Colinton Mains

Colinton Mains is a neighborhood in Edinburgh, Scotland. Colinton Mains is situated nearby to the suburb Oxgangs, as well as near the neighborhood Firrhill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Johns Colinton Mains Church and Craiglockhart Hill.

St Johns Colinton Mains Church

Church

Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Craiglockhart Hill

Peak

Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Craiglockhart Hill is a combination of two summits, Easter and Wester Craiglockhart, in the suburb of Craiglockhart, Edinburgh. Easter Craiglockhart Hill's summit is 158m high.

Redford Barracks

Military installation

Photo: Ldopa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Redford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks is a military installation located on Colinton Road, near the Edinburgh City Bypass, east of the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxgangs and Firrhill.

Oxgangs is a suburb in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Surrounding districts include Caiystane, Dreghorn, Redford, Fairmilehead, Colinton and Swanston and Colinton Mains. The post code area for Oxgangs is EH13.

Firrhill

Neighborhood

Photo: Saa91, Public domain.

Firrhill is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Club and lies next to Oxgangs. The area is mostly made up of public housing which was built by the Corporation Housing Department in the mid-1950s, however…

Redford

Neighborhood

Redford is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is in the south-west of the city, south-east of the Colinton area, and is known particularly for Redford Barracks, an army base.

Colinton Mains

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.9094° or 55° 54′ 34″ north

Longitude

-3.23254° or 3° 13′ 57″ west

Elevation

381 feet (116 metres)

Open location code

9C7RWQ58+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3967401518

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

13268714

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Colinton Post Office and Colinton Mains Park Wee Forest.

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