Kingsknowe
Kingsknowe is a suburb of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland. It is south-west of Craiglockhart, and borders Wester Hailes, Slateford and Longstone.Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cnoc an Rìgh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kingsknowe railway station and HM Prison Edinburgh.
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.
HM Prison Edinburgh
Prison
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HMP Edinburgh is a prison in Scotland. It 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.
Merchiston Castle School
School
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merchiston Castle School is an independent boarding school for boys in the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has around 470 pupils and is open to boys between the ages of 7 and 18 as either boarding or day pupils; it was modelled after English public schools.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longstone and Clovenstone.
Longstone
Suburb
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longstone is a suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland. The area is primarily residential in nature, although the area includes several small shops, eateries and supermarkets, as well as one of the main bus depots for the city's buses.
Clovenstone
Neighborhood
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clovenstone is a neighbourhood in southwestern Edinburgh, Scotland. It is in Wester Hailes and close to the A720 road. Wester Hailes Baptist Church is in Clovenstone, as is a local nursing home.
Colinton
Suburb
Photo: Cactus.man, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colinton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of the city centre. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Collington.
Kingsknowe
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.91726° or 55° 55′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.26028° or 3° 15′ 37″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
9C7RWP8Q+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 29215539OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Kingsknowe” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kingsknowe”
- Irish: “Cnoc an Rìgh”
- Irish: “Cnocan an Rìgh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cnoc an Rìgh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cnocan an Rìgh”
- “Cnoc an Rìgh”
- “Kingsknowe”
- “Kingsknowe - Cnoc an Rìgh”
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