Colinton
Colinton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of the city centre.
Colinton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of the city centre. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Collington. It is bordered by Dreghorn to the south and Craiglockhart to the north-east. To the north-west it extends to Lanark Road and to the south-west to the City Bypass. Bonaly is a subsection of the area on its southern side.
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Worth seeing in and around Colinton
10 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.
- 01Murrayfield Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium is a rugby union stadium located in the area of the same name in Edinburgh, Scotland. The stadium is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union and serves as its headquarters, and is the national stadium of the Scotland national rugby union team.
3.8 km · rugby stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Tynecastle Park
Tynecastle Park, also known as Tynecastle Stadium or colloquially as Tynie, is a football stadium in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, which is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Heart of Midlothian. A UEFA category four stadium, it has also hosted Scotland international matches, and been used as a neutral venue for Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup semi-finals.
3.6 km · Football stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Edinburgh 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.
2.1 km · university in Scotland · Wikipedia - 04Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo, formerly the Scottish National Zoological Park, is an 82-acre non-profit zoological park in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The zoo is positioned on the south-facing slopes of Corstorphine Hill, giving extensive views of the city.
4 km · zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Blackford Hill
Blackford Hill 164 metres is a hill in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It is in the area of Blackford, between Morningside, and the Braid Hills.
3.8 km · 164m high hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Edinburgh Rugby Stadium
The Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, officially known as the Hive Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby union stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the home of Edinburgh Rugby, one of Scotland's two professional rugby clubs.
3.7 km · rugby stadium · Wikipedia - 07Caerketton 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.
3.3 km · hill in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Merchiston Tower
Merchiston Tower, also known as Merchiston Castle, was probably built by Alexander Napier, the 2nd Laird of Merchiston, around 1454. It serves as the seat for Clan Napier.
3.6 km · castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Peter's Church
St Peter's Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in the Morningside district of Edinburgh, Scotland, within the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The parish church, designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, was built from 1906 to 1907, and the nave was extended from 1928 to 1929.
3.7 km · church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Craiglockhart Castle
Craiglockhart Castle is a ruined tower house in the Craiglockhart district of Edinburgh, Scotland.
1.4 km · castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Colinton
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 9 km · Glasgow (GLA), 74 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 95 km
- Stations
- Kingsknowe railway station, 1.5 km · Slateford railway station, 2.1 km · Wester Hailes railway station, 2.2 km · Balgreen Halt railway station, 3.3 km · Craiglockhart railway station, 2.6 km
- Glasgow → Colinton63 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £6–8
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Colinton96 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £11–14
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Colinton147 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Colinton
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 Colinton. 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 Colinton
Colinton is 6 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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