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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Scotland" title="List of places in Scotland">Scotland</a></dd> <dd></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Longstone,_Edinburgh&params=55.923_N_3.26_W_type:city_region:GB"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°55′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°15′36″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.923°N 3.260°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.923; -3.260</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Longstone</b> is a suburb of <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is primarily <a href="/wiki/Residential_area" title="Residential area">residential</a> in nature, although the area includes several small shops, eateries and supermarkets, as well as one of the main bus depots for the city's buses. The population of Longstone (including Saughton) was 4,678 in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longstone,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For much of its early history, Longstone was used for <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural</a> purposes, with three <a href="/wiki/Farms" class="mw-redirect" title="Farms">farms</a> being recorded in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-LongstoneHistory_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LongstoneHistory-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inglis Green Road and manor house lie on the border between Longstone and Slateford.<sup id="cite_ref-InglisGreenHouse_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InglisGreenHouse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name Inglis Green was given in 1773 when George Inglis of Redhall leased the land to a local businessman for use as a cloth <a href="/wiki/Bleachfield" title="Bleachfield">Bleaching Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LongstoneHistory_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LongstoneHistory-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area was formerly the site of a pre-18th century farmstead known as Gray's Mill Farm (used very briefly as a temporary headquarters by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Stuart" title="Charles Edward Stuart">Charles Edward Stuart</a><sup id="cite_ref-LongstoneHistory_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LongstoneHistory-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in September 1745) and subsequently developed as a mill and then as a laundry until closing in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-InglisGreen_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-InglisGreen-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GraysMill_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GraysMill-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> period, Longstone was classed as a hamlet in the parish of <a href="/wiki/Colinton" title="Colinton">Colinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NLSGazetteer|_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLSGazetteer|-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Redhall park and the adjacent street names in Longstone take their name from the nearby Redhall (also known as Reidhall) castle on the border between Longstone and Craiglockhart beside the Water of Leith.<sup id="cite_ref-RedhallCastle_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedhallCastle-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The castle was owned by <a href="/wiki/Adam_Otterburn" title="Adam Otterburn">Adam Otterburn</a>, a Scottish lawyer in the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-RedhallCastle_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedhallCastle-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later besieged and taken by the forces of <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Oliver Cromwell</a> in 1650.<sup id="cite_ref-RedhallCastle_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedhallCastle-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 18th century, the castle was demolished and the stones used to build Redhall House in 1756 under the ownership of George Inglis of Auchendinny.<sup id="cite_ref-BuildingsBook_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuildingsBook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The castle's octagonal <a href="/wiki/Dovecote" title="Dovecote">doocot</a> was kept and a <a href="/wiki/Walled_garden" title="Walled garden">walled garden</a> also created.<sup id="cite_ref-RedhallCastle_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedhallCastle-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RedhallWalledGarden_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedhallWalledGarden-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The house was subsequently inherited by his nephew, Vice-Admiral <a href="/wiki/John_Inglis_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Inglis (Royal Navy officer)">John Inglis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BuildingsBook_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuildingsBook-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the early 20th century, the House was purchased by <a href="/wiki/City_of_Edinburgh_Council" title="City of Edinburgh Council">the Edinburgh Corporation</a> and converted to a children's home, now since defunct. Some of the adjacent estate has been converted to housing, with the doocot restored, although the main house remains abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-RedHallMansion_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedHallMansion-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the walled garden is still in use, as a public garden under the ownership of the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) and lies within Longstone's boundary.<sup id="cite_ref-RedhallSAMH_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedhallSAMH-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Longstone developed and expanded significantly after the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> and now, predominantly consists of post-war, mid 20th century housing in flats and semi-detached villas.<sup id="cite_ref-HES2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HES2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1940s, Longstone Road was known as Drumbrydon Road.<sup id="cite_ref-HES2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HES2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area occupied by the current Longstone Bus Garage was previously in use as a brickworks until the late 1940s.<sup id="cite_ref-HES2_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HES2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, housing is a mixture of terraces and flats, many consist of local authority housing, private housing and Ministry of Defence (armed services) housing, as well as former housing for prisoner officers of the nearby <a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Edinburgh" title="HM Prison Edinburgh">HM Prison Edinburgh</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longstone,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Longstone borders <a href="/wiki/Craiglockhart" title="Craiglockhart">Craiglockhart</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Kingsknowe" title="Kingsknowe">Kingsknowe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colinton" title="Colinton">Colinton</a> to the south, <a href="/wiki/Wester_Hailes" title="Wester Hailes">Wester Hailes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parkhead,_Edinburgh" title="Parkhead, Edinburgh">Parkhead</a> to the west, and <a href="/wiki/Saughton" title="Saughton">Saughton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stenhouse,_Edinburgh" title="Stenhouse, Edinburgh">Stenhouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slateford" title="Slateford">Slateford</a> to the north. </p><p>Longstone's most dramatic features are the <a href="/wiki/Slateford_Aqueduct" title="Slateford Aqueduct">Slateford Aqueduct</a> (1822) carrying the <a href="/wiki/Union_Canal_(Scotland)" title="Union Canal (Scotland)">Union Canal</a> and the adjacent railway viaduct (1842). Underneath these runs the <a href="/wiki/Water_of_Leith" title="Water of Leith">Water of Leith</a>, and the canal may sometimes be seen pouring out through an overflow down into the river. The Water of Leith's visitor centre lies almost underneath the aqueduct here. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longstone,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Direct local governance in Longstone is carried under the direction of the Longstone Community Council, established in 1980 and funded by the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Edinburgh_Council" title="City of Edinburgh Council">City of Edinburgh Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CommunityCouncil_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CommunityCouncil-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Longstone is represented in the City of Edinburgh Council by four councillors under the <a href="/wiki/Sighthill/Gorgie_(Edinburgh_ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sighthill/Gorgie (Edinburgh ward)">Sighthill/Gorgie Ward</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CouncilWards_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CouncilWards-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longstone,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Longstone_Bus_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1532255.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Longstone_Bus_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1532255.jpg/220px-Longstone_Bus_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1532255.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Longstone_Bus_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1532255.jpg/330px-Longstone_Bus_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1532255.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Longstone_Bus_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1532255.jpg/440px-Longstone_Bus_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1532255.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The office building of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lothian_Buses:_Longstone_garage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lothian Buses: Longstone garage (page does not exist)">Longstone garage</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lothian_Buses" title="Lothian Buses">Lothian Buses</a>. This is the north east corner, as seen from the Longstone Road roundabout. The main shed is attached on the right. Since this shot was taken the garage has undergone a major extension, refurbishment and rebranding.</figcaption></figure> <p>The area contains one of the city's main bus depots belonging to <a href="/wiki/Lothian_Buses" title="Lothian Buses">Lothian Buses</a>, now named the Longstone Garage but formerly called the Lothian Regional Transport Office.<sup id="cite_ref-HES2_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HES2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was designed by T Bowhill Gibson and Laing in 1949 in the <a href="/wiki/Art_deco" class="mw-redirect" title="Art deco">art deco</a> style and was built in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-HES2_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HES2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has space for 220 buses.<sup id="cite_ref-LothianBuses|_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LothianBuses|-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are also a small number of shops, a large Sainsburys supermarket and a car dealership, in addition to several churches. Slateford Longstone Church (formerly known as Longstone Hall Church) was designed by the architect Leslie Grahame Thomson MacDougall in 1952 as a dual public hall and church, with a circular tower and copper roof. It was completed in 1954 and opened for worship in 1955 as a church under the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LongstoneChurchCanmore_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LongstoneChurchCanmore-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LongstoneChurch_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LongstoneChurch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LongstoneBuildings_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LongstoneBuildings-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Longstone Inn is a 19th-century public house on Longstone road.<sup id="cite_ref-LongstoneInnCanmore_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LongstoneInnCanmore-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inn and several adjacent properties have been abandoned since 2020 after becoming unsafe, following severe flooding of the adjacent Water of Leith.<sup id="cite_ref-Inn1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inn1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Inn2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inn2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Inn3_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inn3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Community_facilities">Community facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longstone,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Community facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hailes Quarry Park is a <a href="/wiki/Urban_park" title="Urban park">public park</a> and recreation area between Longstone and Kingsknowe that is on the site of a former <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarry</a> that closed in 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-QuarryPark_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QuarryPark-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Redhall park is a public park bordering Longstone and Slateford that includes a football pitch, pavillon and play area.<sup id="cite_ref-RedhallPark_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedhallPark-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Redhall park contains the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> memorial for the Longstone and Slateford communities.<sup id="cite_ref-RedhallParkCanmore_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedhallParkCanmore-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RedhallParkMemorial_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RedhallParkMemorial-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longstone,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Longstone has two educational facilities. Longstone Primary School is a non denominational primary school based at Redhall Grove (before 1957 it was based in Longstone Road). Longstone Primary School is a Category C listed structure and was built between 1954 and 1957 to a design by <a href="/wiki/Reid_and_Forbes" title="Reid and Forbes">Reid and Forbes</a> in a horizontal art deco style.<sup id="cite_ref-HES1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HES1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is considered a notable example of a 1950s modernist school building.<sup id="cite_ref-HES1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HES1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recently an additional school built next to Longstone Primary School called Redhall Primary School supports children with moderate learning difficulties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longstone,_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst9311.html">"Longstone"</a>. <i>The Gazetteer for Scotland</i>. 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Edinburgh">Bingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnington,_Edinburgh" title="Bonnington, Edinburgh">Bonnington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broughton,_Edinburgh" title="Broughton, Edinburgh">Broughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunstane" title="Brunstane">Brunstane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craigentinny" title="Craigentinny">Craigentinny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craigmillar" title="Craigmillar">Craigmillar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duddingston" title="Duddingston">Duddingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Road_(street)" title="Easter Road (street)">Easter Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Junction_Street" title="Great Junction Street">Great Junction Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joppa,_Edinburgh" title="Joppa, Edinburgh">Joppa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leith" title="Leith">Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leith_Docks" class="mw-redirect" title="Leith Docks">Leith Docks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochend,_Edinburgh" title="Lochend, Edinburgh">Lochend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magdalene,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Magdalene, Edinburgh">Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowbank,_Edinburgh" title="Meadowbank, Edinburgh">Meadowbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountcastle,_Edinburgh" title="Mountcastle, Edinburgh">Mountcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niddrie,_Edinburgh" title="Niddrie, Edinburgh">Niddrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northfield,_Edinburgh" title="Northfield, Edinburgh">Northfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piershill" title="Piershill">Piershill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilrig" title="Pilrig">Pilrig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portobello,_Edinburgh" title="Portobello, Edinburgh">Portobello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restalrig" title="Restalrig">Restalrig</a></li> <li>Willowbrae</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Harbour,_Edinburgh" title="Western Harbour, Edinburgh">Western Harbour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" 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style="width:1%">South East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alnwickhill" title="Alnwickhill">Alnwickhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackford,_Edinburgh" title="Blackford, Edinburgh">Blackford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braid_Hills" title="Braid Hills">Braid Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruntsfield" title="Bruntsfield">Bruntsfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdiehouse" title="Burdiehouse">Burdiehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canongate,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Canongate, Edinburgh">Canongate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick_Knowe" title="Carrick Knowe">Carrick Knowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comiston" title="Comiston">Comiston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumbiedykes" title="Dumbiedykes">Dumbiedykes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernieside" title="Fernieside">Fernieside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilmerton" title="Gilmerton">Gilmerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenbank,_Edinburgh" title="Greenbank, Edinburgh">Greenbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haymarket,_Edinburgh" title="Haymarket, Edinburgh">Haymarket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calton_Hill" title="Calton Hill">Hillside and Calton Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberton,_Edinburgh" title="Liberton, Edinburgh">Liberton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marchmont" title="Marchmont">Marchmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moredun" title="Moredun">Moredun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morningside,_Edinburgh" title="Morningside, Edinburgh">Morningside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortonhall" title="Mortonhall">Mortonhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Town,_Edinburgh" title="New Town, Edinburgh">New Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newington,_Edinburgh" title="Newington, Edinburgh">Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town,_Edinburgh" title="Old Town, Edinburgh">Old Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prestonfield,_Edinburgh" title="Prestonfield, Edinburgh">Prestonfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sciennes" title="Sciennes">Sciennes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Southhouse">Southhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southside,_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Southside, Edinburgh">Southside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Inch,_Edinburgh" title="The Inch, Edinburgh">The Inch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Grange,_Edinburgh" title="The Grange, Edinburgh">The Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tollcross,_Edinburgh" title="Tollcross, Edinburgh">Tollcross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End,_Edinburgh" title="West End, Edinburgh">West End</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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