West Edinburgh

The area to the west of the city is characterised by serene garden suburbs and urban villages.

The areas of Corstorphine and Clermiston straddle a main route into the city from the west. Corstorphine Hill, one of the ‘seven hills of Edinburgh’ presides over the leafy suburban streets below. The elegant district of Murrayfield is renowned for Murrayfield Stadium, the home of Scottish rugby. It hosts rugby internationals and other major sporting and music events.

Further to the west, in East Craigs, parks merge with intimate housing developments. Street names such as Burnbrae and Hayfield evoke the area’s farming past. The Bughtlin Burn runs through East Craigs, a suburb which retains a pastoral atmosphere.

The business campuses of Edinburgh Park, the Gyle and Gogarburn are the engine room of Scotland’s financial sector. Edinburgh Airport and Heriot-Watt University, one of the UK’s leading business and technology universities, are also nearby. The villages of Kirkliston, Dalmeny and Newbridge offer a rural lifestyle with the advantage of easy access to urban amenities.

The garden suburbs of Barnton and Almond are served by a fast, frequent transport system. The bus service from the city centre to Cramond, a former fishing village on the furthermost edge of the city, takes under half an hour.

South Queensferry lies beneath the Forth Rail Bridge, an acknowledged wonder of the industrial age, while three of Scotland’s finest stately homes encircle the town.