Currie

Worth seeing in and around Currie

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.

   1.6 km · university in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   2.9 km · artificial freshwater lake in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, on the Bavelaw Burn · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   2.2 km · walled garden and woodland estate landscape in Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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
5. 05
   Riccarton

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

   1.6 km · locality to the south-west of Edinburgh, the site of Heriot-Watt University's main campus · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Wester Hailes Baptist Church

   Wester Hailes Baptist Church is a church in the Wester Hailes area of west Edinburgh, Scotland, founded in 1971.

   2.6 km · church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Colinton 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.

   3.5 km · church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Currie

Airports

Edinburgh (EDI), 7 km · Glasgow (GLA), 70 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 91 km

Stations

Wester Hailes railway station, 2.5 km · Edinburgh Park railway station, 3.5 km · Kingsknowe railway station, 3.7 km · Curriehill railway station, 800 m · Balerno railway station, 1.9 km

• Glasgow → Currie

  59 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £6–8
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Currie

  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £11–14
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Currie

  148 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £18–24
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