Looking across Ravelston Golf Course to Corstorphine Hill
Highest point
Elevation
161 m (528 ft)
Prominence
117 m (384 ft)
Isolation
0.23 km (0.14 mi)
Dimensions
Length
2.4 km (1.5 mi) N-S
Geography
Corstorphine Hill
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Corstorphine Hill
Corstorphine Hill (the City of Edinburgh council area)
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Corstorphine Hill
Corstorphine Hill (Scotland)
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OS grid
NT206738
Topo map
Ordnance Survey Landranger 66
Climbing
Easiest route
Easy walk on well-defined paths from Ravelston Dykes Road or Clermiston Road
Corstorphine Hill is a low ridge-shaped hill rising above the western suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland. Although there has been residential and commercial development on its lower slopes, especially in the south and west, most of the hill is occupied by a local nature reserve, consisting of extensive broadleaf woodland, accessible to the public.
The hill, which is composed largely of dolerite, was formed by the west-to-east movement of glaciers during the Pleistocene period. There is evidence of prehistoric settlement. Today the hill is popular with walkers, dog-walkers and joggers. Among its interesting features are a 19th-century tower, a walled garden and a Cold War bunker.
CorstorphineHill is a low ridge-shaped hill rising above the western suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland. Although there has been residential and commercial...
Corstorphine (Scottish Gaelic: Crois Thoirfinn) (/kərˈstɔːrfɪn/ kər-STOR-fin) is an area of the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Formerly a separate...
often said to be built on seven hills, namely Calton Hill, CorstorphineHill, Craiglockhart Hill, Braid Hill, Blackford Hill, Arthur's Seat and the Castle...
Calton Hill (/ˈkɔːltən/; Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Coilltinn) is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and...
zoological park in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The zoo is positioned on the south-facing slopes of CorstorphineHill, giving extensive views...
west of the city and to the immediate north of Corstorphine, on the western slopes of CorstorphineHill. Clermiston estate, built from 1954 onwards, was...
The Pentland Hills are a range of hills southwest of Edinburgh, Scotland. The range is around twenty miles (thirty kilometres) in length, and runs southwest...
Edinburgh located in the north-west of the city, on the western flanks of CorstorphineHill. It lies next to the green belt, and prior to development was a working...
the west of Edinburgh city centre in Scotland. It is to the east of Corstorphine and north of Balgreen, Saughtonhall and Roseburn. The A8 road runs east–west...
and Saughtonhall, to the east of Corstorphine, and to the north of Gorgie. It is bound to the north by CorstorphineHill, to the west by Carrick Knowe Golf...
building in Holyrood. There is a tower dedicated to his memory on CorstorphineHill in the west of the city and Edinburgh's Waverley railway station,...
Barnton Quarry is a disused stone quarry in CorstorphineHill, Clermiston, Edinburgh, Scotland. The site was later used as a military command centre,...
east of Edinburgh Castle. It is open to the public. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of gorse, providing a...
lies Ravelston Dykes Golf Club, sandwiched between Ravelston and CorstorphineHill. Ravelston is home to the Mary Erskine School, an independent school...
ridge" and this ridge can still be seen today, and is an extension of CorstorphineHill. In the area there is much housing, a primary school, a leisure centre...
Blackford Hill 164 metres (538 ft) is a hill in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It is in the area of Blackford, between Morningside, and the Braid...
The Braid Hills form an area towards the south-western edge of Edinburgh, Scotland. The hills themselves are largely open space. Housing in the area is...
Edinburgh Zoo is a zoological park in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland which opened on 22 July 1913. Edinburgh had previously been home to a zoological...
heads south over CorstorphineHill towards Craiglockhart Hill.The route then takes in the summits of Braid Hills and Blackford Hill before heading towards...
158m high. In 2004 this hill was designated a local nature reserve. Wester Craiglockhart Hill has a summit of 175m. The hills are formed of Carboniferous...
1909. In 1913, Edinburgh Town Council bought a large plot of land on CorstorphineHill for the society - this later opened to the public as Edinburgh Zoo...
is a train line separating the garden from the Castle Hill Garden. You can access Castle Hill Garden via a bridge behind the Ross Band Stand. The garden...
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