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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Longstone, Edinburgh

  

Longstone, Edinburgh Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Longstone, Edinburgh

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Longstone, Edinburgh history

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Inglis Green Road and manor house lie on the border between Longstone and Slateford. In the Victorian period, Longstone was classed as a hamlet in the parish of Colinton. Redhall Park and the adjacent street names in Longstone take their name from nearby Redhall Castle.

Longstone, Edinburgh geography / climate

Longstone borders Craiglockhart to the east, Kingsknowe and Colinton to the south, Wester Hailes and Parkhead to the west, and Saughton, Stenhouse and Slateford to the north. Longstone’s most dramatic features are the Slateford Aqueduct (1822) carrying the Union Canal and the adjacent railway viaduct.

You can visit Longstone, Edinburgh places with Walkfo Longstone, Edinburgh to hear history at Longstone, Edinburgh’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Longstone, Edinburgh has 123 places to visit in our interactive Longstone, Edinburgh map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Longstone, Edinburgh, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Longstone, Edinburgh places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Longstone, Edinburgh & the surrounding areas.

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123 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Longstone, Edinburgh places to visit

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Longstone, Edinburgh has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Longstone, Edinburgh’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Longstone, Edinburgh’s information audio spots:

Holy Corner Holy Corner is a colloquial name for a small area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is part of Burghmuirhead, itself part of the lands of Greenhill. Holy Corner lies between Bruntsfield and Morningside.

Torphin Torphin is an almost entirely non-residential area in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies just south of Juniper Green, on the opposite side of the Water of Leith, and sits both east and west of the Edinburgh City Bypass. The west side is largely rural, sporting a small number of mid-20th Century bungalows and one of Edinburgh’s many golf courses.

Merchiston Merchiston is a residential area around Merchiston Avenue in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The area is known as Merchiston, or Merchiston in the north-east of Edinburgh.

Corstorphine Corstorphine is a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, now considered a suburb of that city. The actual “High Street” itself is no longer the main street, an anomaly shared with central Edinburgh. Famous residents include Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, Bible translator Alexander Thomson and Scottish Renaissance author Helen Cruickshank.

Saughton Park Saughton Park is a public park in Edinburgh, Scotland. It includes formal gardens, specimen trees, exotic plant greenhouses, playing fields, an athletics track and a skateboard park. The skatepark was constructed in 2010 and is the largest in Scotland.

St. Kentigern’s Church, Edinburgh (Union Canal) St. Kentigern’s Church is a former Episcopalian church in Viewforth, Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built in 1897 and was designed by John More Dick Peddie. The church closed in 1941 after which it was used as a nursery and garage.

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