Sighthill, Edinburgh

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Sighthill is a suburb in the west of

For nearly 50 years, the skyline of western Edinburgh was dominated by four high rise residential tower blocks in northern Sighthill (Broomview House, Glenalmond Court, Hermiston Court and Weir Court).^[5][6][7][8]

The 11-storey 'slab' block Broomview House was demolished on Sunday 21 September 2008 by Safedem. 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 in the vicinity were also demolished over the next few years. Plans for a new development called Broomview by Keepmoat were approved, and the area was successfully redeveloped, with construction work completed in 2020. To the north of this new housing is the area's public park.

The older, southern part of Sighthill consists mainly of cottage flat (four-in-a-block) homes, and has remained relatively unchanged since its construction in the late 1940s along with neighbouring Parkhead.

Amenities

Education

Edinburgh College (formerly Stevenson) and Edinburgh Napier University's Sighthill Campuses (formerly Stevenson College and the Edinburgh Business College respectively) are based here.^[1]

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) as a trial to see if it worked (before this, doctors made house visits to the patients' homes).

Transport

The

Lothian Buses provides 11 buses to the area:

• 3 Clovenstone - Wester Hailes - Sighthill - Gorgie - Haymarket - Princes Street - Newington - Gilmerton - Dalkeith -Mayfield
• 21 Clovenstone - Wester Hailes - Sighthill - Corstorphine - Clermiston - Ferry Road - Leith - Lochend - Portobello - Niddrie - Royal Infirmary
• 25 Heriot-Watt University - Sighthill - Gorgie - Haymarket - Princes Street - Leith - Lochend - Restalrig
• 34 Heriot-Watt University - Sighthill - Longstone - Slateford - Fountainpark - Lothian Road - Princes Street - Lochend - Leith - Ocean Terminal
• 35 Heriot-Watt University - Sighthill - Slateford - Fountainpark - Bristo Square - Holyrood - Leith - Ocean Terminal
• 36 Gyle Centre - Sighthill - Longstone - Glenlockhart - Morningside - West End - Cannonmills - Bonnington - Leith - Ocean Terminal
• X27 Regent Road - The Exchange - Balgreen - Sighthill - Hermiston - Wilkieston - Calderwood - East Calder - Livingston - Bathgate
• X28 Regent Road - The Exchange - Balgreen - Sighthill - Hermiston - Kirknewton - East Calder - Livingston - Bathgate
• Skylink 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 Bathgate - Livingston - East Calder - Wilkieston - Hermiston - Sighthill - Balgreen - The Exchange - Leith Street

• 20: Chesser - Kingsknowe - Clovenstone - Wester Hailes - The Calders - Hermiston Gait - Gyle Centre - Ratho Station - Ratho
• 63: Balerno - Currie - Heriot-Watt University - Sighthill - Hermiston Gait - Gyle Centre - Ratho Station - Newbridge - Kirkliston - Queensferry
• X22: Regent Road - Haymarket - Dalry - Gorgie - Sighthill - Hermiston - Wilkieston - East Calder - Livingston

Demographics

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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

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

See also

• Sighthill Stadium

References

External links

• Stevenson College
• Broomview House being demolished
• Contractor's demolition website, specific to Sighthill

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