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Saughton
1960s council flats in Saughton Mains
Saughton is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
Saughton
Saughton
Location within the City of Edinburgh council area
Saughton is located in Scotland
Saughton
Saughton
Location within Scotland
OS grid referenceNT210718
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEDINBURGH
Postcode districtEH11
Dialling code0131
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°55′46″N 3°16′05″W / 55.92944°N 3.26806°W / 55.92944; -3.26806

Saughton (/ˈsɔːxtən/) is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering Broomhouse, Stenhouse, Longstone and Carrick Knowe. In Lowland Scots, a "sauch" is a willow.[1] The Water of Leith flows by here.

It is the location of HM Prison Edinburgh, known colloquially as "Saughton Prison", in the south of the district.

The A71 road, one of the main city arteries, runs through the area – it is known here as Calder Road, becoming Stenhouse Road and Gorgie Road further east.

Saughton Park, a large public park, has facilities including Scotland's largest skatepark; it is located on the opposite side of Stenhouse from the core of the Saughton neighbourhood.

Actually situated in the Broomhouse area and fronting onto Broomhouse Drive, Saughton House is a large Government office, built in the 1950s, which houses the Scottish Government, Scottish Courts Service, and a number of other Government offices.

Transport

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Tram

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Saughton tram stop

Saughton tram stop is located close to the junction of Broomhouse Drive and Saughton Road North, adjacent to the main railway lines though the area (the Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line is joined by the Fife Circle Line here).

Preceding station Edinburgh Trams Following station
Balgreen
towards Newhaven		 Newhaven - Edinburgh Airport Bankhead
towards Airport

Buses

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  • Lothian Buses
    • 3, 25, 34, 35 (Calder Road)
    • 1, 2, 22 (Broomhouse Drive/ Stenhouse Drive)

Notable residents

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Saughton cemetery

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Saughton Cemetery, Edinburgh

Notable interments:

References

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  1. ^ a b Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN 9780244644406.
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HM Prison Edinburgh

Stenhouse, and, although never named as such, has commonly been known as Saughton Prison from the old name for the general area. The prison is situated on

Broomhouse, Edinburgh

Broomhouse is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. Although on the lands of Old Saughton, its name is adopted from an estate which lay to the north of the Edinburgh

Edinburgh Trams

11 September 2018, a pedestrian was killed by a tram on a crossing near Saughton tram stop. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch determined that the tram's

Clan Watson

were the Watsons of Saughton. Richard Watson is recorded owning the property of Saughton House in 1537. David Watson of Saughton (1637-1685) was admitted

Saughton railway station

Saughton railway station served the suburb of Saughton, Edinburgh, Scotland from 1842 to 1921 on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The station opened

Saughton Park

Saughton Park is a public park in Edinburgh, Scotland. It includes formal gardens, specimen trees, exotic plant greenhouses, a cafe, a bandstand, playing

Gorgie

nineteenth century. By 1800, only the area between Robertson Avenue and Saughton Park had any housing, served by a school and a church mission. With grain

Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C.

Scotland League First Division, they play their home matches at Saughton Enclosure in the Saughton area of the city. Founded in 1969 as an amateur works team