Juniper Green
Juniper Green is a village on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south-west of the city centre.
Juniper Green is a village on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south-west of the city centre. It bridges the city bypass, and extends along the foothills of the Pentlands. It is bordered by Colinton to the east, Baberton immediately to the north, and Currie to the south-west. It centres on Lanark Road, the main route leading out south-west of Edinburgh into the Central Borders. The village stands on an elevated ridge above the Water of Leith to its south.
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Worth seeing in and around Juniper Green
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.
- 01Heriot-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.
2.2 km · university in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Harlaw 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.
4 km · artificial freshwater lake in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, on the Bavelaw Burn · Wikipedia - 03Malleny 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.
3.7 km · walled garden and woodland estate landscape in Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Lennox 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.
2.7 km · tower house in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Riccarton
Riccarton is an area in Edinburgh's Green Belt, in Scotland. It is mainly undeveloped, with much farmland and few houses.
2.3 km · locality to the south-west of Edinburgh, the site of Heriot-Watt University's main campus · Wikipedia - 06Craiglockhart Castle
Craiglockhart Castle is a ruined tower house in the Craiglockhart district of Edinburgh, Scotland.
3.5 km · castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Slateford 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.
3.2 km · bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, carries the Union Canal across Water of Leith Walkway · Wikipedia - 08Craiglockhart 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.
3.6 km · hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Colinton 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.
2 km · church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Wester Hailes Baptist Church
Wester Hailes Baptist Church is a church in the Wester Hailes area of west Edinburgh, Scotland, founded in 1971.
1.1 km · church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Juniper Green
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 7 km · Glasgow (GLA), 72 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 92 km
- Stations
- South Gyle railway station, 3.8 km · Kingsknowe railway station, 2.2 km · Slateford railway station, 3.7 km · Wester Hailes railway station, 1.2 km · Edinburgh Park railway station, 3 km
- Glasgow → Juniper Green51 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Juniper Green5 km · quickest by road, 17 min · £0.5–1
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Juniper Green148 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £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 Juniper Green
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 Juniper Green. 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 Juniper Green
Juniper Green is 8 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Balernovillage in City of Edinburgh Council, Scotland, UK3.7 km
- Currievillage in Edinburgh, Scotland1.5 km
- Colintonsuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.4 km
- South Gyledistrict of western Edinburgh, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Wester Hailessuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK1.5 km
- Broomhousesuburb in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.8 km