Forrester Road
Forrester Road is an electrical substation in Edinburgh, Scotland. Forrester Road is situated nearby to the suburb Corstorphine, as well as near St Ninian’s Church, 144 St John’s Road, Edinburgh.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Corstorphine Old Parish Church and South Gyle railway station.
Corstorphine Old Parish Church
Church
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corstorphine Old Parish Church, formerly St. John's Collegiate Church, is at the old centre of Corstorphine, a village incorporated to the west area of Edinburgh. Corstorphine Old Parish Church is situated 1,100 feet south of Forrester Road.
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 1 mile southwest of Forrester Road.
Corstorphine Hill
Peak
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Corstorphine Hill is a low ridge-shaped hill rising above the western suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland. Although there has been residential and commercial development on its lower slopes, especially in the south and west, most of the hill is occupied by a local nature reserve, consisting of extensive broadleaf woodland, accessible to the public.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corstorphine and West Edinburgh.
Corstorphine
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corstorphine is an area of the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Formerly a separate village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, it is now a suburb of the city, having been formally incorporated into it in 1920.
West Edinburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The west of Edinburgh is the area you traverse coming from the airport or Glasgow towards city centre. It's a modern low-rise tract of suburbs, retail and light industry that could be on the edge of any British city, but it has accommodation, the zoo, and Murrayfield rugby stadium.
Wester Broom
Neighborhood
Wester Broom is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders Broomhouse/Forrester, Corstorphine and South Gyle. It is sometimes considered to be part of one of the latter two.
Forrester Road
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.94415° or 55° 56′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.28329° or 3° 16′ 60″ westOperator
SP Energy NetworksOpen location code
9C7RWPV8+MMOpenStreetMap ID
way 395864022
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Ninian’s Church, 144 St John’s Road, Edinburgh and Edinburgh, Corstorphine, St Ninians Road, Roman Catholic Church Of St John The Baptist.
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