Saughton () ( sco, Sauchtoun) ( gd, Baile nan Seileach) is a suburb of the west of

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, bordering Broomhouse, Stenhouse,

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and

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. In Lowland Scots, a "sauch" is a

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. The

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flows by here. It is best known for its prison, known officially as "

HM Prison Edinburgh His Majesty's Prison Edinburgh is located in the west of Edinburgh on the main A71 road, A71, in an area now known as Stenhouse, Edinburgh, Stenhouse, and, although never named as such, has commonly been known as Saughton Prison from the Saugh ...

", but colloquially as "Saughton Prison", which lies to the south of the district. The Calder Road, one of the main city arteries, runs through it. More recently

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 fields, an athletics track, a skateboard park and a creative play area. The skatepark was ...

has become home to an acclaimed outdoor concrete skatepark Actually situated in the Broomhouse area and fronting on Broomhouse Drive, Saughton House is a large Government office, said to have been built in the 1950s, which houses the Scottish Government,

Scottish Courts Service , type = , seal = , logo = 250px , logo_caption = , formed = , jurisdiction = Scotland , headquarters = Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XD , employees = 1,374 , budget = £129.3 million (2015-2016) , chief1_name = Lord ...

and a number of other Government offices.

Transport

Tram

Saughton tram stop is adjacently south of the main Glasgow to Edinburgh railway line, close to the junction of Broomhouse Drive and Saughton Road North.

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

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(1772–1829), Scottish nonconformist preacher and writer. *

Graeme Souness Graeme James Souness (; born 6 May 1953) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager, and current TV pundit. A midfielder, Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s, player-manager of Ranger ...

(1953), retired Scottish footballer and manager * Baird baronets of Saughton Hall

Saughton cemetery

Notable interments: *

Louis Deuchars Louis Reid Deuchars (1870–1927) was a Scottish artist and sculptor. Life He was born on 12 April 1870 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. He attended Glasgow School of Art from 1887 to 1888. During his time in the city he was working as a s ...

sculptor

References

External links

HM Prison EdinburghSaughton Skatepark
Areas of Edinburgh Edinburgh Trams stops {{Edinburgh-geo-stub