Riccarton Avenue
Riccarton Avenue is an electrical substation in Edinburgh, Scotland. Riccarton Avenue is situated nearby to the government office Edinburgh Currie Driving Test Centre, as well as near Currie Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Curriehill railway station and Oriam.
Curriehill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Curriehill railway station is located in Currie, a southwestern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, not far from the main campus of Heriot-Watt University. Curriehill railway station is situated 1,700 feet west of Riccarton Avenue.
Oriam
Sports venue
Oriam is Scotland's national performance centre for sport, based at Heriot-Watt University's Riccarton campus in Edinburgh. The Scottish Rugby Union and the Scottish Football Association use it as a training facility, and Heart of Midlothian F.C. rent the centre for first-team training and to run their academy. Oriam is situated 3,500 feet north of Riccarton Avenue.
Currie High School
School
Currie Community High School is a six-year comprehensive school serving the south-west of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The school roll currently stands at 727 of whom 20% attend as a result of parental placing requests. Currie High School is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Riccarton Avenue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Currie and Baberton.
Currie
Suburb
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Currie is a village and suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated 7 miles south west of the city centre. Formerly within the County of Midlothian, it now falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.
Baberton
Suburb
Baberton is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is known as Baberton Mains, It is south-west of the Edinburgh City Bypass and Wester Hailes and south of the Shotts Line railway line.
Juniper Green
Suburb
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Juniper Green is a village on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated about 5.5 miles south-west of the city centre. It bridges the city bypass, and extends along the foothills of the Pentlands.
Riccarton Avenue
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.90005° or 55° 54′ 0″ northLongitude
-3.31041° or 3° 18′ 38″ westOperator
SP Energy NetworksOpen location code
9C7RWM2Q+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 1435955712
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