Carrick Knowe
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.Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Corstorphine Old Parish Church and HM Prison Edinburgh.
Corstorphine Old Parish Church
Church
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corstorphine Old Parish Church, formerly St. John's Collegiate Church, is at the old centre of Corstorphine, a village incorporated to the west area of Edinburgh.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Edinburgh and Saughton.
West Edinburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The west of Edinburgh is the area you traverse coming from the airport or Glasgow towards city centre. It's a modern low-rise tract of suburbs, retail and light industry that could be on the edge of any British city, but it has accommodation, the zoo, and Murrayfield rugby stadium.
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.
Corstorphine
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corstorphine is an area of the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Formerly a separate village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, it is now a suburb of the city, having been formally incorporated into it in 1920.
Carrick Knowe
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.93602° or 55° 56′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.27329° or 3° 16′ 24″ westElevation
144 feet (44 metres)Open location code
9C7RWPPG+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 35881002OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Carrick Knowe” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carrick Knowe”
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