Threipmuir Reservoir
Threipmuir Reservoir is a reservoir in the City of Edinburgh Council area, Scotland, UK. It is situated to the south of Edinburgh at the base of the Pentland Hills, two miles south of Balerno.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harlaw Reservoir and Black Hill.
Harlaw Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harlaw Reservoir is a small reservoir in the City of Edinburgh Council area, Scotland, UK, situated at the base of the Pentland Hills near Currie and Balerno.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balerno and Currie.
Balerno
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balerno is a village on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 8 miles south-west of the city centre, next to Currie and then Juniper Green. Traditionally in the county of Midlothian it now administratively falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.
Currie
Suburb
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Currie is a village and suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated 7 miles south west of the city centre. Formerly within the County of Midlothian, it now falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.
Silverburn
Hamlet
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silverburn is a small hamlet near Penicuik, in Midlothian, south-east Scotland. It has a small community centre, with a garden surrounding the hall, which featured on the BBC Television programme The Beechgrove Garden in June 2008.
Threipmuir Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, on the Bavelaw Burn, outflows north-east to Harlaw Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.86091° or 55° 51′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.31885° or 3° 19′ 8″ westElevation
827 feet (252 metres)Open location code
9C7RVM6J+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 26210142OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
2635923Wikidata ID
Q7352059
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Threipmuir Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Threipmuir Reservoir”
- French: “Threipmuir Reservoir”
- German: “Threipmuir Reservoir”
- Swedish: “Threipmuir Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Black Springs and Harlaw Court.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spillway and Bavelaw Castle.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Threipmuir Reservoir”. Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.