Wester Hailes Education Centre
Wester Hailes High School is a mixed non-denominational high school in Wester Hailes, in the South-West suburb of Edinburgh. The current principal is David Young and the roll is about 303.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Email: admin@whec.edin.sch.uk
- Type: School
- Description: secondary school and leisure center in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Also known as: “Wester Hailes High School”
- Postal code: EH14 2SU
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wester Hailes railway station and Scott Russell Aqueduct.
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 1,700 feet southeast of Wester Hailes Education Centre.
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 3,700 feet northwest of Wester Hailes Education Centre.
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 1 mile northwest of Wester Hailes Education Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Calders and Wester Hailes.
The Calders
Neighborhood
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Calders is a residential neighbourhood in Edinburgh, Scotland – not to be confused with the Calders of West Lothian aka West Calder, Mid Calder and East Calder, three separate villages.
Wester Hailes
Suburb
Photo: paul birrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wester Hailes is an area in the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Wester Hailes borders on Kingsknowe and Longstone to the east. Bankhead Industrial Estate and Sighthill Park lie to the north.
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.
Wester Hailes Education Centre
- Categories: secondary school and education
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.91734° or 55° 55′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.29047° or 3° 17′ 26″ westOperator
City of Edinburgh CouncilOpen location code
9C7RWP85+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 39691689OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q7987362
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In Other Languages
“Wester Hailes Education Centre” goes by many names.
- Scottish Gaelic: “Aonad-foghlaim Hailes an Iar”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wester Hailes Education Centre and Edinburgh Leisure Wester Hailes High School.
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