Colinton Library

Colinton Library is a library in , which is located on Thorburn Road. Colinton Library is situated nearby to the sports venue , as well as near the church .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colinton Parish Church and Merchiston Castle School.

Church
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The church building is located in Dell Road, , , next to the . is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Colinton Library.

School
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an independent boarding school for boys in the suburb of in , Scotland. It has around 470 pupils and is open to boys between the ages of 7 and 18 as either boarding or day pupils; it was modelled after English public schools. is situated 1,800 feet north of Colinton Library.

Military installation
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Redford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks is a military installation located on Colinton Road, near the Edinburgh City Bypass, east of the suburb of in , . is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Colinton Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colinton and Redford.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , situated 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of the city centre. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Collington.

Neighborhood
is a suburb of , the capital of . It is in the south-west of the city, south-east of the area, and is known particularly for , an army base.

Suburb
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area on the south-western outskirts of and the northern slopes of the , lying within the Parish of . It is a mix of mainly post-war housing, woodland, pasture-land and heather moorland.

Colinton Library

Latitude
55.90673° or 55° 54′ 24″ north
Longitude
-3.25141° or 3° 15′ 5″ west
Open location code
9C7RWP4X+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 228002526
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
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