Parkhead Drive
Parkhead Drive is an electrical substation in Edinburgh, Scotland. Parkhead Drive is situated nearby to Murrayburn & Hailesland Community Park, as well as near Sighthill Post Office.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wester Hailes railway station and Kingsknowe railway station.
Wester Hailes railway station
Railway station
Photo: Signalhead, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wester Hailes railway station is a railway station opened in 1987 by British Rail serving Wester Hailes in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line, but is not served by inter-city services - these are provided via the Shotts Line of the SPT network. Wester Hailes railway station is situated 2,900 feet southwest 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 2,800 feet east of Parkhead Drive.
HM Prison Edinburgh
Prison
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HMP Edinburgh 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 4,100 feet northeast of Parkhead Drive.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkhead and Sighthill.
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.
Sighthill
Suburb
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sighthill is a suburb in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The area is bordered by Broomhouse and Parkhead to the east, South Gyle to the north, the industrial suburb of Bankhead and the Calders neighbourhood to the west, and Wester Hailes to the south.
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.
Parkhead Drive
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.92156° or 55° 55′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.27772° or 3° 16′ 40″ westOperator
SP Energy NetworksOpen location code
9C7RWPCC+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 8662846376
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