Harlaw Reservoir

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.

Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Reservoir
Description: artificial freshwater lake in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, on the Bavelaw Burn
Also known as: “Harelaw Reservoir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Threipmuir Reservoir and Black Hill.

Threipmuir Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Black Hill

Peak

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Black Hill is a peak.

Malleny House and Garden

Garden

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Malleny House and Garden is an historic house and garden owned by the National Trust for Scotland in Balerno, 6 mi southwest of Edinburgh. The gardens are notable for its large yew trees, as well as one of the largest rose collections in Scotland.

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.

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…

Harlaw Reservoir

Category: body of water
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.86927° or 55° 52′ 9″ north

Longitude

-3.31117° or 3° 18′ 40″ west

Elevation

820 feet (250 metres)

Open location code

9C7RVM9Q+PG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26210122

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

6544657

Wikidata ID

Q5658453

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Satellite Map

Discover Harlaw Reservoir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Harlaw Reservoir” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Harlaw Reservoir”
French: “Harlaw Reservoir”
German: “Harlaw Reservoir”
Swedish: “Harlaw Reservoir”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Black Springs and Harlaw Court.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Harlaw House Visitor Centre and Harlaw Wildlife Garden.

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