Districts in the wider city region
The connectivity of the wider Edinburgh City Region makes it
possible to work in the city whilst commuting from a fishing
village in Fife or a mill town in the Scottish
Borders.
Take a train out of the city and suburban bungalows quickly give
way to seaside villages with traditional roofs and fields of
barley.
The coastline immediately to the east of Edinburgh (East
Lothian) offers some of the best links golf in the world. It
also has the driest climate in Scotland and some of the finest
beaches.
Rosslyn Chapel to the south of the city (in Midlothian) is the
most famous of many compelling historical sites in the area.
Linlithgow Palace (in West Lothian) was the focus of the
Renaissance in Scotland. The local secondary school is one of
the country’s top-performing state schools. The quality of
education and affordable housing contributed to the area being
voted one of the best places to raise a family in the UK.
The Scottish Borders offer salmon rivers, forest walks and
championship mountain bike routes. The historic city of
Stirling can be reached in under an hour and is the gateway to the
Highland landscapes of Perthshire and the Stirlingshire
Trossachs.
Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland’s ancient capital, also represents
good value for house buyers.
