originally continued a short distance to the north and east to Port Hamilton. The route of the former Caledonian Railway continues to dominate the area, having been converted into the West Approach Road dual-carriageway after the closure of the railway.
It is notable as the area where film star Sir Sean Connery was born, explaining his choice of name for his production company, Fountainbridge Films. He later shut down the company after a series of disputes with a business partner.
George Meikle Kemp, the designer of the Scott Monument, drowned in the Union Canal at Fountainbridge.
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Gogar
Gogar is a predominantly rural area of Edinburgh, Scotland, located to the west of the city. It is not far from Gogarloch, Edinburgh Park and Maybury. The Fife Circle Line is to the north of the city.
The name of Gogar first appears on a map in 1233. It may be derived from "cog" or "gowk", an Old Lowland Scots term for cuckoo, a bird with known ritual significance in ancient times, or from the Brythonic term for red, "coch" (cf "Red Heughs" in the vicinity).
There are several standing stones and hill fort sites of ancient origin in the vicinity. Gogar was the site of a medieval village, Nether Gogar, which has long since disappeared, although the small Gogar Kirk (church) still stands as a reminder of the village it once served. The church dates from the 12th century; while the present building was mostly rebuilt by J. A. Williamson between 1890-1, the 16th century south transept is still intact. The church fell out of use by 1602 and was thereafter used as a mausoleum. It is currently a cabinet-maker's workshop.
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Gogarloch
Gogarloch is a residential area within South Gyle, Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies near South Gyle railway station and South Gyle Broadway, 4½ miles (7 km) west of the city centre. Corstorphine and Wester Broom are nearby.
Historically this area was marshland (hence 'loch' in the name) but the land was drained in the 19th century to create space for a new railway. Most of the housing is of the 1990s era.
Other lost lochs of Edinburgh include the Nor Loch and Burgh Loch on the site of the present day Meadows area.
Coordinates: 55°56′9.22″N 3°18′18.57″W / 55.9358944°N 3.3051583°W / 55.9358944; -3.3051583
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Goldenacre
Goldenacre is an area in Edinburgh, Scotland, lying on and to the south of the Ferry Road, and south of Trinity.
The area is well-served for local transport, with six bus services provided by Lothian Buses. Destinations include the City Centre, the shopping centre at South Gyle and the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary at Little France.
The area is considered to be broadly affluent, and is mostly residential with some commercial activity, such as a local Post Office. There are also branches of several banks, a newsagent, a fishmonger, a dispensing chemist and an off-licence. There are at least three sheltered housing communities.
It is the home of a small stadium, located within the Goldenacre Playing Fields, which has played a historic role in the development of Scottish rugby union. The Playing Field belongs to George Heriot's School, and encompasses field hockey pitches, rugby pitches, cricket nets and a fenced, floodlit court used for tennis and football, amongst other activities.
There is a local bowling club, Goldenacre Bowling Club Ltd, and the neighbouring district of Inverleith is home to the Royal Botanic Garden, only a few minutes walk from Goldenacre.
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Gorgie
Gorgie is a densely populated area of west Edinburgh, Scotland, located near Murrayfield, Ardmillan and Dalry.
The name is thought to be Brythonic in origin. Early forms suggest it derives from gor gyn – upper wedge – which may refer to the tapering shape of the land between the Water of Leith and the Craiglockhart hills. An alternative derivation is 'big field' from Cumbric (Brythonic) gor cyn. Gorgie is recorded in 12th century charters of Holyrood Abbey.
Tynecastle Stadium, home of Scottish Premier League side Heart of Midlothian Football Club is in Gorgie, as is the North British Distillery, which creates a distinctive odour in parts of the area. The area was developed in the 19th century and was a mixture of residential and industrial, most of the homes being tenement flats. Many factories developed in the district, including McVitie and Price's biscuit factory; Cox's glue and gelatin works; the Caledonian Brewery and various chemical works, which used the water supply from the Water of Leith and the Union Canal, which terminated in a nearby basin. The area was also traversed by both the Caledonian Railway and the North British Railway – both companies had stations in the vicinity. Most of the large industrial works have now closed. The area contains Gorgie City Farm, and retains a number of smaller businesses, including two laundrettes. There is also a secondary school, Tynecastle High School.
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Granton, Edinburgh
Coordinates: 55°58′34″N 3°13′44″W / 55.976°N 3.229°W / 55.976; -3.229
Granton is a district in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland. Granton forms part of Edinburgh's waterfront along the Firth of Forth and is, historically, an industrial area having a large harbour. Granton is part of Edinburgh's large scale waterfront regeneration programme.
Granton first appears on maps in the 17th century relating to the now demolished Granton Castle. The name also appears in Granton Burn, which now runs through Caroline Park down to what was Granton Beach. The name is presumed to come from Grant's Town or Grant's Dun (hill).
The development of Granton came about through the need for a harbour. This was a harbour for import and export of goods. The fishing needs of the area were met by the neighbouring village of Newhaven. The hamlet developed with the building of Granton Harbour which was begun in 1836 by the 5th Duke of Buccleuch. Lighthouse engineer Robert Stevenson oversaw construction, which was completed in 1863, although part of the harbour was open by 1838.
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Grassmarket
The Grassmarket is an historic market square in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In relation to the rest of the city the area is a hollow, well below surrounding ground levels.
The Grassmarket is located directly south-east of Edinburgh Castle with the castle dominating views northwards from the space. It adjoins the Cowgate to the east, the West Bow (leading to Victoria Street) to the north-east, King's Stables Road to the north-west and the West Port to the west. Leading off the Grassmarket on its south-west corner is The Vennel, on the east side of which can still be seen some of the best remaining parts of the Flodden and Telfer city walls.
It forms part of the main east-west vehicle arteries through the city centre.
The Grassmarket was, from 1477 to 1911, one of Edinburgh's main markets for horse and cattle. It was also a setting for public executions.
A popular story in Edinburgh is that of Maggie Dickson, a fishwife from Musselburgh who was hanged in the Grassmarket in 1728 for murdering her own baby. After the hanging, her body was taken back to Musselburgh in a coffin. However, on the way there she awoke. Under Scots Law she had served her punishment. Only later were the words "until dead" added to the sentence of hanging. It was also to some extent seen as divine intervention, and so she was allowed to go free. In later life (and legend) she was thereafter referred to as Half-Hangit Maggie. There is now a pub named after Maggie situated on the Grassmarket.
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Greenbank, Edinburgh
Greenbank is a residential district of south Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated between the districts of Morningside and Oxgangs, i.e. slightly to the south-west of the heart of Morningside.
The older part of Greenbank consists largely of inter-war period detached houses and bungalows. Since 2003, modern flats and houses have been constructed on the site of the former City Hospital on Greenbank Drive, some of which incorporate parts of the Victorian contagious diseases isolation hospital. The area of the new development has become known as Greenbank Village.
Public Transport is frequent with Lothian Buses operating scheduled services. Bus routes 5, 16, and 23 plus night service N16 all serve the area.
Coordinates: 55°54′57.16″N 3°13′10.25″W / 55.9158778°N 3.2195139°W / 55.9158778; -3.2195139
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Greendykes
Greendykes is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is a fairly large council scheme, which consists mostly of low-rise flats but also houses two 14 storey tower blocks (Greendykes House and Wauchope House). It is sometimes considered to be part of Craigmillar, areas such as Niddrie, Niddrie Mains and Newcraighall are also situated nearby. The area is going through a massive regeneration programme and all low-rise housing is currently (2009) abandoned and scheduled to be demolished. It will be replaced by affordable housing through a joint venture known as PARClife between the city council and EDI, a private company 100% owned by the Council. Greendykes was ranked as the 4th most deprived area in Scotland in the recent Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2006.
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Coordinates: 55°55′45″N 3°7′37″W / 55.92917°N 3.12694°W / 55.92917; -3.12694
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Greenhill, Edinburgh
Greenhill is a small area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. South-west of the city centre, Greenhill is normally taken to be part of Bruntsfield, which continues to the north. Greenhill borders Marchmont and The Grange to the east, Morningside to the south, and Merchiston is west, beyond Holy Corner. It comprises a mixture of Georgian and Victorian villas and some tenement housing.
The Greenhill name derives from the former estate of Greenhill, which included the Burgh Muir (see Burghmuirhead).
A stone carving depicting the former manor house may still be seen on the wall of a tenement house at the corner of Bruntsfield Place and Bruntsfield Gardens.
A walled, roofless structure built or rebuilt some time after 1894 is thought to relate to John Livingstone, an apothecary and former Laird of the estate. It stood in the grounds of the manor house when it existed and now lies adjacent to a smaller private Victorian villa. A tombstone carries the date 1645. The roughly square area contains an information plaque, memorial bench, and plants, and was subject to a bitter legal dispute after the villa changed ownership.
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Haymarket, Edinburgh
Haymarket (Scots: Heymercat,Scottish Gaelic: Margadh an Fheòir) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is in the west of the city and is a focal point for many main roads, notably Dalry Road (which leads to Gorgie Road and the M8 motorway to Glasgow), Corstorphine Road (leading to the M9, Stirling, and the north) and Shandwick Place (leading to Princes Street, and the city centre).
Haymarket contains a number of popular pubs, cafés and restaurants.
The Haymarket railway station is here and is called at by the busy commuter services to Glasgow, amongst others. It is being considered for development to integrate train, bus and tram stops.
In the centre of the crossroads at the heart of Haymarket is a war memorial for former players of Heart of Midlothian F.C. who died in World Wars I & II; the memorial is in the form of a clock. At one time, clocks were a feature in the centre of a number of Edinburgh crossroads.
Plans to develop the former Morrison Street Goods Yard, a former railway site which has been partially derelict and partially a car park for many years were approved by The City of Edinburgh Council on 25 June 2008. Tiger Developments purchased the site from City of Edinburgh Council for approximately £50 million in December 2006. The plans for the site included a 17 storey 5-star hotel, a 3-star hotel, office buildings, retail space, bars, shops and a small supermarket. However, this approval was overturned by Scottish ministers in October 2009, on the recommendation of a planning inquiry reporter, citing concerns about the impact of the 17 storey hotel on Edinburgh's skyline. A revised planning application, incorporating a similar mixed use, but with only one hotel and a lower skyline, was approved by the Council in December 2010.
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Hermiston, Edinburgh
Hermiston is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north of Riccarton. The Union Canal passes through the new Hermiston Quay development.
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Coordinates: 55°55′4″N 3°18′48″W / 55.91778°N 3.31333°W / 55.91778; -3.31333
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Holy Corner
Holy Corner is a colloquial name for a small area of Edinburgh, Scotland, and (along with Church Hill) is actually part of the area more properly known as Burghmuirhead, itself part of the lands of Greenhill. Holy Corner lies between the areas of Bruntsfield and Morningside. It is well-known to local people (and most Edinburgh taxi drivers) and has borne the name for a long while, but never appears on maps or in addresses, being really just a nickname.
The name derives from the crossroads, where Morningside Road, Colinton Road and Chamberlain Road meet; on each of the corners of the crossroad is a church (although two are slightly set back.) Church Hill is the small area to the south and includes the Church Hill Theatre, formerly yet another church. Beyond is Morningside, with the former parish church (now part of Napier University) only just beyond Church Hill. The north end of the crossroads leads into Bruntsfield Place. Merchiston is along Colinton Road to the west.
The churches of Holy Corner are: Christ Church (Scottish Episcopal Church), Morningside United (Church of Scotland and United Reformed Church) and Morningside Baptist Church (Baptist Church). Morningside Baptist Church purchased Central Hall, Tollcross in June 2011 and now hold services there. MBC sold their Holy Corner building Elim Church in March 2012. The fourth of the churches has been turned into the Eric Liddell centre (ELC). The area's "holiness" has been enhanced in recent years by having had a Christian "centre of healing", an Iyengar yoga centre, and also the Edinburgh base of the "Western Buddhist Order" group (until 2005) in the vicinity. There is also a Bank of Scotland branch in the north west corner.
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Hunter's Tryst
Hunter's Tryst is the name of a long-established inn in Edinburgh, Scotland; it has lent its name to the surrounding area, near Fairmilehead.
The inn, once well outside Edinburgh's built-up area, was a popular leisure destination and was a meeting place of the Six Foot Club. The area was written about by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Today the inn is surrounded by modern housing estates and is next to a Morrisons supermarket.
It is served by several Lothian Buses routes - all services 5 and 27 commence at Hunter's Tryst, with services 4 and 18 passing close by (as of 2011 First buses operate most service 18 journeys however Lothian still operate those at peak times). Hunter's Tryst was also formerly served by services 16 (now serving Colinton) and service 17 (was then swapped to serve Craighouse before later being withdrawn).
Coordinates: 55°54′6.82″N 3°13′16.33″W / 55.9018944°N 3.2212028°W / 55.9018944; -3.2212028
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Ingliston
Ingliston is an area in the west of Edinburgh, near Maybury, South Gyle and Newbridge, and is home to Edinburgh Airport and The Royal Highland Showground.
From 1965 to 1992 motor racing took place at Ingliston Motor Racing circuit, which was located within the Royal Highland Showground.
From 1973 to 2005, a Sunday market was held at Ingliston. It was of one of the biggest open air markets in Europe. For many years, a feature of the market was a 550 cm (18 ft)-tall statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro.
In 2006, the Ingliston Park and Ride site was opened and is one of a network of park and ride service around Edinburgh.
Ingliston Park & Ride tram stop is a new tram stop currently under construction by Edinburgh Trams. It will be on Line 1
Coordinates: 55°56′22.10″N 3°22′21.01″W / 55.939472°N 3.3725028°W / 55.939472; -3.3725028
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Inverleith
Coordinates: 55°58′0″N 3°12′50″W / 55.966667°N 3.21389°W / 55.966667; -3.21389
Inverleith (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Lìte) is an inner suburb in the northern part of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the fringes of the central region of the city. It is an affluent suburb. Its neighbours include Trinity to the north and the New Town to the south, with Canonmills at the south-east and Stockbridge at the south-west. Like a great many places in and around Edinburgh[citation needed], the name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Lìte, meaning "Mouth of Leith", such is the case with Inverness, meaning mouth of the River Ness etc. Some documents refer to the area as "Inner Leith".
It is characterised by its wealth of open green space. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Inverleith Park, in addition to the numerous playing fields owned and used by the independent schools Edinburgh Academy, Fettes College, Stewart's Melville College and George Heriot's. The Royal Botanic Gardens' nursery garden, for growing and cultivating plants, is also located here. Within Inverleith, there are very few shops and offices, and it is almost entirely a residential and recreational area.
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Jock's Lodge
Jock's Lodge is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is bordered by Meadowbank to the west, and Piershill to the east. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it occurs as early as 1650. Jock is thought to be the name of a local shepherd in the early 17th century, with a small house near the junction of London Road and Restalrig Road South. A pub sharing the name of the area now sits on the north-west corner of the junction.
The area is dominated by civil service buildings St Margarets House and Meadowbank House, which were built on the site of the St Margarets Railway Marshalling Yards, which was primarily for steam locomotives. The office blocks were constructed in the early 1970s. Meadowbank Stadium, immediately to the west was the location for the 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games. The East Coast Main Line railway also passes by here, as does the A1 Edinburgh to London main trunk road. Many of the houses in this area are Victorian tenements.
Both Royal High Rugby Club and Lismore RFC were formerly based in the area; Lismore RFC taking its name from nearby Lismore Crescent.
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Joppa, Edinburgh
Joppa is an eastern suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is bounded on the north by the coast of the Firth of Forth, on the west by Portobello, to the south by the open area south of Milton Road and to the east by Musselburgh in East Lothian. The name "Joppa" appears in the late 18th century and is of uncertain origin. One possibility is from the coastal Biblical town of Joppa (a latinization of its 4th century Greek name Ἰόππη); this is now known as Israeli city of Yafo or Jaffa.
Joppa is now largely residential, but salt was once produced from sea water by evaporation at Joppa Pans. Practically nothing remains of the industrial buildings but the former manager's house is now a hotel. Some light industry has operated from the area near the former station in Brunstane Road, and at Eastfield. Many of the larger houses near the seafront date from the mid to late 19th century, with extensive later areas further inland built up in the mid 20th century.
While the last cable cars were in use in Edinburgh, a line ran through to Joppa, where it connected with the Musselburgh electric tram line. The two lines joined together in 1923 when the Edinburgh system was converted to electricity, and through trams then ran from Levenhall in Musselburgh to Waterloo Place in Edinburgh.
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Juniper Green
Coordinates: 55°54′12″N 3°17′13″W / 55.903362°N 3.286891°W / 55.903362; -3.286891
Juniper Green is a village on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 9 kilometres south west of the city centre. It bridges the city bypass, and extends along the foothills of the Pentlands. It is bordered by Colinton to the east and Currie to the south-west. Administratively, Juniper Green falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council. By general consent, the geography of Juniper Green includes Baberton Mains to the north.
Juniper Green's earliest mention is in the Kirk records of Colinton in 1707. Traditionally, its major industries were paper and snuff. The 300th anniversary of Juniper Green was celebrated throughout 2007 and the community supported many social and environmental improvement projects. The opportunity was also taken to record locals' reminiscences about Juniper Green and collect photographs, which have been archived on the Juniper Green Village Association website.
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Kaimes
Kaimes is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Alnwickhill.
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Coordinates: 55°54′03″N 3°10′00″W / 55.90083°N 3.1666667°W / 55.90083; -3.1666667
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Kingsknowe
Kingsknowe is a suburb of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland. It is south-west of Craiglockhart. It borders Wester Hailes, Slateford and Longstone
The area is served by Kingsknowe railway station which is part of the Edinburgh Waverley railway station - Glasgow Central station railway link. Kingsknowe playing fields are home to Currie Star F.C., with three pitches available to the public. Kingsknowe also houses the[Water Of Leith Centre.
Coordinates: 55°55′03″N 3°15′45″W / 55.9175°N 3.2625°W / 55.9175; -3.2625
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Kirkliston
Coordinates: 55°57′N 3°24′W / 55.95°N 3.4°W / 55.95; -3.4
Kirkliston is a village and civil parish within the City of Edinburgh in Scotland. It sits on the historic route between Edinburgh and Queensferry, the gateway to Fife and the north. Today, it is bypassed by the A90. It lies close to the Forth Road Bridge and Forth Rail Bridge and to Edinburgh Airport.
Kirkliston was the location of the first recorded Parliament in Scottish history; the Estates of Scotland met there in 1235, during the reign of Alexander II of Scotland.
The oldest house in the village is Castle House which contains a marriage lintel dated 1683.
Until May 1975 Kirkliston was, for local government purposes, part of the old County of West Lothian. Under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 it then became part of Lothian Region and the City of Edinburgh District. Further local government reorganisation in 1996 saw the village become part of the City of Edinburgh Council area. The City of Edinburgh Council has a small office in the local library, as well as running the library, primary school and leisure centre.
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Lauriston
Lauriston is an area of central Edinburgh, Scotland. The former location of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, the area is undergoing a major re-development known as Quartermile. New apartments, restaurants, hotels and offices are planned.
Lauriston is adjacent to The Meadows, a large public park in the centre of Edinburgh, and is home to the Edinburgh College of Art and the headquarters of the Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service, plus the Museum of Fire.
George Heriot's School is located on Lauriston Place opposite the Quartermile development.
The original and second (but not present) buildings of George Watson's College were also in Lauriston.
Coordinates: 55°56′42″N 3°11′49″W / 55.945°N 3.19694°W / 55.945; -3.19694
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Leith
Coordinates: 55°58′48″N 3°10′12″W / 55.980089°N 3.170049°W / 55.980089; -3.170049
Leith (
/ˈliːθ/ LEETH; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a district and former municipal burgh to the north of the city of Edinburgh at the mouth of the Water of Leith in Scotland. It has long been regarded as Edinburgh's port. It lies on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, in the unitary local authority of the City of Edinburgh.
First referred to in the charter authorising the construction of Holyrood Abbey, Leith officially became Edinburgh's port in 1329 when Robert I transferred control to the magistrates and citizens of Edinburgh. It remains a busy port, handling over 1.5 million tonnes of cargo a year.
Up until the late 16th century Leith (originally designated Inverleith, i.e. the mouth of the Water of Leith, on early maps), comprised two separate towns on either side of the river.
South Leith was the larger, coming under the jurisdiction of St. Cuthbert's parish in Edinburgh. It was based on trade and had many merchants' houses and warehouses. This was where ships offloaded their cargoes at the Shore where they were collected by Edinburgh merchants.
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Little France
Little France is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is on the A7 approximately 4 miles south of the city centre.
The area falls within the parish of Liberton in the south-east of the city. It acquired its name from members of the entourage brought to Scotland from France by Mary, Queen of Scots, who took up residence there. The French left the city following the Siege of Leith under the terms of the Treaty of Edinburgh.
Little France is the location of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and is adjacent to Craigour which is just to its south.
Coordinates: 55°55′12″N 3°08′21″W / 55.92°N 3.13917°W / 55.92; -3.13917
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Lochend, Edinburgh
Lochend is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Leith and approximately two miles from the city centre. Lochend has a youth football club. They play at Seafield Park.
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Coordinates: 55°57′35″N 3°09′35″W / 55.95972°N 3.15972°W / 55.95972; -3.15972
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Lochrin
Coordinates: 55°56′33.24″N 3°12′29.29″W / 55.9425667°N 3.2081361°W / 55.9425667; -3.2081361
Lochrin is a small area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is in the south-west corner of the city centre, part of the Tollcross area, and beside Fountainbridge. Lochrin contains a wide mixture of retail shops, leisure facilities, other businesses and tenement housing. Major new office and residential developments are replacing some of the older buildings and land vacated by an Arnold Clark (formerly Rootes) car showroom.
The basins which were at the end of the Union Canal were filled in after the closure of the canal as a commercial enterprise in the 1930s. The modern end of the canal is still at the centre of the area and is referred to as the Lochrin Basin. The area is at present undergoing major reconstruction and is known as Edinburgh Quay and Edinburgh Canal Quarter.
There are building developments taking place, on sites known as 'Freer Street', 'Leamington Wharf', and 'Lochrin Square'/'St Marks Quay'.
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Marchmont
Marchmont is a mainly residential affluent area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies roughly a mile to the south of the Old Town, separated from it by The Meadows and Bruntsfield Links. To the west it is bounded by Bruntsfield; to the south-southwest by Greenhill and then Morningside; to the south-southeast by The Grange; and to the east by Sciennes.
The whole area was developed as a planned middle-class tenements suburb by Sir George Warrender, the owner of Bruntsfield House and the surrounding estate (also known as the "Warrender Park") in the mid 19th century. The original feuing plan laid out by architect David Bryce in 1869 called for mainly terraced villas, with a number of large, detached villas on Marchmont Road. However, this was superseded by a later plan that proposed all buildings were four or five-storey tenements. The name Marchmont was originally only used to refer to Marchmont Crescent, Road and Street, but is now used for the whole area. The Warrender name has been retained in the streets Warrender Park Road, Warrender Park Terrace and Warrender Baths, the local swimming pool.
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Maybury
Maybury is an area on the western edge of Edinburgh, Scotland, near South Gyle and Ingliston, named after the civil engineer Sir Henry Maybury (1864–1943).
Dominated by a major road junction, the most notable feature is the Maybury Roadhouse, built in 1935 and one of Edinburgh's finest examples of Art Deco architecture. It was converted into a casino in the late 1990s. The casino has retained many art deco features within the building and has been featured in the recent Greatest Scot series on Scottish TV.
The area is residential in the north east/east and commercial in the south and west.
There is also a large Marriott chain hotel here (previously The Royal Scot), and The Gyle Shopping Centre is nearby.
Coordinates: 55°56′29″N 3°18′49″W / 55.94139°N 3.31361°W / 55.94139; -3.31361
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Mayfield, Edinburgh
Mayfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about one mile south from the city centre, with Craigmillar to the south-east and Newington to the north. Mayfield is the also the name of several streets in the area.
The area is affluent and mostly residential, with a large number of small hotels, a few shops, and an NHS dentist on Mayfield Road. The area is dominated by Mayfield Salisbury Church.
Coordinates: 55°55′56.63″N 3°10′37.77″W / 55.9323972°N 3.1771583°W / 55.9323972; -3.1771583
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Merchiston
Coordinates: 55°56′11″N 3°12′34″W / 55.9365°N 3.2095°W / 55.9365; -3.2095
Merchiston is a prosperous, mainly residential area in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The housing is primarily a mixture of large, late Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian villas – several of the latter by Edward Calvert – together with a smaller number of Victorian tenements and some relatively large, early-20th century villas. In recent years many of these villas have been subjected to development with blocks of flats being built in their once expansive gardens and the original houses themselves being divided into small numbers of flats.
A campus forming a major part of Edinburgh Napier University is in the area; it includes Merchiston Tower (or Castle), once the home of John Napier, 8th Laird of Merchiston and the inventor of logarithms. The university also uses a variety of other buildings in this and surrounding areas, such as former schools and churches, some of which would otherwise have been demolished or made into further flats. The tower was sold by the Honourable John Scott Napier, 14th Laird of Merchiston in 1914 to the Merchiston Castle School board who used it up until 1930 when the school moved to a new site at Colinton (whilst retaining the Merchiston Castle name).
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Moredun
Moredun is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of Liberton, while Craigour is situated just to its north.
Originally called Gutters and later Goodtrees, the estate was renamed Moredun in 1769.
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Coordinates: 55°54′49″N 3°08′09″W / 55.91361°N 3.13583°W / 55.91361; -3.13583
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Mortonhall
Mortonhall is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the south edge of the city. It is perhaps best known for its crematorium, designed by Sir Basil Spence, which is considered to be an outstanding example of Scottish modern architecture. It is based on the same design as his work at Coventry Cathedral. The crematorium has a lush woodland setting, and acts as a local park. The land to the NW acts as a Garden of Remembrance. The large expanse of open ground to the west acts as a Cemetery, but owing to a policy of all stones having to be laid flat, it has a rather sterile appearance.
The area is along the western end of the Frogston Road between Fairmilehead and Gilmerton; it is just to the south of Liberton and the Braid Hills. The area was the estate of Mortonhall House, a fine country mansion house of 1769, with an exceptional interior , thought to be designed by the Edinburgh architect, John Baxter. This has since been converted into offices and flats. The stable range(now a bar) dates from around 1780 and is also particularly fine, including an intact cobbled courtyard. The immediate grounds of the Hall contain a caravan site and a garden centre. To the north, the land has been developed as Mortonhall Golf Club; to the east, there is a 1970s housing estate. The land to the south, on the far side of Frogston Road, is mostly farmland.
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Muirhouse
Muirhouse (Scots: Muirhoose) is a district in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is west of Granton and the housing estates of East Pilton and West Pilton, and East of Davidsons Mains. It is bounded to the south by Ferry Road and to the East by Pennywell Road.
The name Muirhouse originally referred to a mansion built on Marine Drive in 1832 for the Davidson family, who were wealthy merchants trading in Rotterdam. The modern residential area of Muirhouse was built in the 1950s as a council estate, though since the mid-1980s some of the housing has also been privately owned.
The predominant feature of the area is the 22 storey tower block Martello Court, which accommodates 88 flats. Other high rise blocks in the area include Birnies Court, Fidra Court, Gunnet Court and Inchmickery Court amongst others.
The area is generally regarded as one of the more deprived districs of Edinburgh, with anti social behaviour and drug use major problems. However in recent years major redevelopment of the area has started. Martello Court, which was once seen as the centre of Muirhouse's social problems has been refurbished and now affords a better reputation. Much of the area's low-mid rise housing has been, or is set to be demolished as part of the City Council's plan to provide 1100 new council houses in some of the city's most deprived estates. The Muirhouse Housing Association is involved in redevelopment work.
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Murrayfield
Murrayfield is an affluent area in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is to the east of Corstorphine and west of Roseburn. The A8 road runs east-west through the north of the area.
It is known mostly for containing Murrayfield Stadium, home to the Scottish national rugby union team and venue for many sporting events such as the 2000 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final which saw Bradford Bulls beat Leeds Rhinos 24 - 18 and the 2002 Challenge Cup final which saw Wigan Warriors beat St Helens 21 - 12. In the shadow of the Stadium is Murrayfield Ice Rink, which currently hosts the Edinburgh Capitals ice hockey team and previously played host to the famous Murrayfield Racers. In the 2006-07 season, Heart of Midlothian played their UEFA Champions League ties at Murrayfield.
In addition to the stadium, there is a Murrayfield Golf Course. Next to this is Easter Belmont Road (a private road), one of Edinburgh's "Millionaire's Rows" and is home to local businessman David Murray and Keith Miller. Aside from sports facilities, there is a lot of residential land use, and the area has a BUPA private hospital and small numbers of shops, businesses including a BMW dealership, and hotels. The Murrayfield area is full of medium and large sized houses.
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New Town, Edinburgh
The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is often considered to be a masterpiece of city planning, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built in stages between 1765 and around 1850, and retains much of the original neo-classical and Georgian period architecture.
Its most famous street is Princes Street, facing Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town across the geographical depression of the former Nor Loch. The Old and New Towns were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
Original plans to create a New Town in Edinburgh date back to a general concept considered by King James VII and II in the late 17th century.
The decision to construct a New Town was taken by the city fathers, after overcrowding inside the Old Town city walls reached breaking point and to prevent an exodus of wealthy citizens from the city to London. The Age of Enlightenment had arrived in Edinburgh, and the outdated city fabric did not suit the modern thinkers who lived there. Lord Provost George Drummond succeeded in extending the boundary of the Royal Burgh to encompass the fields to the north of the Nor Loch, the heavily polluted body of water which occupied the valley immediately north of the city. A scheme to drain the Loch was put in to action, although the process was not fully completed until 1817. Crossing points were built to access the new land; the North Bridge in 1772, and the Earthen Mound, which began as a tip for material excavated during construction of the New Town. The Mound, as it is known today, reached its present proportions in the 1830s.
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Newbridge, Edinburgh
Newbridge is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Kirkliston. Newbridge (including Ratho Station) had a total population of 1,013 at the 2001 Census.
Newbridge has an Industrial Estate, two car dealerships, a Royal Bank of Scotland branch, a pub with a large beer garden (The Newbridge Inn, built in 1683), a Bowling Club, a McDonalds restaurant, a Petrol Station, a Premier Inn (with Thyne restaurant), a cafe and a chip shop. There is a Scotmid nearby at Ratho Station. Larger supermarkets can be found in Broxburn. A Doctor's Surgery and a chemist are located in Ratho.
The Newbridge roundabout is one of the busiest junctions in Scotland. The M8 and M9 both meet here. An underpass allows traffic to flow from one motorway to the other without having to go round the Newbridge Roundabout. The A8 dual carriageway runs from the Newbridge Roundabout into Edinburgh City Centre. The A89 road runs from Newbridge Roundabout to Broxburn
Newbridge is served by several bus services. First operate three bus services,
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Newcraighall
Coordinates: 55°56′04″N 3°05′20″W / 55.934469°N 3.0888°W / 55.934469; -3.0888
Newcraighall (Scots: Newcraighauch,Scottish Gaelic: Talla na Creige Nuadh) is a southeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. A former mining village, its prosperity was based on the Midlothian coalfields and in particular the now closed Monktonhall pit. The village had a miners club (demolished after a fire on 15th July 2009) and bowling green. Newcraighall now plays host to an out of town shopping complex known as The Fort or Kinnaird Park.
Newcraighall railway station is the terminus for the short Edinburgh Crossrail service from Edinburgh Waverley via Brunstane. This line uses the northern stub of the former Waverley Route from Carlisle to Edinburgh and although mostly lifted, the Scottish Parliament approved a Bill in June 2006 to reopen the railway from Newcraighall to just south of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. The line could see its first passenger journeys in 2014, 45 years after closure (Closed 5 January 1969) following the Beeching report in 1963.
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Newhaven, Edinburgh
Newhaven is a district in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, between Leith and Granton. Formerly a village and harbour on the Firth of Forth, it currently has approximately 5,000 inhabitants.
Newhaven is a conservation area, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the city centre. Newhaven is one of 40 Conservation Areas in Edinburgh. The Newhaven Conservation Area was designated in 1977.
It has a very distinctive building form, typical of many Scottish fishing villages, with a 'forestair' leading to accommodation at first floor level. The lower ground floor was used for storing nets.
Victoria Primary School, established in the 1850s, is a historic building in Newhaven Main Street, and is the oldest local authority Primary School still in use within the City of Edinburgh. It has a school roll of around 145 children.
The new Western Harbour development extends north into the Firth of Forth from Newhaven. It is also the home of Next Generation Sports Centre (now named David Lloyd Newhaven Harbour), where the tennis player Andy Murray regularly played as a youngster.
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Niddrie, Edinburgh
This article is about Niddrie, a suburb of Edinburgh. See also: Longniddry, Niddry Castle.'
Niddrie is a suburb of south east Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It is situated southwest of the seaside area of Portobello, and west of Musselburgh, East Lothian.
The Wauchope family owned the majority of the area up to the 1930s, The family home Niddrie Marischal House was immediately west of the present day Jack Kane Centre sports complex in Hunters Hall Park. The Wauchopes eventually donated their lands to the city.
Immediately adjacent to the Barony of Craigmillar, and part of Edinburgh City's political ward Craigmillar/Portobello, it was also the home of the Craigmillar Festival Society, a well regarded and internationally renowned community arts organisation, founded by local mother and "Woman Of Achievement" Helen Crummy.
The placename is believed to be of Brythonic origin, *nuada tref meaning "new settlement". In an 1987 Craigmillar Festival Society community drama production called "Dampbusters" (a show about poor housing in the community at that time), it was jokingly referred to as meaning "never dry", a dubious and bogus translation from the "Old Scots" vernacular.
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Old Town, Edinburgh
The Old Town of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is the oldest part of the city. Together with the 18th-century New Town, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has preserved its medieval plan and many Reformation-era buildings.
One end is closed by Edinburgh Castle and the main artery, the Royal Mile, leads away from it, down to Holyrood Palace and the ruined Holyrood Abbey. Narrow closes (alleyways), often no more than a few feet wide, lead downhill on either side of the main spine in a herringbone pattern. Large squares mark the location of markets or surround major public buildings such as in front of the Tron Kirk, and surrounding St Giles Cathedral and the supreme courts.
Other notable places include the Scottish Parliament Building, the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, the Royal Museum of Scotland, Surgeons' Hall, the University of Edinburgh, and numerous underground streets and vaults, relics of previous phases of construction.
The street layout, typical of the old quarters of many northern European cities, is made especially picturesque in Edinburgh, where the castle perches on top of a rocky crag, the remnants of an extinct volcano, and the main street runs down the crest of a ridge from it. This "crag and tail" landform was created during the last ice age when receding glaciers scored across the land pushing soft soil aside but being split by harder crags of volcanic rock. The hilltop crag was the earliest part of the city to develop, becoming fortified and eventually developing into the current Edinburgh Castle. The rest of the city grew slowly down the tail of land from the Castle Rock. This was an easily defended spot with marshland on the south and a loch, the Nor Loch, on the north. Access up the main road to the settlement was therefore restricted by means of various gates and the city walls, of which only fragmentary sections remain.
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Oxgangs
Coordinates: 55°54′29″N 3°13′16″W / 55.908°N 3.221°W / 55.908; -3.221
Oxgangs is a suburb in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is named for an oxgang, an ancient Scottish land measure.
Surrounding districts include Caiystane, Dreghorn, Redford, Fairmilehead, Colinton and Swanston and Colinton Mains. The post code area for Oxgangs is EH13.
The building of the area started in around 1953/54; before that (with the exception of Colinton Mains) there had only been a number of prefab houses and several farms but it had been mostly farmland and was basically considered to be part of the countryside. The area consists of large public housing schemes aimed at low to middle income groups, ranging from private bungalows to Edinburgh City Council-owned high rise tower blocks (although these have now been demolished).
A significant majority of former council-owned properties in Oxgangs have been bought by tenants under the right to buy scheme leaving approximately 659 properties in council ownership thus making it extremely difficult to be allocated a council home in the area.
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Parkgrove
Parkgrove is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
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Coordinates: 55°57′33″N 3°17′39″W / 55.95917°N 3.29417°W / 55.95917; -3.29417
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Parkhead, Edinburgh
Parkhead is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south-west of the Water of Leith. It is one of the smaller Wards in the Edinburgh City Council. It is bounded to the north by the Calder Road (A71), to the west by Sighthill, southwest lies Wester Hailes and the south is bounded by the Kingsknowe Park.
Coordinates: 55°55′26″N 3°15′30″W / 55.92389°N 3.25833°W / 55.92389; -3.25833
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Piershill
Piershill is a suburb of north east Edinburgh, Scotland, in the shadow of Arthur's Seat. It is mainly residential, with local amenities including a large Morrisons supermarket and filling station, bank, public library, optician, pharmacy, several takeaway restaurants and specialist retailers along with public houses.
The name Piershill is thought to come from a Colonel Piers who built a house on the high land overlooking Restalrig, land which subsequently became the cavalry installation at Piershill Barracks.
Piershill is adjoined by Mountcastle and Willowbrae to the south, Jock's Lodge and Meadowbank just to the west, Portobello to the east and Restalrig and Craigentinny to the north.
The Piershill Square East/West/Portobello Road tenements, containing 342 dwellings, were built 1937-8 by the Edinburgh Corporation Council. They were designed by Ebenezer James MacRae (1881–1951), Edinburgh's City Architect and members of his architectural team. MacRae was City Architect for twenty years and his infill developments and reinterpretation of Scots vernacular architecture are an important part of Edinburgh's inter-war heritage. These tenements reflect MacRae's tours of Europe in their planning and layout. Sadly, many of the original multi-pane sash windows have been lost. They were built on the site of Piershill Cavalry Barracks, and re-used the stone facings from the old buildings. They are a reinterpretation of the traditional tenement, a housing type more usually associated with the Nineteenth century.
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Pilrig
Pilrig is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The name derives from a tower (pil/peel) at the end of a field (rig).
Pilrig lies midway between Leith and Edinburgh, west of Leith Walk. It is split by Pilrig Street, which marks the division between the EH6 and EH7 postcode districts. Along the north-east side of Pilrig Street lies Pilrig Park, within which is Pilrig House, the heart of the former estate of the Balfour family. The 19th-century Rosebank Cemetery is located at the north end of Pilrig Street, at the junction of Broughton Road.
During the Siege of Leith the English and Scottish besiegers moved their main camp from Restalrig to Pilrig. Archaeological excavations in 2006 revealed the remains of an ancient fort. Although claimed to be Somerset's Battery, this confuses the already identified Somerset's Battery on Leith Links (identified as such on contemporary maps). The former are also incorrectly claimed to be the "only 16th century siege works ever uncovered in Britain".
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Pilton, Edinburgh
Pilton is a residential district of northern Edinburgh, Scotland. It is to the north of Ferry Road and west of Granton.
Coordinates: 55°58′20″N 3°14′12″W / 55.97222°N 3.23667°W / 55.97222; -3.23667
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Polwarth, Edinburgh
Polwarth is a mainly residential area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is bounded by Bruntsfield and Merchiston to the east and south, Gorgie and Dalry to the north, and Craiglockhart to the west.
The Union Canal flows through Polwarth on its way from Edinburgh to Falkirk.
Although within the boundary of Merchiston Community Council, Harrison Park – on the north bank of the canal – is commonly taken to be part of Polwarth. Behind the tenements at the north of the park runs a footpath which was formerly track bed for the main line of the Caledonian Railway en route to the now-closed Princes Street railway station in the centre of the city. There was once a Merchiston Station on this line near the park.
Coordinates: 55°55′52″N 003°13′41″W / 55.93111°N 3.22806°W / 55.93111; -3.22806 (Polwarth)
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Powderhall
Powderhall is an area in the north of Edinburgh, the Scottish capital. It is mainly centred around Broughton Road. Until recently it was best known for its greyhound racing track, which has now closed. The site has been redeveloped for housing and business purposes. This was one of a number of greyhound racing tracks in the city, and played host to motorcycle speedway racing from 1977 to 1995, as home to the Edinburgh Monarchs, who have since relocated to Armadale. The New Year Sprint, an open 110 metre event, was staged at Powderhall from 1870 onwards. Since 1999 it has been held in Musselburgh.
Powderhall also has one of the city's main waste transfer stations.
Coordinates: 55°58′0.13″N 3°11′32.88″W / 55.9667028°N 3.1924667°W / 55.9667028; -3.1924667
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Prestonfield
Prestonfield is a suburb in the south of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, which lies to the north of the A7 road. It is best known as being home to Prestonfield House, a renowned hotel.
Coordinates: 55°56′0.70″N 3°9′41.45″W / 55.933528°N 3.1615139°W / 55.933528; -3.1615139
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Ratho
Ratho (Scottish Gaelic: Ràthach) is a village and civil parish in the west of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It was formerly in the old county of Midlothian. Newbridge and Kirkliston are other villages in the area. The Union Canal passes through Ratho. Edinburgh Airport is situated only 4 miles (7 km) away.
Ratho is the site of stone age circles, carved into the rocks. There was also a witches stone, which held many legends. When the stone was moved by the land owner for farming, it was believed evil spirits were released into the village. It is believed that the name Ratho comes from Rathach, Scottish Gaelic, for a place where there is an old fort.
On pre-1800s maps where place-name spellings varied wildly, Ratho is sometimes referred to as Rathue or Rathua. In 1817 Ratho was separated into "Ratho" (the main village) "Ratho Byers" and "Ratho Bank".
There are a number of old buildings in the area. The most prominent of these was Haltoun House or castle (pronounced, and sometimes spelt, Hatton), which was badly damaged by fire in the mid-1950s and subsequently taken down. This magnificent country house evolved from its central core, a Norman keep, or what Scots call a Pele Tower. In 1371 the manor and lands of Haltoun were resigned to the Crown by John de Haltoun, and were regranted to Alan de Lawedre [Lauder] of that Ilk who then resided mostly at Whitslaid Tower just outside Lauder. Haltoun Tower was damaged during the House of Douglas troubles of 1452, when a note in the Treasurers' Accounts show funds being provided for its repair. The Haltoun estates remained in the Lauder family until the latter half of the 17th century when they passed by marriage to Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale, who enlarged and beautified Hatton House.
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Ratho Station
Ratho Station is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
It is located south of Edinburgh Airport; the community has a population of approximately 600. Approx 300 houses are within the village limit.
The name derives from the closed railway station of the same name which in 1917 was the site of a rail crash which killed 12 people.
The local primary school is Hillwood Primary School, which replaced the now closed Newbridge Primary School in 1972. Catchment areas include Ratho Station, Lochend, Newbridge, Gogar and Ingliston.
The village is served by one primary shop, Scotmid or Co-op Foodhall as it was called when first opened. When first created Ratho Station also had its own Post Office and Police Station, both have now closed. With Newbridge being the location for the nearest Post Office.
A large amount of warehousing and industry is located along the Queen Anne Drive with notable businesses such as Chivas Regal and Racal.
Coordinates: 55°56′11″N 3°23′16″W / 55.93639°N 3.38778°W / 55.93639; -3.38778
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Ravelston
Ravelston is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, to the south of Queensferry Road (the A90).
The area is primarily made up of detached and semi-detached housing, as well as modern apartments and many bungalows. To the east of Ravelston Terrace is the Dean Path and Water of Leith Walkway, while to the west lies Ravelston Dykes Golf Club, about 1 mile from the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh.
Ravelston is home to the Mary Erskine School, an independent school incorporated into Stewart's Melville College, both owned by the Merchant Company of Edinburgh.
Ravelston Garden is a 1930s listed building in the area. There are also other notable buildings including the slightly older Ravelston Lea, a large detached villa typical of the better housing in the area.
Coordinates: 55°57′11″N 3°14′52″W / 55.95306°N 3.24778°W / 55.95306; -3.24778
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Redford, Edinburgh
Redford is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is in the south-west of the city, south-east of the Colinton area, and is known particularly for Redford Barracks, an army base.
Coordinates: 55°54′26″N 3°14′28″W / 55.90722°N 3.24111°W / 55.90722; -3.24111
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Restalrig
Restalrig is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located east of the city centre, west of the A199 road, and to the east of Lochend, with which it overlaps. Restalrig Road is the main route through the area, running from London Road at Jock's Lodge, to Leith Links at the south edge of Leith.
The oldest building is the chapel of St. Triduana in Restalrig village. This is attached to the village church, which was once far grander, having served as a Royal Chapel until the Scottish Reformation of 1560. The church dates from the 15th century, and is a category A listed building. St. Triduana's Aisle is further protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
According to Raphael Holinshed, Richard III of England camped at Restalrig in August 1482 after capturing Berwick upon Tweed.James IV of Scotland was a frequent visitor; giving offerings for masses before the altars of Our Lady and Saint Triduana and for keeping Our Lady's Light in September 1496, while his gunners assembled the royal artillery nearby for his mission to England with the pretender Perkin Warbeck. During the Siege of Leith in Spring 1560, the headquarters of the English army was located at Restalrig Deanery near the kirk.
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Riccarton, Edinburgh
Riccarton is an area in Edinburgh's Green Belt, in Scotland. It is mainly undeveloped, with much farmland and few houses.
Riccarton is to the west of the Edinburgh City Bypass (the A720), and is known for being the location of Heriot-Watt University's main campus, as well as the Heart of Midlothian F.C. training ground.
There have been a number of wrangles over development of the area in recent years.[citation needed]
The area is bordered by Currie, Juniper Green and Curriehill to the south, The Calders (Wester Hailes) to the east, and Hermiston to the north.
Coordinates: 55°54′30″N 3°19′20″W / 55.90833°N 3.32222°W / 55.90833; -3.32222
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Roseburn
Roseburn is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
The area lies in the west of the city, beyond Haymarket and close to the Murrayfield area (and Murrayfield stadium). It is immediately to the south of the A8 road.
The Water of Leith flows along one side of Roseburn Park next to the Water of Leith Walkway. Other boundaries to the park are Murrayfield Stadium and Murrayfield Ice Rink. The park is used for football in the winter and cricket in the summer. It has a small play area popular with pre-school and young children.
Roseburn Primary School offers education for children from Nursery to Primary 7. The main building is Victorian and has listed building status.
Businesses located in Roseburn include bars, restaurants, take aways, groceries, art work, jewellery, flowers, home furnishings, pharmaceutical goods, furniture, cars and hairdressing. Its location makes it a popular place for through traffic to take advantage of the selection of shops.
Coordinates: 55°56′44.27″N 3°14′4.32″W / 55.9456306°N 3.2345333°W / 55.9456306; -3.2345333
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Saughton
Saughton (Sauchton in Scots) is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering on Sighthill, Longstone, and Stenhouse. In Scots, a "sauch" is a willow. The Water of Leith flows by here.
It is best known for its prison, known officially as "HM Prison Edinburgh", but colloquially as "Saughton Prison" (or just "Saughton"), which lies to the south of the district.
The Calder Road, one of the main city arteries, runs through it.
More recently Saughton park has become home to an acclaimed outdoor concrete skatepark
Actually situated in the Broomhouse area and fronting on Broomhouse Drive, Saughton House is a large Government office which houses the Scottish Executive, HM Revenue and Customs, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, and a number of other Government offices. Originally built as a hospital its distinctive spurs are now used as office accommodation.
Coordinates: 55°55′46″N 3°16′05″W / 55.92944°N 3.26806°W / 55.92944; -3.26806
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Seafield, Edinburgh
Seafield is an area in north east Edinburgh, Scotland. There is little housing here, and the area is mainly light industrial. Several cream processing plants are in the southern precincts. There have been plans to move the city waste processing unit here from Broughton and there is also a cat and dog home here.
The Eastern General Hospital was based here until being demolished in 2008. Its maternity unit served North East Edinburgh and the Borders until 1997.
It is, as the name implies, on the coast.
Coordinates: 55°58′8.32″N 3°8′37.06″W / 55.9689778°N 3.1436278°W / 55.9689778; -3.1436278
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Shandon, Edinburgh
Coordinates: 55°55′59″N 003°13′46″W / 55.93306°N 3.22944°W / 55.93306; -3.22944 (Shandon)
Shandon is an area of Edinburgh within North Merchiston approximately three miles west of the centre of Edinburgh. It is bounded by Slateford Road to the north, Harrison Road to the east, the Union Canal to the south and the Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Slateford) and Suburban rail lines to the west.
Harris states that the name is presumably related to Shandon on the Gareloch, near Helensburgh. Robert Napier (1791–1876) the famous marine engineer built the mansion of West Shandon at Shandon, Dumbartonshire in 1851 situated on the east shore of the Gareloch. The present Napier family is represented by Ian Patrick Robert Napier M.C. of Milton House, Bowling, Dumbartonshire. The family business is shipbuilding and ship-owning. There does not seem to be a connection with the Napier family of Merchiston on whose ground the Edinburgh streets were constructed and a mistake could have occurred here in tracing the history of the wrong "Napier" in selecting names for these streets.
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Sighthill, Edinburgh
Sighthill is a suburb in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
For nearly 50 years, the West Edinburgh skyline was dominated by 4 high rise residential tower blocks (Broomview House, Glenalmond Court, Weir Court and Hermiston Court) the first of which was demolished on 21st September 2008 (Broomview House) with the other three blocks following the same fate just over 3 years later. Also in the area are the towers of Stevenson College and Edinburgh Napier University's Sighthill Campus (formerly the Edinburgh Business College). There is also a medical centre, a library and a fire station, as well as some small shops.
The Calder Road, one of the city's main arteries, runs by Sighthill, and the Edinburgh-Glasgow & Stirling railway line is nearby.
All of the remaining tower blocks and low-rise council-built properties are due to be demolished within the next couple of years to make way for new social housing. The 10-story block Broomview House was demolished on Sunday 21 September 2008 by Safedem Ltd. The flats came down at 11:15am in a controlled explosion where a longstanding former resident pushed the ceremonial button to implode the building. The remaining three blocks were demolished on Sunday 25th September 2011, also at 11:15am.
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Silverknowes
Silverknowes is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. Silverknowes lies to the northwest of the city. The district contains over 2000 homes, ranging in size from bungalow to semi-detached housing, much of it built during the mid-twentieth century.
It holds the EH4 postcode. Silverknowes is surrounded by Davidson's Mains Village to the south, Barnton, Lauriston to the west, and Muirhouse to the east.
Until the late 19th century, the area of farmland to the north of Davidson's Mains was known as "Randalistoun" or "Randerstoune". Early development was on the part of the Caledonian Railway, which contstructed a railway line to Barnton via Davidson's Mains. The former route lies to the south of the estate, and is now used as a cycle path. In 1934, Glasgow tenement builders McTaggart & Mickel purchased land to the west of the estate, which led to the construction of Silverknowes Avenue, Crescent, Drive, Hill, Loan and Terrace and Lauriston Farm Road. The homes proved popular, and building work resumed after the Second World War[citation needed].
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Slateford
Slateford (Scottish Gaelic: Àth na Sglèata) is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the Water of Leith.
The former village of Slateford lies on the Lanark Road where it crosses the Water of Leith 1/4 of a mile south west of Slateford Station. The name "Slateford" comes from local rock found in the area and the old fording point on the Water of Leith that the village grew round. In 1882 it had a post office with money order savings bank and telegraph departments, a Police Station, a Good Templars Hall, School, U.P. Church and the extensive bleachfields of Inglis Green. The village was crossed by the Union Canal Slateford Aqueduct in 1822 and a few years later the 14 arch viaduct carrying the Caledonian railway line. The situe of the Canal, Road and Rail bridges capture all three modes of transport together still to this day. In 1952 and later in 1967 major road widening projects removed all but a few of the original cottages, though Slateford House, School (Now the headquarters and visitor centre for the Water of Leith conservation trust), and Church (used as a warehouse) still stand today.
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South Gyle
South Gyle is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying on the western edge of the city and to the south and west of an area of former marshland once known as the Gogarloch, on the edge of Corstorphine. To the north, some streets in the area have names including the words "North Gyle" but North Gyle does not correspond to a recognised separate area. Most of the buildings in the area are of recent origin, dating from the later 1980s, 1990s and early 21st century, with the exception of some farm workers' cottages and an early 1970s council estate abutting South Gyle railway station.
South Gyle can be neatly divided into two main zones – a residential one, incorporating Gogarloch and the neighbouring area centred on South Gyle Mains; and a commercial/business one which incorporates the Gyle shopping centre, Edinburgh Park business park, Gyle Park (an actual park, but with some shopping centres near it), and South Gyle Crescent. The Royal Bank of Scotland, The SAAS and sportscotland are all based in this district. The Lochside development also features a number of busts of Scottish poets.
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South Queensferry
Coordinates: 55°59′21″N 3°23′46″W / 55.9891°N 3.3962°W / 55.9891; -3.3962
South Queensferry (Scottish Gaelic: Taobh a Deas Chas Chaolais), also called Queensferry, is a former Royal Burgh in West Lothian now part of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located some ten miles to the north west of the city centre, on the shore of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge, approximately 8 miles (13 km) from Edinburgh Airport. Queensferry is referred to as South Queensferry in order to distinguish it from North Queensferry. It has a population of around 12,000.
There were ferries at South Queensferry until 1964 when the Forth Road Bridge was opened. Ferry services continue to run from the harbour to the islands within the Firth of Forth, including Inchcolm.
The Scottish Gaelic name "Taobh a Deas Chas Chaolais" means "[the] Southern Side of [the] Steep Strait". The name "Cas Chaolas" (Steep Strait) is older than the English name; it can be applied to either North or South Queensferry, or both. The queen referred to is Saint Margaret of Scotland who is believed to have established a ferry at this point for pilgrims on their way north to St Andrews. She died in 1093 and made her final journey by ferry to Dunfermline Abbey. Her son, David I of Scotland, awarded the ferry rights to the abbey.
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Swanston, Edinburgh
Swanston is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a small village lying to the south of the larger suburban area of Fairmilehead, on the south side of the Edinburgh City Bypass off Oxgangs Road, and five miles from the city centre. The name is also used to encompass some of the more modern housing on the approach road to the village, on the north side of the bypass. Swanston lies on the lower northern slopes of the Pentland Hills, which are accessible from the village.
The Hillend dry ski slope is nearby and can be seen from much of the area. Swanston also houses two golf courses in the area: Lothianburn Golf Course and Swanston Golf Course. Both are placed on and around the Pentland Hills.
Robert Louis Stevenson spent several summers here in the 1870s, as a result of his father taking out a lease for Swanston Cottage (on a spur road to the NW of the village) from 1867 to 1880. Stevenson set his novel St. Ives in this village, describing the house in detail. It is also alleged that Stevenson wrote Treasure Island under a tree within metres of his cottage. However, since his authorship of the novel post-dates his final year in Swanston, this is not possible. Stevenson's nanny "Cummy" (Alison Cunningham) lived in the small house on the left hand side of the lane leading to Swanston Cottage, for 1880 till 1893 (having lived in the Cottage with them whilst they lived here).
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The Calders
The Calders are a mainly residential part of Sighthill, in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is sometimes considered to be part of Wester Hailes or Sighthill. They are not to be confused with the Calders of West Lothian, aka West Calder, Mid Calder and East Calder. The Union Canal goes by here into the city. The Calders also contains the Wester Hailes Education Centre. The bulk of the housing stock is council owned, and the area contains some of the remaining high rises in Edinburgh (Cobbinshaw House, Dunsyre House and Medwin House). The majority of the other buildings here are four storeys high, and a small percentage are two storey.
To the north, the Calders border the A71 Calder Road, which is a dual carriageway leading off Edinburgh bypass into Gorgie, and Bankhead.
To the west, is the Edinburgh Bypass, and Heriot-Watt University's main campus at Riccarton, Edinburgh.
Coordinates: 55°55′10″N 3°17′45″W / 55.91944°N 3.29583°W / 55.91944; -3.29583
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The Canongate
The Canongate is a small district at the heart of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.
The name derives from the main street running through the area: called Canongate without the definite article, "the". Canongate forms the lower, eastern half of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh's historic Old Town. Until formal incorporation into Edinburgh in 1856, Canongate was a separate burgh. The eastern end of the Canongate is known as the Holyrood area of the city.
The Canongate is named after the canons of Holyrood Abbey and the Scots word gait meaning "road" (echoed in the name of the pub on the street "The Canon's Gait").
As well as the new Scottish Parliament building, which incorporates the historic Queensberry House, the Canongate contains some other notable public buildings, including Huntly House (the Museum of Edinburgh) and the People's Story Museum (located in the historic Canongate Tolbooth.) In 1691 the new Canongate Kirk was opened, replacing Holyrood Abbey as the parish church of the Canongate. The church is still used for Sunday services as well as weekday concerts.
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The Meadows (park)
The Meadows is a large public park in Edinburgh, Scotland, just to the south of the city centre. Largely consisting of wide open grassland crossed by tree-lined paths, the park also has a children's playground, a croquet club, tennis courts and cricket pitches. It is bordered by the University of Edinburgh's George Square campus and the old Edinburgh Royal Infirmary complex to the north; and Marchmont to the south. To the south-west it becomes Bruntsfield Links where there is a free, public pitch and putt golf course. Its location makes it a popular walking route between the city centre and Marchmont, and because of safety concerns, in 2006 the City Council announced plans to improve the lighting and policing at night.
The size and prominence of the park has led to many sporting events being hosted in the summer. Every March, 1,000 runners take part in the annual Meadows Marathon, a charity half marathon and five kilometre fun run. Between 1975 and 2005 the Meadows Festival was held on the first weekend in June, returning from 2008 onwards. The Meadows is one of the host venues for the Edinburgh Festival, such as the annual Fringe Sunday. It is also the venue for the start and finish of the Edinburgh Moon Walk, an annual event involving 12,000 walkers raising money for breast cancer research and treatment. Being one of the few flat stretches of open land in the central area of the city, it is occasionally host to public protests and rallies, including the 225,000-strong Make Poverty History march on 2 July 2005. Circuses also frequently visit The Meadows around June.
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Tollcross, Edinburgh
Tollcross (Scottish Gaelic: Toll na Croise) is a major road junction to the south west of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland which gives its name to the surrounding area.
The name is readily assumed to derive from a crossroads where payments were collected from travellers entering the city, but the junction did not exist until modern times. In the 18th century a toll, appearing on maps as the Two-Penny Custom, existed at present-day Main Point, at the top of the slope emerging from the Grassmarket, where three centuries-old routes into the town from the West converged. The custom, introduced in 1680, was a tax on every pint of ale brewed outside the town walls. Main Point may therefore be the original Tollcross, the name being transferred later to the junction created when Lothian Road was laid in the 1780s. A milestone opposite Merchiston Castle in Colinton Road marked “1 mile from Tollcross” has clearly been measured from Main Point rather than the modern junction. The other toll in the area, dating from the 1755 Turnpike Act, was at the village of Wrightshouses, on the Wester Hiegait to Biggar (now Bruntsfield Place), roughly where the Barclay Church now stands. Its existence is recalled in the name of the nearby Auld Toll public house.
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Torphin
Torphin is an almost entirely residential area in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland, with its name deriving from the nearby Torphin Hill. It lies just south of Juniper Green, on the opposite side of the Water of Leith, and sits both east and west of the Edinburgh City Bypass: the east side mostly comprises new-build houses; the west side is largely rural, sporting a small number of mid-20th Century bungalows and one of the city's many golf courses, Torphin Hill Golf Club.
Lothian Buses links the area to the city centre with the number 10 bus service during the day, and the N16 as a Night Service. Further services can be reached on the nearby Lanark Road to the north, or at Colinton to the north-east.
Torphin Hill itself, origin of the name of the suburb of Torphin, adjoins Warklaw Hill to the south-west. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic torr fionn, which means "white tor".
The hill also gives its name to Torphin Hill Golf Club, which celebrated its centenary in 1995. The golf course, which actually lies on the southern slopes of Corby Hill and the eastern slope of Warklaw Hill, offers views over the city of Edinburgh and beyond.
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Trinity, Edinburgh
Trinity is a leafy district of northern Edinburgh, Scotland, once a part of Greater Leith (itself a part of the city since 1920) it is one of the more desirable neighbourhoods in Edinburgh. It is bordered by Wardie to the west, Newhaven to the east and Bangholm to the south.
The name derives from Trinity House in Leith, who formerly held these lands and had a large estate farm, Trinity Mains, in the area. The coat of arms from the farm is preserved on the gable of a modern block on Newhaven Main Street.
Although having some buildings from the 18th century the area was largely developed in the early 19th century, as a mansion house district, broadly comparable in style to The Grange area of Edinburgh (Trinity is sometimes referred to as Leith's Grange). Ironically many buildings were "second homes" to rich families in the New Town and were treated as a "country retreat".
The style of housing is now very mixed as the area has always been seen as desirable and developers have accordingly been keen to build, usually in the preferred architectural style of their period. The area has many attractive streets and The Victoria Park adds to the area's amenity as does a large number of cycle paths and walkways derived from the city's disused northern suburban railway lines. East Trinity Road is typical in having property types ranging from original mansions, victorian terraces and fine victorian tenements, cottages and a plethora of modern developments. Craighall Crescent offers one of Edinburgh's finest Victorian Crescents on one side of the street with much later houses on the other side.
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Turnhouse
Turnhouse is a suburb in the west of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
The area is east of Edinburgh International Airport, and Turnhouse is also the name for the former Royal Air Force base, now closed, which dates back to the First World War and was the origin of the current civilian airport. It is now used for cargo ops in tandem with the main Edinburgh Airport.
The then 1st Free French Squadron 340 "Ile-de-France" was located in Turnhouse during World War II, from 1941 to 1951, when it relocated to Orange, Vaucluse (France) under the name "Escadron de chasse 02.005 "Ile-de-France"" ("EC 2/5 "Ile-de-France").
Turnhouse is the home of Turnhouse Golf Club at Lennie Park.
Coordinates: 55°57′N 3°20′W / 55.95°N 3.333°W / 55.95; -3.333
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Warriston
Warriston is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north-east of the Royal Botanic Garden. The name derives from Warriston House a local mansion house, now demolished.
Warriston Cemetery was opened in 1843 and is now owned by the City of Edinburgh. Warriston Crematorium was opened on 29 October 1929 on the eastern edge of the old cemetery. It was built in 1808 as East Warriston House and converted in 1928/9.
There is a small housing estate near Warriston Cemetery locally known as Easter Warriston.
The Water of Leith flows by here.
There is also a large playing field which is used by George Heriot's School which extends into the Goldenacre area.
(Google Maps)
Coordinates: 55°58′4.85″N 3°12′1.95″W / 55.9680139°N 3.2005417°W / 55.9680139; -3.2005417
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West Coates
West Coates is a residential district of central Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is on the A8, in proximity to Haymarket railway station, west of the city centre.
As well as numerous small hotels and bed and breakfast lodges, the area is home to Donaldson's College, a former school for the deaf.
Coordinates: 55°56′45.36″N 3°13′31.27″W / 55.9459333°N 3.2253528°W / 55.9459333; -3.2253528
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West Craigs
West Craigs is the name given to two separate areas of Scotland.
There is a suburb of Edinburgh, south-east of Edinburgh International Airport known as West Craigs.
There is also a modern residential community near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, called West Craigs.
(Google Maps)
Coordinates: 55°56′47″N 3°19′02″W / 55.94639°N 3.31722°W / 55.94639; -3.31722
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West End, Edinburgh
The West End (Scottish Gaelic: An Ceann Siar) of Edinburgh, Scotland, forms a large part of the city centre. If Old Town is the historic centre, and New Town is the economic centre, then the West End can be thought of as the city's cultural centre, as it boasts many of the city's arts venues. Such venues include Usher Hall, The Filmhouse, the Royal Lyceum and the Traverse Theatre. The Village hosts art festivals and crafts fairs.
The northern half of West End lies in Edinburgh's World Heritage Site, of which it makes up a fair proportion. As can be inferred by its inclusion in this, this area of the city contains many buildings of great architectural beauty, primarily long rows and crescents of Georgian terraced houses.
Map of the city, showing New and Old Towns, as well as the West End.
Coordinates: 55°56′53″N 3°12′52″W / 55.94814°N 3.21453°W / 55.94814; -3.21453
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West Pilton
West Pilton is a housing estate in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is north of Ferry Road, east of Muirhouse, and immediately west of East Pilton and then Granton.
Most of the area is council housing, built between the 1930s and 1950s (with a hiatus during the Second World War). The housing mostly takes the form of maisonettes and tower blocks.
Coordinates: 55°58′25.28″N 3°14′51.10″W / 55.9736889°N 3.247528°W / 55.9736889; -3.247528
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Wester Broom
Wester Broom is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders Broomhouse/Forrester, Corstorphine and South Gyle. It is sometimes considered to be part of one of the latter two. It is mainly residential, with a few small shops and a large Tesco nearby. The Fife railway line is arguably the boundary, although some will extend it south to the Glasgow line, and to include Forresters and two schools.
Coordinates: 55°56′15″N 3°17′37″W / 55.9375°N 3.29361°W / 55.9375; -3.29361
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Wester Hailes
Wester Hailes is an area in the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Depending on the definition, Wester Hailes sometimes takes in Sighthill, the Calders and other surrounding areas, and may be said to contain the areas of Murrayburn, Clovenstone, Westburn and Dumbryden.[citation needed]
Wester Hailes borders on Kingsknowe and Longstone to the east. Bankhead Industrial Estate and Sighthill Park lie to the north.
The main points of arrival and departure for Wester Hailes are the string of bus stops located on the northern edge of Westside Plaza (formerly Wester Hailes Shopping Centre), and the railway station only a short distance to the south. Bus services departing here are the 3, 18, 20,21, 30, 32 & 33 provided by Lothian Buses, with destinations including the city centre, Gyle Shopping centre, Western & General Hospital, the Herminston Gait shopping complex and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Little France. Service 44 passes nearby to the south on its way to Currie & Balerno; services 25, 34 and 35 pass nearby to the north, with destinations including Edinburgh Airport, Hermiston Park & Ride and Heriot-Watt University's Riccarton Campus. There is also pedestrian and cycle access east towards the city centre via the Union Canal.
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Westfield, Edinburgh
Westfield is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north of A71.
(Google Maps)
Coordinates: 55°56′17″N 3°14′24″W / 55.93806°N 3.24°W / 55.93806; -3.24
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ingliston 1984.mp4
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- Duration: 2:06
- Updated: 19 Aug 2011
Small clip from the road saloons and ingliston 1984
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DCC Ingliston Stages Rally 2012 [HD]
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- Duration: 6:13
- Updated: 13 Aug 2012
www.facebook.com Footage from the Dunfermline Car Club stages rally held at the Highland Showground, Ingliston near Edinburgh
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www.facebook.com Footage from the Dunfermline Car Club stages rally held at the Highland Showground, Ingliston near Edinburgh
- published: 07 May 2012
- views: 4436
- author: lilnumo101
TrackScotland Ingliston September 2011 - Honda Prelude
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- Duration: 7:07
- Updated: 06 Sep 2011
TrackScotland Ingliston September 2011 - Honda Prelude
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TrackScotland Ingliston September 2011 - Honda Prelude
- published: 04 Sep 2011
- views: 773
- author: Allister Phillips
darrian in car ingliston sprint 2010
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- Duration: 1:41
- Updated: 14 Dec 2011
in car from one of the timed runs, the car is a darrian rally car with a honda s2000 engine and paddleshift 6 speed gearbox
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in car from one of the timed runs, the car is a darrian rally car with a honda s2000 engine and paddleshift 6 speed gearbox
- published: 02 May 2010
- views: 2759
- author: Bruce Edwards
Ingliston Stages 2011.mpg
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- Duration: 4:10
- Updated: 26 Apr 2011
a small clip of the action from the D&W; Brown Builders Stages at Ingliston on the 23rd April 2011...FULL DVDs are available, check out www.rally.piczo.com
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a small clip of the action from the D&W; Brown Builders Stages at Ingliston on the 23rd April 2011...FULL DVDs are available, check out www.rally.piczo.com
- published: 24 Apr 2011
- views: 2045
- author: byelawman
Emily (fourteen) Drives a Scania truck round Ingliston race track Part 1 Robert Wiseman Dairies 14
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- Duration: 0:43
- Updated: 10 Apr 2012
Emily Clark (14) gets to drive a 26 ton Scania P270 Fresh n Lo truck round Ingliston race track (Skyfest) 2009 Part 1 www.skyfest.co.uk
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Emily Clark (14) gets to drive a 26 ton Scania P270 Fresh n Lo truck round Ingliston race track (Skyfest) 2009 Part 1 www.skyfest.co.uk
- published: 05 Sep 2009
- views: 7746
- author: gar374
Emily (fourteen) Drives a Scania truck round Ingliston race track Part 2 Robert Wiseman Dairies 14
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- Duration: 5:55
- Updated: 10 Nov 2012
Emily Clark (14) gets to drive a 26 ton Scania P270 Fresh n Lo truck round Ingliston race track (Skyfest) 2009 Part 2 www.skyfest.co.uk
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Emily Clark (14) gets to drive a 26 ton Scania P270 Fresh n Lo truck round Ingliston race track (Skyfest) 2009 Part 2 www.skyfest.co.uk
- published: 05 Sep 2009
- views: 80415
- author: gar374
R766 "Super R" Hudson Steam Loco on Ingliston Bank: Australian Trains
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- Duration: 2:53
- Updated: 27 Nov 2012
In 2000 West Coast Railway converted former coal burning R class4-6-4 express passenger steam locomotive R766 into an oil burner with double lempor exhausts for use on their Warrnambool passenger services alongside R711. Both locomotives had been nicknamed "Super R's" and the objective of the upgrades was so they could haul the Warrnambool service to a diesel schedule. This video features R766 hauling it's relaunch special as a "Super R" up the famous 1 in 50 Ingliston Bank between Bacchus Marsh and Ballan on 11 March 2001. The train was operated by Steamrail and ran to Ballarat. Unfortunately R766 suffered a significant failure to the motion gear on the drivers side only a month later in April 2001. By the time repairs had been completed in 2004, WCR had ceased operating and the loco operated back to Newport light engine with R711. R766 has now been converted to standard gauge and is located at Branxton in the Hunter Valley. It is yet to return to operation, but is intended for use on tourist trains in the region. © 2001 James Brook
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In 2000 West Coast Railway converted former coal burning R class4-6-4 express passenger steam locomotive R766 into an oil burner with double lempor exhausts for use on their Warrnambool passenger services alongside R711. Both locomotives had been nicknamed "Super R's" and the objective of the upgrades was so they could haul the Warrnambool service to a diesel schedule. This video features R766 hauling it's relaunch special as a "Super R" up the famous 1 in 50 Ingliston Bank between Bacchus Marsh and Ballan on 11 March 2001. The train was operated by Steamrail and ran to Ballarat. Unfortunately R766 suffered a significant failure to the motion gear on the drivers side only a month later in April 2001. By the time repairs had been completed in 2004, WCR had ceased operating and the loco operated back to Newport light engine with R711. R766 has now been converted to standard gauge and is located at Branxton in the Hunter Valley. It is yet to return to operation, but is intended for use on tourist trains in the region. © 2001 James Brook
- published: 08 May 2012
- views: 2198
- author: vrfan2006
OFFICIAL TIESTO - CLUB LIFE TOUR - INGLISTON - COLOURS TV
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- Duration: 3:47
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
The biggest DJ on the planet TIESTO came to The Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh on 28th AUGUST, 2011 for an exclusive Bank holiday "CLUBLIFE" show, it was absolutely awesome..... check out this OFFICIAL EXCLUSIVE COLOURS TV Aftershow video..... www.tiesto.com
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The biggest DJ on the planet TIESTO came to The Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh on 28th AUGUST, 2011 for an exclusive Bank holiday "CLUBLIFE" show, it was absolutely awesome..... check out this OFFICIAL EXCLUSIVE COLOURS TV Aftershow video..... www.tiesto.com
- published: 08 Sep 2011
- views: 4016
- author: ColoursOnlineTV
G527-X46 Ingliston bank Sat 16/02/08
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- Duration: 4:06
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
G527-X46 blast up Ingliston bank on 9141 Mildura goods. 12 00 Sat 16/02/08
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G527-X46 blast up Ingliston bank on 9141 Mildura goods. 12 00 Sat 16/02/08
- published: 20 Feb 2010
- views: 780
- author: emd645e3c
Rezerection 'The Pyramids' Ingliston, Edinburgh 4-7-1992
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- Duration: 57:01
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
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Rezerection 'The Luminaire' Ingliston, Edinburgh 15-8-1992 hometime
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- Duration: 3:08
- Updated: 24 Sep 2012
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Dj Tiesto - Ingliston, Edinburgh 2008
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- Duration: 4:09
- Updated: 25 Apr 2012
Dj Tiesto - Ingliston , Edinburgh 2008 What A Night!!
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Dj Tiesto - Ingliston , Edinburgh 2008 What A Night!!
- published: 10 Aug 2008
- views: 7722
- author: Marc Howie
Tiesto entrance ... Ingliston Edinburgh 2011
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- Duration: 5:10
- Updated: 07 Nov 2012
27th aug.. shot by ma friend mahi.. who later went on upto the first row..!!
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27th aug.. shot by ma friend mahi.. who later went on upto the first row..!!
- published: 29 Aug 2011
- views: 2820
- author: melroy luis
Royal Highland Show 2010 Ingliston Edinburgh
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- Duration: 2:09
- Updated: 24 Jun 2011
www.heraldscotland.com - Coverage of the 2010 Royal Highland Show from Edinburgh
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www.heraldscotland.com - Coverage of the 2010 Royal Highland Show from Edinburgh
- published: 27 Oct 2010
- views: 237
- author: Herald Glasgow
Ingliston - Scottish Modified Car Show 18/07/2010 - Pictures
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- Duration: 5:40
- Updated: 25 Nov 2012
Hey guys, went to the Scottish Modified Car Show at Ingliston 18/07/2010. Pictures of basically all the amazing car's in the show :) Tried to get some lassies but i will next year for yous ;) Link to the video version (drift + the bass of the Fiat Panda) at the end of the video :) Anyway Enjoy, More coming soon! :)
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Hey guys, went to the Scottish Modified Car Show at Ingliston 18/07/2010. Pictures of basically all the amazing car's in the show :) Tried to get some lassies but i will next year for yous ;) Link to the video version (drift + the bass of the Fiat Panda) at the end of the video :) Anyway Enjoy, More coming soon! :)
- published: 19 Jul 2010
- views: 3615
- author: ErykzCarz
DCC Stages of the 2012 STRC at Ingliston in Edinburgh
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- Duration: 5:01
- Updated: 08 May 2012
5 minutes of the 4th stage of the Dunfermline Car Club (DCC) Stages of the 2012 Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship at the Royal Highland Showgrounds at Ingliston in Edinburgh. And yes, there are a couple Evos in there, so I was excited. You can also see Ewan Leeming of the EUMSC there marshalling.
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5 minutes of the 4th stage of the Dunfermline Car Club (DCC) Stages of the 2012 Scottish Tarmack Rally Championship at the Royal Highland Showgrounds at Ingliston in Edinburgh. And yes, there are a couple Evos in there, so I was excited. You can also see Ewan Leeming of the EUMSC there marshalling.
- published: 08 May 2012
- views: 277
- author: LiechsWonder1
Ingliston - Scottish Modified Car Show 18/07/2010 - Videos
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- Duration: 5:27
- Updated: 26 Mar 2011
Hey guys, went to the Scottish Modified Car Show at Ingliston 18/07/2010. Just a few video's here of Terry Grant, and a car (old Fiat Panda) with 12000 volts of sound system that blew its doors open and cracked its front window, and it set all the cars around its alarms off, it was insane, and the bass, basically feels like theres an earthquake inside of you. Link to picture's will be at the end of the video :) Anyway, Enjoy the video more coming soon :)
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Hey guys, went to the Scottish Modified Car Show at Ingliston 18/07/2010. Just a few video's here of Terry Grant, and a car (old Fiat Panda) with 12000 volts of sound system that blew its doors open and cracked its front window, and it set all the cars around its alarms off, it was insane, and the bass, basically feels like theres an earthquake inside of you. Link to picture's will be at the end of the video :) Anyway, Enjoy the video more coming soon :)
- published: 19 Jul 2010
- views: 1891
- author: ErykzCarz
![Onboard John Clark/Chris Lees - Ingliston Stages 2012 [HD]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121216021804im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_rauvIpjzCE/default.jpg "Onboard John Clark/Chris Lees - Ingliston Stages 2012 [HD]")
Onboard John Clark/Chris Lees - Ingliston Stages 2012 [HD]
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- Duration: 7:38
- Updated: 07 May 2012
In-car footage of John Clark/Chris Lees competing in a Citroen Saxo VTS on the 2012 DCC Ingliston Stages at the Highland Showground, Ingliston, Edinburgh
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In-car footage of John Clark/Chris Lees competing in a Citroen Saxo VTS on the 2012 DCC Ingliston Stages at the Highland Showground, Ingliston, Edinburgh
- published: 07 May 2012
- views: 535
- author: lilnumo101
Dj Tiesto @ Ingliston, Edinburgh 2007
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- Duration: 10:26
- Updated: 29 Jun 2012
Various clips from throughout the night, it gives a taste of Tiesto's amazing Elements of Life set. A lively crowd, great atmosphere, awesome DJ, what an amazing show, go see it somewhere if you can. The video quality drops around the 4 min mark, due to using camera phone. PS: Hi Rob & Keith !!
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Various clips from throughout the night, it gives a taste of Tiesto's amazing Elements of Life set. A lively crowd, great atmosphere, awesome DJ, what an amazing show, go see it somewhere if you can. The video quality drops around the 4 min mark, due to using camera phone. PS: Hi Rob & Keith !!
- published: 02 Jul 2007
- views: 14226
- author: gib999
The Norton House, Ingliston - Mr & Mrs Ross Wedding Highlights
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- Duration: 4:12
- Updated: 19 Aug 2012
www.lorrainebhandariphoto-video.co.uk Our services include wedding photography and videography, portrait photography and event photography & videography. Find us on Facebook http Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Read our blog at lbphotovid.wordpress.com Sarah & Andrew got married on Saturday 13th August at the George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. Their reception followed at the Norton House Hotel in Ingliston. Warm wishes to you both on your marriage! This is a highlights video of their special day.
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www.lorrainebhandariphoto-video.co.uk Our services include wedding photography and videography, portrait photography and event photography & videography. Find us on Facebook http Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Read our blog at lbphotovid.wordpress.com Sarah & Andrew got married on Saturday 13th August at the George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. Their reception followed at the Norton House Hotel in Ingliston. Warm wishes to you both on your marriage! This is a highlights video of their special day.
- published: 25 Aug 2011
- views: 727
- author: LBphotovid
DCC Ingliston 2012 - SS2
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- Duration: 10:06
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Stage two, the full stage video - keep an eye out around 5+ minutes...
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Stage two, the full stage video - keep an eye out around 5+ minutes...
- published: 05 May 2012
- views: 286
- author: graemebarrie
Rezerection 'The Castle' Ingliston Edinburgh 23-5-1992
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- Duration: 6:13
- Updated: 04 May 2012
Dj's Carl Cox, Evil Eddie Richards, Jumping Jack Frost, Andy Carroll, Bass Generator. MC Man Parris & a Castle. PA's Bizzare Inc, Love decade & a guest PA The tickets were £22.50 You'll find this is the best version out there. It's ripped from a original 1st generation VHS copy thats had very little play. Ive got all the videos. The Luminaire, The Pyramids & The Harlequinade and they are all 1st gen & great copies & i have backed them up to dvd for safe keeping as this is a part of scotlands dance history. Im not sure what the situation is with putting them on you tube in their entirety for copy right reasons. I'd love to as im pretty sure a lot of people who get a great buzz out of seeing them. Im also interested in seeing how many posts we get from people who were at them, in the videos themselves & who were involved in these events.
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Dj's Carl Cox, Evil Eddie Richards, Jumping Jack Frost, Andy Carroll, Bass Generator. MC Man Parris & a Castle. PA's Bizzare Inc, Love decade & a guest PA The tickets were £22.50 You'll find this is the best version out there. It's ripped from a original 1st generation VHS copy thats had very little play. Ive got all the videos. The Luminaire, The Pyramids & The Harlequinade and they are all 1st gen & great copies & i have backed them up to dvd for safe keeping as this is a part of scotlands dance history. Im not sure what the situation is with putting them on you tube in their entirety for copy right reasons. I'd love to as im pretty sure a lot of people who get a great buzz out of seeing them. Im also interested in seeing how many posts we get from people who were at them, in the videos themselves & who were involved in these events.
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14 Dec 2012
Former President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, meet 55-year-old Martha Sellers. For the past nine years, Sellers has worked as a Walmart cashier in Paramount, California ... More than 10,000 community members joined more than 30 striking employees who walked off the job to demand better working conditions. . "It was wonderful ... That's not too much to ask for." ... 1698 ... ....(size: 23.6Kb)
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15 Dec 2012
The massacre of 26 children and adults at an elementary school in the US state of Connecticut elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, a 20-year-old described as brilliant but remote, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims ... He paused for several seconds to keep his composure as he teared up and wiped an eye ... ... "I'm numb ... Yes, yeah....(size: 8.8Kb)
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15 Dec 2012
Newtown, Conn. Twenty schoolchildren were slaughtered by a heavily armed gunman who opened fire at a suburban elementary school in Connecticut on Friday, ultimately killing at least 27 people including himself in the one of the worst mass shootings in US history ... Authorities found 18 children and seven adults, including the gunman, dead at the school, and two children were pronounced dead later after being taken to a hospital ... Reuters ....(size: 7.5Kb)
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14 Dec 2012
More than two dozen people, mostly elementary school children, were shot and killed at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school this morning, federal and state sources tell ABC News. The massacre involved two gunmen at a Connecticut school this morning, prompting the town of Newtown to lock down all of its schools and draw SWAT teams to the school, authorities said today. State Police confirm that one shooter is dead ... at ABCNews.com ... ....(size: 4.5Kb)
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15 Dec 2012
December 15, 2012 -- Updated 0947 GMT (1747 HKT). Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) -- The bodies of children and educators lay where they fell in a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school -- in classrooms and hallways -- as investigators worked to identity the dead early Saturday while piecing together the path of the gunman ... J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the Connecticut State Police. Timeline. School violence in U.S ... J ... HIDE CAPTION. << ... 1....(size: 24.9Kb)
noodls
21 Nov 2012
In an unprecedented level of response, more than 450 Scottish farmers have completed the Union's survey in less than 10 days. The results were revealed by NFU Scotland President Nigel Miller at AgriScot, a major farming event taking place at Ingliston near Edinburgh today (21 November) where Mr Miller shared a platform with Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead. Speaking at AgriScot, Mr Miller said.....(size: 5.9Kb)
noodls
15 Nov 2012
Verona, Italy 5* ... Saturday was the turn of Michael with Ken & Alison Rogerson's 11 year-old bay stallion Ingliston Twister with their 7th place finish in the 1.50m Jump Off class with it's €58,000 prize purse. The 1.55m Jump Off class which followed later with a prize pot of €100,000 saw Will Funnell as the highest placed Brit in 12th place ... Leszno, Poland 3* ... FEI 1* & 2* shows. Wierden, Burbank, Boll ... distributed by ... (noodl....(size: 3.9Kb)
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06 Nov 2012
World Class Development rider, Louise Saywell riding Winner IV, owned by father Mick, won the penultimate qualifying competition, at Ingliston Equestrian Centre, Bishopton for the jointly sponsored Team Murka and World Class Programme U23 British Championship Final that will take place at the London International Horse Show, Olympia on Friday 21st December 2012....(size: 6.6Kb)
noodls
06 Nov 2012
Article date. 06 November 2012. News Article Number. 129/12 ... NFU Scotland CEO Scott Walker said. ... scott.walker@nfus.org.uk. Alternatively Scott can be contacted in writing at NFU Scotland, Rural Centre, West Mains, Ingliston, Midlothian, EH28 8LT. The application period will close at 5.00pm on Monday, 17 December 2012 and candidates will be announced the following day ... Ends. Contact Bob Carruth on 0131 472 4006....(size: 5.3Kb)
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16 Oct 2012
The competition, which is open to riders aged 23 years or under, attracted a field of 31 entries that produced eleven first round clears over an up to height, technical course built by Mark McGowan ... Sponsorship also extends to supporting two Russian riders ... There will be a further two qualifying competitions in the series; Ingliston Equestrian Centre (1/4 November) Addington Manor Equestrian Centre (14/17 November) ... (noodl. 16251801) ....(size: 6.8Kb)
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03 Oct 2012
Last night (Tuesday 2nd October 2012) saw almost 600 guests flock through the doors of the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham for the much anticipated British Showjumping Awards Ball 2012. . This year has been a phenomenal year for British Showjumping; the highlight being when the Team Gold was secured at the London 2012 Olympic Games ... Members Show Venue of the Year - Ingliston Country Club & Equestrian Centre ....(size: 2.9Kb)
noodls
27 Sep 2012
Article date. 27 September 2012. News Article Number. 104/12 ... Chairing the second day of Energy Now Scotland, an event being held at Ingliston near Edinburgh, NFU Scotland President Nigel Miller said there was a real buzz amongst farmers and landowners about renewable energy ... The call came as Scottish Government revealed that 2012 was on track to be best renewables year yet ... Speaking at the event, Mr Miller said. ... (noodl....(size: 5.3Kb)
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21 Sep 2012
The Commissioner visited Carneil Farm, Carneil, Carnock, Dunfermline this morning before attending a Question and Answer session with farmers and industry representatives at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston House, Ingliston....(size: 6.6Kb)
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20 Sep 2012
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10 Aug 2012
International festival director Jonathan Mills described the Ingliston hall as a "warehouse" space ... The Ingliston venue is more commonly used for gardening and agriculture shows ... Enormous stages ... Mills said ... The Ingliston venue was last used by the International Festival for a production of Faust in 2009, which used the huge space to allow the audience to leave their seats and promenade to a second set which represented hell ... ....(size: 5.7Kb)
The Guardian
10 Aug 2012
Photograph. Scott Campbell/Getty Images ... He said ... He added ... Also new is the decision to spend nearly half a million pounds constructing three temporary, custom-made theatre spaces in an exhibition hall at Ingliston, just next to Edinburgh airport ... Another Ingliston production, a cinematic-scale version of Macbeth by the young Polish company TR Warszawa, will be live-streamed on the Guardian website on Monday – also a first ... ....(size: 6.6Kb)
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Ingliston is an area in the west of Edinburgh, near Maybury, South Gyle and Newbridge, and is home to Edinburgh Airport and The Royal Highland Showground.
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History[link]
From 1965 to 1992 motor racing took place at Ingliston Motor Racing circuit, which was located within the Royal Highland Showground.
From 1973 to 2005, a Sunday market was held at Ingliston. It was of one of the biggest open air markets in Europe.[1] For many years, a feature of the market was a 550 cm (18 ft)-tall statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro.[2]
Park And Ride[link]
In 2006, the Ingliston Park and Ride site was opened and is one of a network of park and ride service around Edinburgh.
Tram Stop[link]
Ingliston Park & Ride tram stop is a new tram stop currently under construction by Edinburgh Trams. It will be on Line 1
| Preceding station | Edinburgh | Following station | ||
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| Gogarburn towards York Place |
York Place-Edinburgh Airport | Edinburgh Airport Terminus |
References[link]
- ^ http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Ingliston-to-shut-down-after.2663861.jp
- ^ Noszlopy, George T. (1998). Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield. Public Scupture of Britain. 2. Liverpool University Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-85323-682-8.
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Coordinates: 55°56′22.10″N 3°22′21.01″W / 55.939472°N 3.3725028°W / 55.939472; -3.3725028
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| Tiësto | |
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 Tiësto performing in Winterworld at Palazzo in Bingen, Germany, on February 25, 2005. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tijs Michiel Verwest |
| Also known as | DJ Tiësto, Allure, Da Joker, Drumfire, Handover Circuit, Paradise In Dubs, Passenger, Roze, Steve Forte Rio, Stray Dog, Tom Ace, Wild Bunch |
| Born | (1969-01-17) January 17, 1969 (age 43) Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands |
| Genres | Trance, House[1], Progressive House[2], Electro House[3], Electronica[citation needed] |
| Occupations | Musician, DJ, record producer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Noculan (1994) Basic Beat (1994–1997) Lightning (1995–1996) XSV Music (1997) Black Hole (1997–2009) Ultra Records (2007–Present) Musical Freedom (2009–Present) |
| Associated acts | Gouryella, Kamaya Painters (more) |
| Website | tiesto.com |
Tijs Michiel Verwest, OON (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɛi̯s miˈxil vərˈʋɛst]; born 17 January 1969),[4] known as Tiësto ( /ˈtʃɛstoʊ/ CHES-toh; Dutch pronunciation: [cɛsto]), is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music[5]. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto. On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and is now known simply as "Tiësto",[6] an alias which is a twist of his childhood nickname.[7]
In 1997, he founded the label Black Hole Recordings with Arny Bink, where he released the Magik and In Search of Sunrise CD series. Tiësto met producer Dennis Waakop Reijers in 1998, and the two have worked together extensively since then. Reijers is credited as producer, writer, composer, or arranger on many of Tiësto's releases.[8] In 1999 and 2000 Tiësto collaborated with Ferry Corsten to create Gouryella. His 2000 remix of Delerium's "Silence" featuring Sarah McLachlan exposed him to more mainstream audiences. In 2001, he released his first solo album In My Memory which gave him several major hits that launched his career. He ranked in the #1 poll position 3 consecutive times in the DJ Magazine Top 100 Popularity Poll from 2002 to 2004.
Just after releasing his second studio album Just Be in 2004 at the Summer Olympics, he performed live at the opening ceremony in Athens, Greece, becoming the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympics. Tracks he made especially for the Olympics were mixed together and released as the mix compilation Parade of the Athletes later that year. In April 2007 Tiësto launched both his radio show Tiësto's Club Life on Radio 538 in the Netherlands and released his third studio album Elements of Life. The album reached number one on the Dutch album chart as well on "Billboard Top Electronic Albums" in the U.S. and received a nomination for a Grammy Award in 2008.[9] Tiësto released his fourth studio album Kaleidoscope in October 2009.
As at 2012, Tiësto attained the #3 poll position of the DJ Mag 100 Popularity Poll, and he refers to the styles he mainly plays as House, Electro House, and Progressive House. He plays a new balanced sound sometimes demonstrating lesser known genres such as Dubstep. For nostalgia, Tiësto still throws in the odd Trance House record, the style he became attached to in the early 2000's.[10]
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Early life and career[link]
Tijs Michiel Verwest was born in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands on January 17, 1969. He had an interest in music since the age of twelve.[citation needed] When he was fourteen he began DJing professionally at school parties.[citation needed] He then moved on to become a resident DJ between 1985 and 1994 at several clubs in the Netherlands after his manager and friend Wilfred encouraged him.[citation needed] However, it was at The Spock, a small club in Breda, where he was able to fine-tune his own style by playing in a separate room from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. on weekends. In the beginning of his career, as a DJ he played mostly New Beat and House music.
In 1994, he began releasing material on Noculan Records' sub-labels Chemo and Coolman. During these years, he produced hardcore/gabber tracks under aliases such as Da Joker and DJ Limited. He was later discovered by the general manager of Rotterdam-based Basic Beat Recordings.[11] In late 1994, he signed to Basic Beat where he met Arny Bink, Tiësto released records on the sub-label Trashcan, founded by Arny, and later created the Guardian Angel sub-label with Arny in which they introduced the popular Forbidden Paradise series. Meanwhile from 1995 to 1996 he released four extended plays on Bonzai Jumps and XTC, sub-labels of Lightning Records. In 1997, Tiësto joined his friend Yves Vandichel on his sub-label, DJ Yves, a division of the now defunct Human Resource label XSV Music. In the fall of 1997, both Arny and Tiësto decided to leave Basic Beat and create their own parent label, now known as Black Hole Recordings, Trashcan was discontinued and Guardian Angel continued releasing music until 2002. Through Black Hole, Tiësto released the Magik series and also created two major sub-labels in 1998; In Trance We Trust and SongBird.
From 1998 to 1999, Tiësto released music on Planetary Consciousness where he met A&R Hardy Heller and invited him to release some records on Black Hole. Tiësto later included the In Search of Sunrise series on SongBird. In 1999, Tiësto joined forces with fellow Dutch deejay Ferry Corsten to create the trance based duo of Gouryella.[12] He also collaborated with Benno de Goeij from 1998 to 2000 under the name Kamaya Painters. Since November 1999, he performed monthly as a resident at Gatecrasher in Sheffield, one of the most popular clubs in England. In 1999 he also played in a 12-hour set, being his longest lasting concert in Amsterdam.[13]
Late in 2000, Tiësto decided to concentrate on his personal work and left Corsten by himself to write and produce Gouryella's next single with John Ewbank, the record company was demanding more tracks and neither Tiësto or Ferry could work together at the time.[12] Tiësto introduced Armin van Buuren, Johan Gielen and Ferry Corsten to the mainstream with his first compilations and the In Trance We Trust series. Summerbreeze became Tiësto's debut DJ mix album in the US with the help of a contract signed to Nettwerk.[11] Summerbreeze featured his remix of Delerium's "Silence", which spent four weeks in the UK's Top Ten chart and reached number three in the Billboard dance chart.[11] In Search of Sunrise 2 was released in 2000. Tiësto decided to create a sub-label, known as Magik Muzik. The label began releasing Tiësto’s own releases, but it has also released tracks for the Filterheadz, Oliver Lieb, Mark Norman, Mojado, Phynn and Jes Brieden. The label became a trademark that stands for high quality electronic dance music which was due to the release of Tiësto's classic dance anthem "Flight 643" in 2001.[14]
[edit] In My Memory era (2001–2004)
Tiësto's popularity started to rise in the early 2000s[citation needed] after his set at the first ID&T Innercity party (Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI), and the release of In My Memory, his first solo album released in 2001 which contained 10 singles and 5 major hits; The singles from the album were: "Lethal Industry" which was actually produced in 1999 and had only 3 copies released at that time, the track was officially released in 2001 which was remixed by Richard Durand in 2006 along with "Flight 643" which was another leading single that was later adapted with vocals by Suzanne Palmer and released as "643 (Love's on Fire)". Other tracks were "Obsession" in which Tiësto worked alongside Junkie XL, the instrumental tracks "Dallas 4PM" and "Suburban Train" with "Urban Train" as its B-Side which contained some vocals. The last singles to be released were "In My Memory" which is the title track for the album as it only received high ratings in the United States and the opening track "Magik Journey" which opened Tiësto in Concert (2003). On February 2, 2002 Tiësto played nine consecutive hours during the second edition of the Dutch Dimension festival. On February 27 he was awarded a Zilveren ('Silver') Harp music award. The same year he also received a Lucky Strike Dance Award in the category Best DJ Trance/Progressive. In August he became part of Moby's Area2 Tour. For eighteen days he travelled through the United States with artists such as Moby himself, but also David Bowie and Busta Rhymes.[15] In January 2003, Tiësto received the annual Dutch Popprijs ('Pop Award') during the Noorderslag festival. After touring with Moby, Tiësto remixed two songs from him, "We Are All Made of Stars" and "Extreme Ways" in the same year, having "We Are All Made of Stars" reach number 13 in the Hot Dance Club Play. In 2002 he released his first In Search of Sunrise mix to feature a place on its name, In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama. On March 28, 2003; Tiësto, Dieselboy, Bad Boy Bill, and Noel Sanger joined the PlayStation2 Dual Play tour. Tiësto and Noel's appearance began on April 13 and ended on June 6.[16]
His fame continued to increase in the early 2000s, following his six-hour "Tiësto Solo" sets which he performed without other DJs or opening acts. This idea, of one DJ playing alone to a large crowd was new. Tiësto was the first DJ to hold a solo concert in a stadium; on May 10, 2003, he performed for 25,000 people in Arnhem's GelreDome.[15] This concert was later called Tiësto in Concert. He repeated the same type of concert the following year during two consecutive nights in late October.[17] In addition to holding these two concerts for 35,000 of his fans, he held another concert for a crowd of 20,000 in Hasselt, Belgium the following week.[17] DVDs of both his May 10, 2003 and October 30, 2004 concerts have been released, having the other DVD titled Tiësto in Concert 2. The DVD's show the journey from the first idea to the main event, it features live performances by Andain, Dinand Woesthoff, and Jan Johnston. The event includes live music and dancers performing at different times throughout the set. The theme of the event is a mystical, musical journey around the world based on the theme of Magik.[18] It consists of 200+ minutes of performances with a second disc with special features, It includes a behind-the-scenes looking at The Making Of the event, the music video for his song "Traffic" and TV Commercials for the event. The second DVD has performances from Aqualung and violin player DJ Mason, Micha Klein and the Bulgarian Children of Orpheus choir. During this period, he attained the #1 poll position in the DJ Magazine (UK) Top 100 popularity poll in 2002, 2003, and 2004.[19]
[edit] Just Be era (2004–2007)
In 2004, he released his second artist album Just Be, which featured his first single "Traffic" which is the first non-vocal track to reach number one spot in the Dutch national charts for 23 years.[20] The track "Sweet Misery" was originally written for Evanescence but it did not meet the deadline for the release of their album. In support to his Just Be album, he played at Breda, Eindhoven, Utrecht, and Amsterdam; these stops were later named Just Be: Train Tour. On May 20, 2004 he was appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
The Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (ATHOC) asked Tiësto to perform at the Olympic Games, making him the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympic Games at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Athens, where he played for 90 minutes.[21] Tiësto flew to Athens in January 2004 to have a meeting with the ATHOC. His Tiësto in Concert DVD caught their attention, after which he was asked to write more tracks based on his opening tune "Adagio for Strings" which could fit in with the Olympic spirit and combine the classical with the modern age. The first rehearsal was on Saturday August, 7, for an empty stadium; the second rehearsal was on Sunday August 8 with 35,000 volunteers. The last rehearsal included almost 60,000 people in the stadium which was on Tuesday August 10, there were some technical problems.
During the course of his performance at the olympics, the Dutch athletes started dancing in front of the DJ booth and had to be moved on by officials. The performance included new tracks produced especially for the Opening Ceremony and songs that were created to complement the spirit and theme of the ceremony. A condensed studio-recorded album of the songs played on the Olympic set was later released, including new songs specially composed for the occasion, entitled Parade of the Athletes in October 2004.[22] In the liner notes, he noted the IOC requested that the music not contain any lyrics as they could be inadvertently misinterpreted.
In late 2004, he began his touring across Latin America, with his release of In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama in which he gained influence from the sun and sand in summer 2002. The tour continued in 2005, and Tiësto performed live at Brazil, Argentina, Panama, Peru, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia. Following the tours, In Search of Sunrise 4: Latin America was released in 2005, featuring a second CD for the first time in the In Search of Sunrise series.[23]
In 2005, his Perfect Remixes Vol. 3 compilation was released through Warlock Records, containing ten tracks which were created during the beginning of his career, between those is Junkie XL, Mauro Picotto and The Roc Project. On August 20, 2005, Verwest took Tiësto in Concert to the US when he played to 16,000 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena with Cirque du Soleil dancers.[24] For the second year in a row he performed live at a New Year's Eve/New Year's concert in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Orleans Arena to a sell-out crowd. His four-city US tour was postponed due to the hurricane damage in New Orleans and Miami. BPM magazine has an annual poll in the US which is unveiled in the WMC, in 2005 Tiësto took the No. 1 spot.[25] The influences of Los Angeles remained with him and would later influence his In Search of Sunrise compilation.
A wax sculpture of Tiësto was placed behind a turntable at Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam where visitors can mix Tiësto's music together.[26][27] In the fall of 2005 he went on a very successful tour across Central and Eastern Europe where he played once in each country to crowds of 10,000 to 15,000 fans.[citation needed] Stops were made in Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia, Poland and South Africa. The United States tour that was part of Tiësto in Concert was dwarfed by his appearance at Sensation White in 2006 where he performed to over 45,000 people in the world's biggest dance event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[28]
In Search of Sunrise 5: Los Angeles was released in 2006 which was certified Gold in Canada for sales over 50,000 copies.[citation needed] It also charted, peaking at number 34 in Canada and number 59 in Austria. The compilation was launched in the Winter Music Conference at Mansion in South Beach Miami to support his release, Tiësto went on his In Search of Sunrise 5 Asia Tour for more than three weeks.[29]
In September 2006, Tiësto was admitted to hospital after experiencing pain in his chest. He was diagnosed with pericarditis and subsequently had to cancel a number of shows.[30] With the diagnosis, he was invited to support Dance4Life to help teens who are not aware of the risks of HIV/AIDS. He was chosen as the official ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation in May 2006, and released the song "Dance4Life" with Maxi Jazz to help spread the awareness of HIV/AIDS.[citation needed]
On April 6, 2007 Tiësto began presenting a new weekly two-hour radio show called Tiësto's Club Life on Dutch radio station Radio 538. It is syndicated worldwide and later released as a Podcast.[citation needed] Later in the summer of 2007, he played at the large South American beach rave where thousands danced on Ipanema Beach, Brazil.
[edit] Elements of Life era (2007–2009)
On April 16, 2007, Tiësto released his third studio album Elements of Life, the album moved 73,000 units in its April release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[25] During the production of the album Tiësto in several cases sent a demo with the music to certain artists, and they replied back with the lyrics and vocals and other duration times. In the case of Christian Burns from BBMak, Tiësto met him through MySpace and got in contact with him and the production of the single "In the Dark".[31] The album consists of rock, trance and experimental music, which shows the style Tiësto has grown throughout the years since his previous albums which contained lyrics, In My Memory and Just Be. Producer Brian Transeau collaborated with Tiësto in three tracks, he composed "Bright Morningstar" and "Sweet Things", he also performed the vocals in the single "Break My Fall". Together, they produced more tracks which were not released in the album, Tiësto has mentioned they would work again during the coming summer.[31] In December 2007 it was announced that the album was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the category "Best Electronic/Dance Album."[9] The album also received gold certifications in Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, and Romania.[32] A special release party was held at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on November 3, 2007 for In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza.[33]
His last three full-length releases broke the 70,000 mark[citation needed], and the 2003 2CD compilation Nyana recently hit 87,000[citation needed], according to Nielsen SoundScan. In support of the album, he embarked on his Elements of Life World Tour which had shows across the world. Tiësto's performance at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 10, 2007 was also sold out.[34] The Copenhagen: Elements of Life World Tour DVD was released in a party which was held on February 29, 2008 in London at the IndigO2 club.[35]
Tiësto announced his residence at Privilege. He played in Ibiza every Monday, from July 7 until September 22. The gigs consisted of sets in the style of his In Search of Sunrise series. In 2007, he had released In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza which was inspired by the island.[36]
On April 28, Tiësto released Elements of Life: Remixed, a recompilation of the Elements of Life album with all songs being replaced by remixed versions.[37] In mid-2008, Tiësto announced his In Search of Sunrise: Summer Tour 2008, which will be presented by Armani Exchange on May in support of his upcoming In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia compilation[38] and the previously released In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza. On August 8, 2008, Tiësto became the first DJ to perform at the famous O2 Arena in London as part of his In Search of Sunrise 7 summer tour, the event was sold out[citation needed] with a capacity of 20,000 people.
A sole production was prepared for Tiësto from June 8 to September 21 for his return at club Privilege for the second year in a row on Monday nights, after a successful year as a resident in 2008.[citation needed] During his time at Privilege he previewed tracks from his upcoming artist album. InTheBooth, the official members-only fansite of Tiësto launched July 17, 2009.[39] On July 31, he was the first DJ to perform for 25,000 people at an exclusive outdoor concert in Victoria Park, London.[40]
[edit] Kaleidoscope era (2009–present)
On October 6, 2009, Tiësto released his fourth studio album Kaleidoscope, which featured artists such as Priscilla Ahn, Calvin Harris, Tegan & Sara and Nelly Furtado. Unlike his earlier albums, which were all mostly trance, Kaleidoscope explores other electronic genres, and is considered Tiesto's most experimental album. The first single "I Will Be Here" featuring Sneaky Sound System being released in July 2009.[41][42][43] In its first week, the album reached the Top 10 chart on iTunes.[44]
To release the album he has set up a new record label called Musical Freedom after parting ways with Black Hole Recordings. Tiësto felt that his music was evolving in a new direction and his focus as an artist was moving away from what Black Hole was set up to support.[45] His new tour, sharing the name of his new album, called Kaleidoscope World Tour commenced in late September.[46]
Tiësto contributed songs to both DJ Hero and DJ Hero 2 video games and is a playable character in the second game.[47][48] He contributed two exclusive mixes to the second game, and used content from DJ Hero 2 to create the official video for his single 'Speed Rail' - the world's first music video to be created entirely using in-game footage.[49]
Tiësto has produced a trance-flavoured song on Memphis rap duo Three 6 Mafia's upcoming album Laws of Power called "Feel It," which features Flo Rida and Sean Kingston.[50]
On March 16, 2010, Tiësto released his greatest hits album called Magikal Journey: The Hits Collection 1998–2008, a two disc album focusing on his most famous songs and remixes of his songs.
On April 7, 2010, Tiësto announced that he would start a new compilation series called A New Dawn with his own label Musical Freedom. In his interview Tiësto furthermore confirmed that he would no longer have any more involvement with Black Hole Recordings.[51]
On August 31, 2010, Kaleidoscope: Remixed was released, a remix album of his album Kaleidoscope.
On December 11, 2010, Tiësto was one of the headlining acts at ZoukOut 2010,[52] which was held in Singapore at Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island.
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On April 4, 2011, his mix compilation Club Life: Volume One Las Vegas was released.[53][54]
On June 13, his studio album Kiss From The Past was released under his alias Allure. It was released on Tiësto's own label Magik Muzik. The album featured artists such as Christian Burns, JES, and Emma Hewitt.[55]
On August 15, his single Work Hard, Play Hard was released.
On September 5, his single Maximal Crazy was released on Beatport. Tiësto uses this song for the end of his sets.[citation needed]
On March 5, 2012, Tiësto announced the second installment of his Club Life series, Club Life: Volume Two Miami. It will be released on April 24.[56]
In The Booth Series[link]
In The Booth is a YouTube series that started on January 18, 2012. It's starred by Tiësto and is a behind-the-scene series about some of the gigs and travels of Tiesto and his tour friends around the world. One new episode is released every Tuesday on his YouTube channel.[57]
Philanthropy[link]
On January 6, 2005, Tiësto performed in an outdoor fundraiser in De Dam, Amsterdam. The event was free, and many famous Dutch artists like Dinand Woesthoff, BLØF, Acda & De Munnik, Di-rect, Berget Lewis, Xander de Buisonjé and Trijntje Oosterhuis were involved in it to provide financial aid to the people who suffered from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Southern and Southeastern Asia. All profits made of all TV commercials and live broadcast were given to the organisations collecting the relief funds.[15][58]
In April 2006, Tiësto was named the official worldwide ambassador for the Dance4Life foundation promoting awareness of HIV/AIDS, as the foundation's ambassador he has helped the organisation with fundraising along with recording the track "Dance4life" that he recorded with Maxi Jazz from Faithless. The foundation consists on a better way of living with safe sex in exchange of entertainment to the young crowd.[59] The song was a huge success, peaking for five weeks in number 3 and eleven consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the Dutch Singles Chart, it also reached number 5 in Belgium, number 6 in Finland and also charting in the UK and Germany. With the successful release of Elements of Life, Tiësto and fashion designer Giorgio Armani collaborated on a limited edition Tiësto T-shirt available at Armani Exchange stores. His single "Sweet Things" comes with the shirt including an exclusive "A|X Remix" by Tom Cloud which shows the great influence Tiësto has in fashion culture.[60] The charity raised over US$300,000.[38] On November 29, 2008 artists like Tiësto himself, Sied van Riel, Leon Bolier, Joop, and MC Gunner presented a concert at The Sand, Amsterdam promoted by Dance4Life, the sales from the event will go to the foundation to support next year's Schools4Life project.
Personal life[link]
Until early 2006, Tiësto was in a relationship with Dutch model Monique Spronk. On January 10, 2008, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf announced that Tiësto and his girlfriend Stacey Blokzijl were going to get married on October 10, 2008 in Cartagena, Colombia. He proposed to her in December 2007 while they were visiting Mauritius.[61] Tiësto cancelled his wedding for October 10, because he claimed to have a busy schedule and too little time for the preparations.[62] During Christmas 2008, Blokzijl broke off the engagement owing to the constant delays to their wedding.[63]
Discography[link]
Main article: Tiësto discography
- Studio albums
- 2001 In My Memory (As DJ Tiësto)
- 2004 Just Be (As Tiësto)
- 2007 Elements of Life (As Tiësto)
- 2009 Kaleidoscope (As Tiësto)
- 2011 Kiss From The Past (As Allure)
Tours[link]
- 2002: Area2 Tour
- 2004: Just Be: Train Tour
- 2005: Tiësto In Concert: North America Tour 2005
- 2005: Central Eastern European Tour 2005
- 2006: In Search of Sunrise 5 Asia Tour
- 2007–2008: Elements of Life World Tour
- 2008: In Search of Sunrise: Summer Tour 2008
- 2009–2010: Kaleidoscope World Tour
- 2011: College Invasion Tour
See also[link]
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| Preceded by John Digweed |
DJ Magazine Number 1 DJ 2002 – 2004 |
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| Preceded by Armin van Buuren |
Mixmag Number 1 DJ 2008 |
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| Name | Verwest, Tijs |
| Alternative names | Tiësto; Tiesto |
| Short description | Dutch DJ and record producer |
| Date of birth | January 17, 1969 |
| Place of birth | Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands |
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