Firrhill High School

Firrhill High School is a school in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is located on Oxgangs Road North. Firrhill High School is situated near the reservoir Firhill DSR, as well as near the peak Craiglockhart Hill.

Email: admin@firrhill.edin.sch.uk
Type: School
Address: 9 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, EH14 1DP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Craiglockhart Hill and Craiglockhart Castle.

Craiglockhart Hill

Peak

Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Craiglockhart Hill is a combination of two summits, Easter and Wester Craiglockhart, in the suburb of Craiglockhart, Edinburgh. Easter Craiglockhart Hill's summit is 158m high.

Craiglockhart Castle

Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Craiglockhart Castle is a ruined tower house in the Craiglockhart district of Edinburgh, Scotland. Craiglockhart Castle is situated 1,500 feet north of Firrhill High School.

Redford Barracks

Military installation

Photo: Ldopa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Redford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks is a military installation located on Colinton Road, near the Edinburgh City Bypass, east of the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. Redford Barracks is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Firrhill High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Firrhill and Craiglockhart.

Firrhill

Neighborhood

Photo: Saa91, Public domain.

Firrhill is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Club and lies next to Oxgangs. The area is mostly made up of public housing which was built by the Corporation Housing Department in the mid-1950s, however…

Craiglockhart

Suburb

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Craiglockhart is a suburb in the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying between Colinton to the south, Morningside to the east Merchiston to the north east, and Longstone and Kingsknowe to the west. The Water of Leith is also to the west.

Oxgangs

Suburb

Photo: Brideshead, Public domain.

Oxgangs is a suburb in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Surrounding districts include Caiystane, Dreghorn, Redford, Fairmilehead, Colinton and Swanston and Colinton Mains. The post code area for Oxgangs is EH13.

Firrhill High School

Category: education
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.91522° or 55° 54′ 55″ north

Longitude

-3.23656° or 3° 14′ 12″ west

Wheelchair access

limited

Operator

City of Edinburgh Council

Open location code

9C7RWQ87+39

OpenStreetMap ID

way 5094805

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

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Highlights: Firhill DSR and Firhill (Old) SR.

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