Saughton
Saughton is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering Broomhouse, Stenhouse, Longstone and Carrick Knowe. In Lowland Scots, a "sauch" is a willow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Baile nan Seileach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HM Prison Edinburgh and Kingsknowe railway station.
HM Prison Edinburgh
Prison
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HMP Edinburgh is located in the west of Edinburgh on the main A71, in an area now known as Stenhouse, and, although never named as such, has commonly been known as Saughton Prison from the old name for the general area.
Kingsknowe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingsknowe railway station is a railway station serving Kingsknowe in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts.
Slateford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Slateford railway station is a railway station serving Slateford in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stenhouse and Broomhouse.
Stenhouse
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stenhouse is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies to the west of the City Centre, adjacent to Whitson and Saughton Mains and close to Broomhouse and Chesser.
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.
Carrick Knowe
Neighborhood
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrick Knowe is a suburb in the west of Edinburgh in Scotland, located approximately 3 miles from the city centre. It is bordered by Tyler's Acre to the north, the Glasgow/Aberdeen railway line to the south, Carrick Knowe Golf Course to the east, and Saughton Road North to the west.
Saughton
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.93029° or 55° 55′ 49″ northLongitude
-3.26808° or 3° 16′ 5″ westElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
9C7RWPJJ+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2496696330OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Saughton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Saughton”
- Irish: “Baile nan Seileach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile nan Seileach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Saughton”
- “Baile nan Seileach”
- “Saughton”
- “Saughton - Baile nan Seileach”
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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 “Saughton”. Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.