Sighthilll Substation

Sighthilll Substation is an electrical substation in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sighthilll Substation is situated nearby to the railway station Edinburgh Park station, as well as near the government office ALDL.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Park station and South Gyle railway station.

Edinburgh Park station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Edinburgh Park railway station is a railway station in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, serving the Edinburgh Park business park and the Hermiston Gait shopping centre. Edinburgh Park station is situated 580 feet southwest of Sighthilll Substation.

South Gyle railway station

Railway station

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

South Gyle railway station is a railway station serving South Gyle in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The station was opened on 9 May 1985 by ScotRail alongside new housing in the area, and is located on the Fife Circle Line, 4+1⁄2 miles west of Edinburgh Waverley. South Gyle railway station is situated 3,200 feet north of Sighthilll Substation.

Scott Russell Aqueduct

Bridge

Photo: Renata, Public domain.

The Scott Russell Aqueduct is an aqueduct carrying the Union Canal over the Edinburgh City Bypass, west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott Russell Aqueduct is situated 2,500 feet south of Sighthilll Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankhead and South Gyle.

Bankhead

Neighborhood

Bankhead is a non-residential area of western Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders the Edinburgh City Bypass and Hermiston Gait to the west, the Calders neighbourhood to the south – accessed via a pedestrian underpass, Sighthill to the east, and South Gyle/Edinburgh Park to the north.

South Gyle

Suburb

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

South Gyle is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying on the western edge of the city and to the south and west of an area of former marshland once known as the Gogarloch, on the edge of Corstorphine.

Gogarloch

Neighborhood

Gogarloch is a residential area within South Gyle, Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies near South Gyle railway station and South Gyle Broadway, 4+1⁄2 miles west of the city centre. Corstorphine and Wester Broom are nearby.

Sighthilll Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.92843° or 55° 55′ 42″ north

Longitude

-3.30518° or 3° 18′ 19″ west

Operator

SP Transmission

Open location code

9C7RWMHV+9W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 32075668

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