Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
Ward in City of Edinburgh, Scotland
| Coordinates: | 55.929, -3.237 |
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| OS grid ref: | NT 22 71 |
| Dialling code: | 0131 (Edinburgh) |
The ward brings together Fountainbridge and Craiglockhart, sitting to the west of central Edinburgh where canal and river corridors - notably the Union Canal and the Water of Leith - meet Victorian suburbs and grassy hills. Craiglockhart Hill and the striking former hydropathic hospital, famous as the wartime hospital where Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen were treated, give the area a strong historic identity, while the industrial past of Fountainbridge is visible in converted mills and warehouses along the water.
Today the area is a mix of long-standing communities, students and professionals, with active regeneration, new housing and creative or office uses tucked among parks and towpaths. Good transport links into the city, pleasant walking and cycling routes and institutions such as the Craiglockhart campus of Edinburgh Napier University all help make it a vibrant, locally focused part of the city with a blend of heritage and contemporary redevelopment.
Postcode districts covering Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
Most populated places nearby
- Edinburgh 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Livingston 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Dunfermline 12.4 miles20 km
- Kirkcaldy and Dysart 13.1 miles21 km
- Glenrothes 18.5 miles29.8 km
- Falkirk 22.1 miles35.5 km
- Musselburgh 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Bathgate 15.6 miles25.1 km
- Grangemouth 19.5 miles31.4 km
- Bonnyrigg 6.1 miles9.9 km
- Penicuik 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Broxburn 9.4 miles15.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Edinburgh Place 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Sighthill/Gorgie Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Morningside Ward 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Corstorphine/Murrayfield Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Colinton/Fairmilehead Ward 1.8 miles2.8 km
- City Centre Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Inverleith Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Southside/Newington Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Drum Brae/Gyle Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Leith Walk Ward 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Forth Ward 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Craigentinny/Duddingston Ward 3.8 miles6.2 km
Example postcodes in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
EH11 3FB, EH14 1LY, EH14 1XB, EH14 1UP, EH11 2SY, EH14 1AP, EH14 1TG, EH11 2QX, EH3 8EQ … See all
Transport links
- Edinburgh Airport 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Glasgow International Airport 46.5 miles74.8 km
- Slateford Railway Station 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Kingsknowe 1.3 miles2.1 km
Hotels in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Ad
- Tynecastle Park Hotel 4
- Staycity Aparthotels, Edinburgh, West End 4
- Moxy Edinburgh Fountainbridge 4
- Mercure Edinburgh Haymarket 4
- Hampton by Hilton Edinburgh West End 3
- Brooks Hotel
- Twin Lions Hotel
- Ardmillan Hotel 2
- Braid Hills Hotel 3
Schools in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
- Boroughmuir High School Secondary
- Craiglockhart Primary School Primary
- St Cuthbert's RC Primary School Primary
- Westfield Secondary (Previously Gorgie Mills Special School) Special
Local points of interest
- Tynecastle Stadium Stadium 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Murrayfield Stadium Stadium 0.9 miles1.5 km
- The Scotish Museums Coouncil Museum 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Braid Hills Hill 1.8 miles3 km
- University of Edinburgh University 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Scottish National Gallery Museum 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Princes Street Gardens Gardens 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Musée national d'Écosse Museum 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Kings Buildings University 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Holyrood abbey Historic site 3 miles4.9 km
- Easter Road Stadium 3.6 miles5.7 km