Suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland

Wester Hailes

Wester Hailes is an area in the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Plan a trip to Wester Hailes→From Glasgow

Every way there

Glasgow → Wester Hailes
61 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £6–8
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Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Wester Hailes
95 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £10–14
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Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Wester Hailes
148 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · £18–24
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The field note

What is in and around Wester Hailes, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Wester Hailes has

YScheduled flightsIngliston, Edinburgh (EDI), 7 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
YFerriesHawes Pier, 11 km, Maid of the Forth; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Edinburgh, 7 km.

55.917°, -3.283°

How locals move

Getting around Wester Hailes the local way

Go nextDay trips out of town are easily made from the railway and bus stations, see Edinburgh#Go next for suggestions.

From Wikivoyage: Edinburgh/New Town, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Scottish Government (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.