Whinhill Park

Whinhill Park is a park in Edinburgh, Scotland. Whinhill Park is situated nearby to Broomhouse Mosque, as well as near the suburb Parkhead.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HM Prison Edinburgh and Kingsknowe railway station.

HM Prison Edinburgh

Prison

Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

HMP Edinburgh is a prison in Scotland. It is located in the west of Edinburgh on the main A71, in an area now known as Stenhouse, and, although never named as such, has commonly been known as Saughton Prison from the old name for the general area. HM Prison Edinburgh is situated 2,500 feet east of Whinhill Park.

Kingsknowe railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kingsknowe railway station is a railway station serving Kingsknowe in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. Kingsknowe railway station is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Whinhill Park.

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 mile southwest of Whinhill Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broomhouse and Parkhead.

Broomhouse

Suburb

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Broomhouse is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. Although on the lands of Old Saughton, its name is adopted from an estate which lay to the north of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

Parkhead

Suburb

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Parkhead is a residential area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It was one of the smallest wards in the Edinburgh City Council before a reorganisation into larger multi-member wards in 2007; since then it has been part of the Sighthill/Gorgie ward.

Saughton

Suburb

Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saughton is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering Broomhouse, Stenhouse, Longstone and Carrick Knowe. In Lowland Scots, a "sauch" is a willow.

Whinhill Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.92744° or 55° 55′ 39″ north

Longitude

-3.27319° or 3° 16′ 24″ west

Operator

City of Edinburgh Council

Open location code

9C7RWPGG+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 654494879

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Whinhill Park Community Woodland and Broomhouse Mosque.

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