Bonaly
Bonaly is an area on the south-western outskirts of Edinburgh and the northern slopes of the Pentland Hills, lying within the Parish of Colinton.

Bonaly is an area on the south-western outskirts of Edinburgh and the northern slopes of the Pentland Hills, lying within the Parish of Colinton. It is a mix of mainly post-war housing, woodland, pasture-land and heather moorland. Bonaly Burn has its sources in the hills above Bonaly and flows towards Oxgangs, where it becomes the Braid Burn. The Edinburgh City Bypass passes through Bonaly.
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Worth seeing in and around Bonaly
8 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.
- 01Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh Napier University is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Napier Technical College, the predecessor of the university, was founded in 1964, taking its name from 16th-century Scottish mathematician and philosopher John Napier.
3.5 km · university in Scotland · Wikipedia - 02Caerketton Hill
Caerketton Hill is a hill in the Pentland Hills range of Scotland. Standing at 478 m, it is at the northeast end of the approximately 25 km long chain of hills on the border between the council areas of the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian.
2.6 km · hill in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Glencorse Reservoir
Glencorse Reservoir is a reservoir in Midlothian, Scotland, two miles west of Glencorse, in the Pentland Hills. It is retained by an earth dam, and it was built between 1820 and 1824 by James Jardine to provide water for the mills of Auchendinny, Milton Bridge and Glencorse, and to supply drinking water to the citizens of Edinburgh.
3.8 km · lake in Midlothian, Scotland, UK, outflows to Glencorse Burn · Wikipedia - 04Craiglockhart Castle
Craiglockhart Castle is a ruined tower house in the Craiglockhart district of Edinburgh, Scotland.
2.9 km · castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Slateford Aqueduct
The Slateford Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the Water of Leith at Slateford, Edinburgh, Scotland. Completed in 1822, it has eight arches and spans a length of 500 feet.
3.1 km · bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, carries the Union Canal across Water of Leith Walkway · Wikipedia - 06Craiglockhart Hill
Craiglockhart Hill is a combination of two summits, Easter and Wester Craiglockhart, in the suburb of Craiglockhart, Edinburgh. Easter Craiglockhart Hill's summit is 158m high.
2.8 km · hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Colinton Parish Church
Colinton Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The church building is located in Dell Road, Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland next to the Water of Leith.
1.4 km · church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Wester Hailes Baptist Church
Wester Hailes Baptist Church is a church in the Wester Hailes area of west Edinburgh, Scotland, founded in 1971.
2.1 km · church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bonaly
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 9 km · Glasgow (GLA), 73 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 94 km
- Stations
- Kingsknowe railway station, 2.6 km · Slateford railway station, 3.5 km · Wester Hailes railway station, 2.6 km · Curriehill railway station, 3.8 km · Craiglockhart railway station, 4 km
- Glasgow → Bonaly10 km · quickest by road, 32 min · £1–1.5
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Bonaly38 km · quickest by road, 53 min · £4–5
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Bonaly146 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £18–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bonaly
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bonaly. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextDay trips out of town are easily made from the railway and bus stations, see Edinburgh#Go next for suggestions.
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Next door to Bonaly
Bonaly is 7 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Currievillage in Edinburgh, Scotland3.1 km
- Colintonsuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK1.4 km
- Wester Hailessuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.8 km
- Broomhousesuburb in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK3.9 km
- Kingsknowesuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.4 km
- Merchiston Castle Schoolindependent boarding school for boys in the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK1.8 km