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 miles
- Livingston 11.9 miles
- Dunfermline 12.4 miles
- Kirkcaldy and Dysart 13.1 miles
- Glenrothes 18.5 miles
- Falkirk 22.1 miles
- Musselburgh 7.3 miles
- Bathgate 15.6 miles
- Grangemouth 19.5 miles
- Bonnyrigg 6.1 miles
- Penicuik 6.4 miles
- Broxburn 9.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Edinburgh Place 0.7 miles
- Sighthill/Gorgie Ward 1 mile
- Morningside Ward 1.1 miles
- Corstorphine/Murrayfield Ward 1.4 miles
- Colinton/Fairmilehead Ward 1.8 miles
- City Centre Ward 2 miles
- Inverleith Ward 2.2 miles
- Southside/Newington Ward 2.3 miles
- Drum Brae/Gyle Ward 2.6 miles
- Leith Walk Ward 3.3 miles
- Forth Ward 3.4 miles
- Craigentinny/Duddingston Ward 3.8 miles
Example postcodes in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart
EH11 1EX, EH11 1PW, EH14 1QT, EH14 1LE, EH10 5GN, EH14 1RB, EH11 2SQ, EH11 1LT, EH10 5GD … See all
Transport links
- Edinburgh Airport 5.4 miles
- Glasgow International Airport 46.5 miles
- Slateford Railway Station 0.3 miles
- Kingsknowe 1.3 miles
Hotels in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Ad
- Staycity Aparthotels Edinburgh West End 4
- Tynecastle Park Hotel 4
- The Lane Hotel 4
- Moxy Edinburgh 3
- The Lane Hotel
- Hampton by Hilton Edinburgh West End 3
- Mercure Edinburgh Haymarket 4
- Braid Hills Hotel 3
- Best Western Edinburgh South Braid Hills Hotel 3
- Arran House - Campus Accommodation 4
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 miles
- Murrayfield Stadium Stadium 0.9 miles
- The Scotish Museums Coouncil Museum 1.6 miles
- Braid Hills Hill 1.8 miles
- University of Edinburgh University 2.1 miles
- Scottish National Gallery Museum 2.2 miles
- Princes Street Gardens Gardens 2.2 miles
- Musée national d'Écosse Museum 2.2 miles
- Kings Buildings University 2.4 miles
- Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 2.8 miles
- Holyrood abbey Historic site 3 miles
- Easter Road Stadium 3.6 miles