Saughtonhall

Saughtonhall is a residential neighbourhood in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering Balgreen directly to the south and south-west, Murrayfield to the north (on the opposite side of Corstorphine Road (A8)), Carrick Knowe golf course to the west (bounded by the route of the Corstorphine Branch railway which is now a section of the pedestrian John Muir Way), and sports facilities (including Murrayfield Stadium, Murrayfield Ice Rink, Edinburgh Rugby Stadium and Roseburn Park cricket ground) on the opposite bank of the Water of Leith and its walkway to the east, connected by several footbridges which now also incorporate flooding defences.

Housing in the area is primarily an inter-war period 'garden suburb' mix, comprising four-in-a-block apartments with the upper flats accessed via a common stairway in the middle of the building, two-level homes in terrace rows, and detached bungalows.

There is an eponymous community association with its own premises and orchard,[6] and a United Reform Church which has been in situ since the neighbourhood's establishment in 1929.

[7] In the north of the area in close proximity to one another on Saughton Crescent are two nursery schools, a medical centre and a scout hall; there is also a larger clinic on Corstophine Road.

In addition to the rugby stadia, golf course and public parks, there is are clubs for tennis (Murrayfield, dating from 1904)[8] and lawn bowls / croquet (Balgreen)[9] at either end of Saughtonhall.

Edinburgh's Old and New Towns
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