Saughton
Saughton is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
Saughton
Saughton
Location within the City of Edinburgh council area
Saughton is located in Scotland
Saughton
Saughton
Location within Scotland
OS grid referenceNT210718
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEDINBURGH
Postcode districtEH11
Dialling code0131
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Saughton (/ˈsɔːxtən/) (Scots: Sauchtoun) (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Seileach) is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering Broomhouse, Stenhouse, Longstone and Carrick Knowe. In Lowland Scots, a "sauch" is a willow.[1] The Water of Leith flows by here.

It is the location of HM Prison Edinburgh, known colloquially as "Saughton Prison", in the south of the district.

The A71 road, one of the main city arteries, runs through the area – it is known here as Calder Road, becoming Stenhouse Road and Gorgie Road further east.

Saughton Park, a large public park, has facilities including Scotland's largest skatepark; it is located on the opposite side of Stenhouse from the core of the Saughton neighbourhood.

Actually situated in the Broomhouse area and fronting onto Broomhouse Drive, Saughton House is a large Government office, built in the 1950s, which houses the Scottish Government, Scottish Courts Service, and a number of other Government offices.

Transport

Tram

Saughton tram stop is located close to the junction of Broomhouse Drive and Saughton Road North, adjacent to the main railway lines though the area (the Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line is joined by the Fife Circle Line here).

Preceding station   Edinburgh Trams   Following station
Balgreen
towards Newhaven		   Newhaven - Edinburgh Airport   Bankhead
towards Airport

Buses

  • Lothian Buses
    • 3, 25, 34, 35 (Calder Road)
    • 1, 2, 22 (Broomhouse Drive/ Stenhouse Drive)

Notable residents

Saughton cemetery

Saughton Cemetery, Edinburgh

Notable interments:

References

  1. 1 2 Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN 9780244644406.


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