Craiglockhart
Craiglockhart is a suburb in the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying between Colinton to the south, Morningside to the east Merchiston to the north east, and Longstone and Kingsknowe to the west. The Water of Leith is also to the west.Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Craiglockhart Castle and Craiglockhart Hill.
Craiglockhart Castle
Castle
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Craiglockhart Castle is a ruined tower house in the Craiglockhart district of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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.
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 Slateford and Chesser.
Slateford
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slateford is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the Water of Leith. The former village of Slateford lies on the Lanark Road where it crosses the Water of Leith, 1⁄4 mile south west of Slateford Station.
Chesser
Neighborhood
Chesser is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of the Water of Leith. It, with Longstone, is to the south-west, Allan Park and Craiglockhart to the south, Slateford, Hutchison and Moat to the east, and Gorgie Road to the north.
Kingsknowe
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingsknowe is a suburb of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland. It is south-west of Craiglockhart, and borders Wester Hailes, Slateford and Longstone.
Craiglockhart
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.92028° or 55° 55′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.24284° or 3° 14′ 34″ westElevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
9C7RWQC4+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 35784947OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Craiglockhart” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Craiglockhart”
- Irish: “Creag Longairt”
- Japanese: “クレイグロックハート”
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