Forrester
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.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: residential area in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Forrester, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forrester High School and South Gyle railway station.
Forrester High School
School
Forrester High School is a secondary school in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. St Augustine's High School, an RC secondary, moved onto a shared campus with Forrester High School in January 2010. Previously the schools had been next to each other.
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.
St Augustine’s High School, Edinburgh
School
St. Augustine's High School, established in 1969, is a Roman Catholic secondary school serving the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, with approximately 840 pupils.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wester Broom and Broomhouse.
Wester Broom
Neighborhood
Wester Broom is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders Broomhouse/Forrester, Corstorphine and South Gyle. It is sometimes considered to be part of one of the latter two.
Broomhouse
Suburb
Photo: Saa91, Public domain.
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.
Carrick Knowe
Neighborhood
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Forrester
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.93209° or 55° 55′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.28489° or 3° 17′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C7RWPJ8+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 3966284097OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q16837397
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In Other Languages
“Forrester” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Forrester”
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