South Gyle (pronounced ) is an area of

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, lying on the western edge of the city and to the south and west of an area of former marshland once known as the

Gogarloch Gogarloch is a residential area within South Gyle, Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies near South Gyle railway station and South Gyle Broadway, west of the city centre. Corstorphine and Wester Broom are nearby. Historically this area was marshland (he ...

, on the edge of

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. Most of the buildings in the area are of recent origin, dating from the later 1980s, 1990s and early 21st century, with the exception of some farm workers' cottages and an early 1970s council estate abutting

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. South Gyle can be neatly divided into two main zones – a residential one, incorporating Gogarloch and the neighbouring area centred on South Gyle Mains; and a commercial/business one which incorporates the

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, Gyle Park (an actual park, but with some shopping centres near it), and South Gyle Crescent. The Royal Bank of Scotland and

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are all based in this district. The ''Lochside'' development also features a number of busts of Scottish poets.

Etymology

"Gyle", which is pronounced with a hard "g", is of uncertain etymology. It has been suggested that it comes from an old Gaelic word "goill" meaning a "bog", which would make sense given the former Gogar Loch in the area. There is also a North Gyle about away, which is named after a local farm. This is incorporated in some street names in that area.

Transport

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is nearby at

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, and also close is the city bypass (A720), connecting to several major routes into the city. South Gyle has two branch railway stations:

South Gyle South Gyle (pronounced ) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying on the western edge of the city and to the south and west of an area of former marshland once known as the Gogarloch, on the edge of Corstorphine. Most of the buildings in th ...

station is on the line between Edinburgh and Fife, and

station provides services to Edinburgh, Stirling and Dunblane and to

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services 2, 12, 21, 22, 36 & Skylink 400 and

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serve the area with stops at Bankhead, Edinburgh Park Station, Edinburgh Park Central (Lochside) and The Gyle Shopping centre. North of the Gogar Roundabout, the Edinburgh Gateway Interchange opened in December 2016. It connects trains from Fife with the tram to and from the airport. A subway under the busy A8 provides access to the Gyle Shopping Centre.

Government

The

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has its headquarters in South Gyle.Headquarters
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. Retrieved on 30 May 2010.

Education

The area is served by

Gylemuir Primary School South Gyle (pronounced ) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying on the western edge of the city and to the south and west of an area of former marshland once known as the Gogarloch, on the edge of Corstorphine. Most of the buildings in th ...

, on Wester Broom Place. The closest secondary schools are St Augustine's RC High School and

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Political ward

Drum Brae/Gyle is the name of a political ward within the Edinburgh West UK Parliament Constituency and the Edinburgh Western Scottish Parliament constituency.

Notable residents

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, 18th Century

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, who lived at Redheughs during childhood. * William Neill lived here towards the end of the 1960s.

References

* Bell, Raymond MacKean ''Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh'', Leamington Books, Edinburgh 2017 * Cant, Michael, ''Villages of Edinburgh'' volumes 1 & 2, John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1986-1987. & * Cosh, Mary ''Edinburgh the Golden Age'' (2003), Birlinn, Edinburgh * Grant, James, ''Old and new Edinburgh volumes 1–3 (or 1–6, edition dependent), Cassell, 1880s (published as a periodical)
Online edition
* Harris, Stuart (1996). The Place Names of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing. p. 144. . * Wall, Ian ''Twelve Poets at Edinburgh Park'' (2005) * RBS moving out of Drummond House, The Edinburgh Reporter

External links

The Gyle Shopping Centre
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