Sighthill
Sighthill is a suburb in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The area is bordered by Broomhouse and Parkhead to the east, South Gyle to the north, the industrial suburb of Bankhead and the Calders neighbourhood to the west, and Wester Hailes to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sighthill, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wester Hailes railway station and Wester Hailes Education Centre.
Wester Hailes railway station
Railway station
Photo: Signalhead, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wester Hailes railway station is a railway station opened in 1987 by British Rail serving Wester Hailes in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line, but is not served by inter-city services - these are provided via the Shotts Line of the SPT network.
Wester Hailes Education Centre
School
Wester Hailes High School is a mixed non-denominational high school in Wester Hailes, in the South-West suburb of Edinburgh. The current principal is David Young and the roll is about 303.
South Gyle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Gyle railway station is a railway station serving South Gyle in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The station was opened on 9 May 1985 by ScotRail alongside new housing in the area, and is located on the Fife Circle Line, 4+1⁄2 miles west of Edinburgh Waverley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Calders and Bankhead.
The Calders
Neighborhood
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Calders is a residential neighbourhood in Edinburgh, Scotland – not to be confused with the Calders of West Lothian aka West Calder, Mid Calder and East Calder, three separate villages.
Bankhead
Neighborhood
Bankhead is a non-residential area of western Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders the Edinburgh City Bypass and Hermiston Gait to the west, the Calders neighbourhood to the south – accessed via a pedestrian underpass, Sighthill to the east, and South Gyle/Edinburgh Park to the north.
Broomhouse
Suburb
Photo: Saa91, Public domain.
Broomhouse is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. Although on the lands of Old Saughton, its name is adopted from an estate which lay to the north of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Sighthill
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.92256° or 55° 55′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.28665° or 3° 17′ 12″ westElevation
233 feet (71 metres)Open location code
9C7RWPF7+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 35785704OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“Sighthill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sighthill”
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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 “Sighthill”. Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.