Saughton

Saughton
Scottish Gaelic: *Baile nan Seileach*
Scots: *Sauchtoun*
Saughton Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Seileach; Scots: Sauchtoun;
	Saughton Location within Edinburgh
OS grid reference	NT210718
Council area	City of Edinburgh;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EDINBURGH
Postcode district	EH11
Dialling code	0131
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Edinburgh West; Edinburgh South West;
Scottish Parliament	Edinburgh Pentlands;
	List of places UK Scotland Edinburgh 55°55′46″N 3°16′05″W / 55.92944°N 3.26806°W

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

It is best known for its prison, known officially as "HM Prison Edinburgh", but colloquially as "Saughton Prison", which lies to the south of the district.

The Calder Road, one of the main city arteries, runs through it.

More recently Saughton park has become home to an acclaimed outdoor concrete skatepark

Actually situated in the Broomhouse area and fronting on Broomhouse Drive, Saughton House is a large Government office, said to have been 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 adjacently south of the main Glasgow to Edinburgh railway line, close to the junction of Broomhouse Drive and Saughton Road North.

Preceding station		Edinburgh Trams		Following station
Balgreen towards York Place		York Place - Edinburgh Airport		Bankhead towards Airport

Buses

Lothian Buses

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

First Scotland East

27, 28 (Calder Road)

Notable residents

William Stevenson (1772–1829), Scottish nonconformist preacher and writer.^[1]
Graeme Souness (1953), retired Scottish footballer and manager

References

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

External links

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

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