The Binks

The Binks is a locality in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Binks is situated nearby to the locality The Knoll, as well as near Snab Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Inch Mickery and Cramond Tower.

Inch Mickery

Islet

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. It is about two miles north of Edinburgh. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic, Innis nam Biocaire, meaning Isle of the Vicars, implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical or Culdee settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm.

Cramond Tower

Castle

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Cramond Tower is a fifteenth-century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Barnbougle Castle

Castle

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Barnbougle Castle is a historic tower house on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, between Cramond and Queensferry, and within the parish of Dalmeny. Barnbougle Castle is situated 2 miles west of The Binks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silverknowes and Cramond.

Silverknowes

Suburb

Silverknowes is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying to the northwest of the city. The district contains over 2000 homes, ranging in size from bungalow to semi-detached housing, much of it built during the mid-twentieth century. Silverknowes is situated 1½ miles south of The Binks.

Cramond

Suburb

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Cramond Village is a village and suburb in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland, at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. Cramond is situated 2 miles southwest of The Binks.