Gowanhill
Gowanhill is a farm in Edinburgh, Scotland. Gowanhill is situated nearby to the town Balerno, as well as near the suburb Currie.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Malleny House and Garden and Curriehill railway station.
Malleny House and Garden
Garden
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Malleny House and Garden is an historic house and garden owned by the National Trust for Scotland in Balerno, 6 mi southwest of Edinburgh. The gardens are notable for its large yew trees, as well as one of the largest rose collections in Scotland. Malleny House and Garden is situated 1 mile south of Gowanhill.
Curriehill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Curriehill railway station is located in Currie, a southwestern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, not far from the main campus of Heriot-Watt University. Curriehill railway station is situated 1 mile east of Gowanhill.
Lennox Tower
Ruins
Lennox Tower is a ruinous fifteenth-century tower house at Lymphoy, near the Water of Leith, between Balerno and Currie, 11 kilometres south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Lennox Tower is situated 1 mile southeast of Gowanhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balerno and Currie.
Balerno
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balerno is a village on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 8 miles south-west of the city centre, next to Currie and then Juniper Green. Traditionally in the county of Midlothian it now administratively falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.
Currie
Suburb
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Currie is a village and suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated 7 miles south west of the city centre. Formerly within the County of Midlothian, it now falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.
Hermiston
Hamlet
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hermiston is a hamlet formerly in the county of Midlothian and now part of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north of Heriot-Watt University's Riccarton Campus and west of the Hermiston Gait commercial development. Hermiston is situated 1½ miles northeast of Gowanhill.
Gowanhill
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.89852° or 55° 53′ 55″ northLongitude
-3.34391° or 3° 20′ 38″ westElevation
374 feet (114 metres)Open location code
9C7RVMX4+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 262586294OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyardGeoNames ID
13284256
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