Balerno

Worth seeing in and around Balerno

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Heriot-Watt University

   Heriot-Watt University is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and was subsequently granted university status by royal charter in 1966.

   2.9 km · university in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bavelaw Castle

   Bavelaw Castle is a historic house in the City of Edinburgh Council area, Scotland. It is north of Hare Hill in the Pentland Hills, four miles west of Penicuik, and two miles south of Balerno, above Threipmuir Reservoir.

   3.8 km · castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Threipmuir Reservoir

   Threipmuir Reservoir is a reservoir in the City of Edinburgh Council area, Scotland, UK. It is situated to the south of Edinburgh at the base of the Pentland Hills, two miles south of Balerno. Threipmuir reservoir is located behind an earth dam, constructed to a design by Scottish civil engineer James Jardine.

   2.9 km · lake in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, on the Bavelaw Burn, outflows north-east to Harlaw Reservoir · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Harlaw Reservoir

   Harlaw Reservoir is a small reservoir in the City of Edinburgh Council area, Scotland, UK, situated at the base of the Pentland Hills near Currie and Balerno. It is located behind an earth gravity dam, constructed between 1843 and 1848 to the east and downstream of Threipmuir Reservoir, to a design by civil engineer James Jardine.

   2.4 km · artificial freshwater lake in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, on the Bavelaw Burn · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Malleny Garden

   The Malleny House and Garden is an historic house and garden owned by the National Trust for Scotland in Balerno, 6 mi southwest of Edinburgh. The gardens are notable for its large yew trees, as well as one of the largest rose collections in Scotland.

   100 m · walled garden and woodland estate landscape in Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Lennox Tower

   Lennox Tower is a ruinous fifteenth-century tower house at Lymphoy, near the Water of Leith, between Balerno and Currie, 11 kilometres south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

   1.1 km · tower house in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Riccarton

   Riccarton is an area in Edinburgh's Green Belt, in Scotland. It is mainly undeveloped, with much farmland and few houses.

   2.7 km · locality to the south-west of Edinburgh, the site of Heriot-Watt University's main campus · Wikipedia

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Getting to Balerno

Airports

Edinburgh (EDI), 8 km · Glasgow (GLA), 68 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 89 km

Stations

Curriehill railway station, 2.1 km · Balerno railway station, 500 m

• Glasgow → Balerno

  57 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–8
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Balerno

  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £10–14
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Balerno

  149 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £18–25
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