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Saughton
1960s council flats in Saughton Mains
SaughtonLocation within the City of Edinburgh council areaShow map of the City of Edinburgh council areaSaughtonLocation within ScotlandShow map of Scotland
OS grid reference	NT210718
Council area	City of Edinburgh
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EDINBURGH
Postcode district	EH11
Dialling code	0131
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Edinburgh West Edinburgh South West
Scottish Parliament	Edinburgh Pentlands
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. 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

Tram

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).

Buses

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

• McGill's Scotland East
  • X22 (Calder Road)

Notable residents

• William Stevenson (1772–1829), Scottish nonconformist preacher and writer.
• Graeme Souness (1953), retired Scottish footballer and manager
• Baird baronets of Saughton Hall

Saughton cemetery

Notable interments:

• Louis Deuchars, sculptor

References

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

External links

• HM Prison Edinburgh
• Saughton Skatepark

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