Areas of Edinburgh

Gilmerton

 A former coal mining village, Gilmerton is to the South East of Edinburgh city centre, North of Edinburgh City Bypass. Liberton is to the West…

Gorebridge

Like Newtongrange, this is a former coal mining village in Midlothian, to the south of Edinburgh. Gorebridge was named after the bridge across the…

Gorgie

Gorgie is situated to the West of the city, adjacent to the Edinburgh area of Dalry. Its most distinctive landmark is the Tynecastle football…

Granton

Granton is a coastal area to the north of Edinburgh, looking across the Firth of Forth to Fife. 

Historically, an industrial area, with a…

Grassmarket

Edinburgh Grassmarket and Victoria street, is a popular restaurant and bar area in the lower echelon of Edinburgh's…

Haymarket

Haymarket in Edinburgh's West End, is perhaps best known for having one of the two central railway stations and is one of the few stops on the…

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus

Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh Campus occupies 380 acres of mature meadow and woodland at Riccarton to the south west of Edinburgh, near…

Holyrood

Holyrood is synonymous in Edinburgh with three things - Holyrood Park, the windswept, gorse-tangled hillside that is…

Inverleith

Inverleith is an affluent residential area about a mile and a half from Edinburgh City Centre.

North of Inverleith is

Juniper Green

Juniper Green is a residential suburb to the South West of Edinburgh, between Currie and Colinton. It has been part of the City of Edinburgh since…

Lauriston

Lauriston is a central area on the edge of Edinburgh's Old Town. It is between Edinburgh Castle in the North and the large…

Leith and Leith Walk

Although Leith is now considered part of Edinburgh, as many Leithers will tell you, Leith is a burgh in its own right.

Leith is the old…

Liberton

Liberton is located to the South of Edinburgh city centre, just a little South East of the Kings-Buildings campus of Edinburgh University.

Livingston

Livingston is the largest town in West Lothian, Scotland. Designated in 1962, it is the fourth post-war new town to be built in Scotland.

Longstone

Longstone is an outlying area of Edinburgh bordering Slateford, Saughton and Wester Hailes.

One of its most dramatic features of the area…

Lothian Road

Lothian Road runs from the West End of Princes Street South to Tollcross. Edinburgh…

Marchmont

Residential area to the South of the Edinburgh Old Town, beyond the Meadows and…

Morningside

If you are coming by road to Edinburgh from the South, Morningside is one of the first central urban areas that you encounter, where affluent…

Muirhouse

Historically one of Edinburgh's most deprived residential areas, Muirhouse is a mixed of council estate buildings and private housing.

Murrayfield

Best known for its famous stadium, Murrayfield is an area to the west of Edinburgh city centre, neighbouring…