Fairmilehead is a district of southern

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, Scotland. It lies approximately due south of the city centre and borders Midlothian. The area comprises the neighbourhoods of Buckstone, Caiyside, Caiystane, Swanston, Frogston and Winton. The centre of the area is the crossroads between Buckstone Terrace/Biggar Road and Frogston Road/

Oxgangs Oxgangs is a suburb in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Surrounding districts include Caiystane, Dreghorn, Redford, Fairmilehead, Colinton and Swanston and Colinton Mains. The post code area for Oxgangs is EH13. Etymology The name d ...

Road. There was a

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(closed October 2015) and there remains an accountant's office and a local convenience shop at the crossroads, as well as

Fairmilehead Parish Church Fairmilehead is a district of southern Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies approximately due south of the city centre and borders Midlothian. The area comprises the neighbourhoods of Buckstone, Caiyside, Caiystane, Swanston, Frogston and Winton. T ...

, which is a parish church of the

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. Fairmile House Nursery and the nearby Morton Mains Farmhouse Nursery provide private childcare facilities suited to the exclusivity of the local community. This area contains some of the most expensive houses in Edinburgh, with an average home value of £362,798 and the most expensive streets being Frogston Road West (average £955,118), Margaret Rose Loan (£595,298) and Galachlaw Shot (£586,754). In 2017, the area was named by the ''

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'' as being in the top four 'happiest places to live in Edinburgh', with a 96% satisfaction rate. The eastern part of Fairmilehead contained the

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from 1932 to 2002, when it was demolished to make way for new luxury housing. Recently, the

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Fairmilehead water treatment works have been converted into more high-end residential housing built by Cala and David Wilson Homes. Scottish Water retain offices there, adjacent to the Charwood Grill restaurant (previously Tusitaila Italian restaurant). The area is represented by: *Scottish Parliament by Gordon MacDonald MSP (Scottish National Party), *British Parliament by Ian Murray MP (Labour) *On the

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( Colinton/Fairmilehead ward) by Cllrs Scott Arthur (Labour), Phil Doggart (Conservative) and Jason Rust (Conservative)

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