Broomhouse
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.Photo: Saa91, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Broomhouse, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HM Prison Edinburgh and South Gyle railway station.
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.
South Gyle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Gyle railway station is a railway station serving South Gyle in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The station was opened on 9 May 1985 by ScotRail alongside new housing in the area, and is located on the Fife Circle Line, 4+1⁄2 miles west of Edinburgh Waverley.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkhead and Forrester.
Parkhead
Suburb
Photo: Departure92, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parkhead is a residential area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It was one of the smallest wards in the Edinburgh City Council before a reorganisation into larger multi-member wards in 2007; since then it has been part of the Sighthill/Gorgie ward.
Forrester
Neighborhood
Forrester is a primarily residential area of Corstorphine, Edinburgh which has its own high school and rugby club. The closest railway stations are at South Gyle and Edinburgh Park, but it is itself wedged between the two railway lines.
Saughton
Suburb
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Broomhouse
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.92779° or 55° 55′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.27814° or 3° 16′ 41″ westElevation
164 feet (50 metres)Open location code
9C7RWPHC+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 2496696326OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Italian—“Broomhouse” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Broomhouse”
- Italian: “Broomhouse”
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