Sighthill, Edinburgh

Sighthill is a suburb in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Sighthill high rises, now demolished.

Education

Edinburgh College (formerly Stevenson) and Edinburgh Napier University's Sighthill Campuses (formerly Stevenson College and the Edinburgh Business College respectively) are based here.

Healthcare, firefighting, retail and library services

There are a medical centre and a fire station. There are a public library and some shops. The Health centre was one of the first modern Health clinics in the UK. The other was in Cardiff. It was a trial to see if it worked before that you had to visit the Doctor at his house. This was before doctor the idea of surgeries

Location

The Calder Road, one of the city's main arteries, runs by Sighthill. The Edinburgh-Glasgow & Stirling railway line is nearby.

The area is bordered by Broomhouse and Parkhead to the east, South Gyle to the north, the industrial suburb of Bankhead and the Calders neighbourhood to the west, and Wester Hailes to the south. It is sometimes included in the Wester Hailes area.

New development

For nearly 50 years, the West Edinburgh skyline was dominated by 4 high rise residential tower blocks (Broomview House, Glenalmond Court, Hermiston Court and Weir Court).

The 10-story block Broomview House was demolished on Sunday 21 September 2008 by Safedem Ltd. The flats came down at 11:15 am in a controlled explosion where a longstanding former resident pushed the ceremonial button to implode the building. The remaining three blocks were demolished on Sunday 25 September 2011, also at 11:15 am.

All of the remaining low-rise council-built properties have been demolished.

Plans for new development called Broomview by Keepmoat have been approved.

The area has been successfully redeveloped and construction work completed in 2020.

Sighthill compared	Sighthill	Edinburgh
White	88.8%	91.7%
Asian	7.0%	5.5%
Black	2.2%	1.2%
Mixed	0.6%	0.9%
Other	1.4%	0.8%

Film and television location

Sighthill has been used as a location for film and television productions. The most notable production to be filmed in Sighthill was the 1998 BBC Scotland television drama Looking After Jo Jo which featured Robert Carlyle in the title role and was filmed in and around North Sighthill and Niddrie. Other notable film and television productions to be filmed in Sighthill include Quite Ugly One Morning starring James Nesbitt and an adaptation of the Christopher Brookmyre novel and Trouble Sleeping - a tale of a Palestinian refugee struggling to survive in the UK. More recently the flats in Sighthill have been used as backdrop for the film Outcast a Celtic supernatural thriller once again starring James Nesbitt and released in 2010.

Transport

Lothian Buses provides 10 buses to the area:

3 Wester Hailes - Sighthill - Gorgie - Haymarket - Princes Street - Newington - Gilmerton - Dalkeith/Mayfield

21 Wester Hailes - Sighthill - Corstorphine - Clermiston - Ferry Road - Leith - Lochend - Portobello - Niddrie - Royal Infirmary

25 Riccarton - Sighthill - Gorgie - Haymarket - Princes Street - Leith - Lochend - Restalrig

34 Riccarton - Sighthill - Longstone - Slateford - Fountainpark - Lothian Road - Princes Street - Lochend - Leith - Ocean Terminal

35 Riccarton - Sighthill - Slateford - Fountainpark - Bristo Square - Holyrood - Leith - Ocean Terminal

36 Gyle Centre - Sighthill - Longstone - Glenlockheart - Morningside - West End - Cannonmills - Bonnington - Leith - Ocean Terminal

X27 Regent Road - The Exchange - Balgreen - Sighthill - Hermiston - Wilkieston - East Calder - Livingston - Bathgate

X28 Regent Road - The Exchange - Balgreen - Sighthill - Hermiston - Kirknewton - East Calder - Livingston - Bathgate

Airlink 300 Edinburgh Airport - Ingliston - Gyle Centre - Sighthill - Slateford - Fountainpark - Bristo Square - Southside - Cameron Toll

400 Edinburgh Airport - Gyle Centre - Sighthill - Wester Hailes - Colinton - Oxgangs - Fairmilehead - Gracemount - Gilmerton - Royal Infirmary - Niddrie - Fort Kinnaird

N25 Riccarton - Hermiston P&R - Sighthill - Gorgie - Haymarket - Leith Street

N28 Deans South - Livingston - East Calder - Wilkieston - Hermiston - Sighthill - Balgreen - The Exchange - Leith Street

N34 Riccarton - Hermiston P&R - Sighthill - Longstone - Slateford - Fountainpark - Lothian Road - Leith Street

Notable residents

Jamie Walker, footballer.
Scott McLaren, soldier from 4th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland who was killed by the Taliban in July 2011.

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