Parkhead Drive

Parkhead Drive is a bus stop in Edinburgh, Scotland. Parkhead Drive is situated near the suburb Longstone, as well as near Hailes Quarry Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: HM Prison Edinburgh and Kingsknowe railway station.

HM Prison Edinburgh

Prison

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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. HM Prison Edinburgh is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Parkhead Drive.

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. Kingsknowe railway station is situated 2,100 feet south of Parkhead Drive.

Slateford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Slateford railway station is a railway station serving Slateford in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. Slateford railway station is situated 1 mile east of Parkhead Drive.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longstone and Parkhead.

Longstone

Suburb

Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longstone is a suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland. The area is primarily residential in nature, although the area includes several small shops, eateries and supermarkets, as well as one of the main bus depots for the city's buses.

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.

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.

Parkhead Drive

Type: Bus stop
Category: transport
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.92462° or 55° 55′ 29″ north

Longitude

-3.26733° or 3° 16′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C7RWPFM+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 502528790

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hailes Quarry Park and Slateford Longstone Parish Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Murrayburn Road (East) and Longstone Gardens.

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