Swanston Avenue
Swanston Avenue is a bus stop in Edinburgh, Scotland. Swanston Avenue is situated nearby to Fairmilehead Church, as well as near the government office Scottish Water.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fairmilehead Church and Midlothian Snowsports Centre.
Fairmilehead Church
Church
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairmilehead Church is situated 840 feet north of Swanston Avenue.
Midlothian Snowsports Centre
Sports venue
Photo: Keith Boardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Midlothian Snowsports Centre, formerly the Hillend Ski Centre and still often referred to as simply Hillend, is the second longest dry ski slope in Europe, situated near Hillend near Edinburgh, Scotland. Midlothian Snowsports Centre is situated 1 mile south of Swanston Avenue.
St Johns Colinton Mains Church
Church
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Johns Colinton Mains Church is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Swanston Avenue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairmilehead and South Edinburgh.
Fairmilehead
Suburb
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairmilehead is a district of southern Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies approximately 3 miles due south of the city centre and borders Midlothian. The area comprises the neighbourhoods of Buckstone, Caiyside, Caiystane, Swanston, Frogston and Winton.
South Edinburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The south of Edinburgh includes the Meadows and genteel residential areas such as Bruntsfield, Morningside, Marchmont and Newington. These were built up with villas and baronial tenements in the late 19th century and are the main accommodation belt for the city, for students and for visitors.
Hunter’s Tryst
Neighborhood
Hunter's Tryst is the name of a long-established inn in Edinburgh, Scotland; it has lent its name to the surrounding area, near Fairmilehead. The inn, once well outside Edinburgh's built-up area, was a popular leisure destination and was a meeting place of the Six Foot Club.
Swanston Avenue
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8993° or 55° 53′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.20422° or 3° 12′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C7RVQXW+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 502530993OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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