Capelaw Hill
Capelaw Hill is a peak in Edinburgh, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,490 feet. Capelaw Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Kirkton, as well as near the suburb Bonaly.Photo: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bonaly Reservoir and Allermuir Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bonaly and Torphin.
Bonaly
Suburb
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Torphin
Hamlet
Torphin is a small 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…
Swanston
Hamlet
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swanston is a village and residential area on the southern edge of Edinburgh, Scotland, noted for its picturesque thatched cottages set around an informal village green.
Capelaw Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,490 feet
- Description: hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8804° or 55° 52′ 49″ northLongitude
-3.25462° or 3° 15′ 17″ westElevation
1,490 feet (454 metres)Open location code
9C7RVPJW+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 289415129OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Capelaw Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Capelaw Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Capelaw Hill”
- Dutch: “Capelaw Hill”
- German: “Capelaw Hill”
- Swedish: “Capelaw Hill”
Localities in the Area
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