Roseburn

Roseburn
Roseburn
	Roseburn Location within the City of Edinburgh council area Roseburn Location within Scotland
OS grid reference	NT227728
Council area	City of Edinburgh;
Lieutenancy area	Edinburgh;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EDINBURGH
Postcode district	EH12
Dialling code	0131
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Edinburgh West;
Scottish Parliament	Edinburgh Central;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°56′44.27″N 3°14′4.32″W / 55.9456306°N 3.2345333°W

Roseburn is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.^[1]

The area lies in the west of the city, approximately a 20-minute walk from the city centre, west of Haymarket and close to the Murrayfield area (and Murrayfield Stadium). It is immediately to the south of the A8 road.

The Water of Leith flows along one side of Roseburn Park next to the Water of Leith Walkway. Other boundaries to the park are Murrayfield Stadium and Murrayfield Ice Rink. The park is used for football in the winter and cricket in the summer. It has a small play area popular with pre-school and young children. The park is popular with dog walkers.

Roseburn Primary School offers education for children from Nursery to Primary 7. The main building is Victorian and has listed building status.

Businesses located in Roseburn include bars, restaurants, take aways, groceries, art work, jewellery, flowers, home furnishings, pharmaceutical goods, furniture and hairdressing.

Transport

Roseburn is served by Lothian Buses services 12, X18, 26, 31, and the Airlink (100), McGill's Scotland East services 18, X24, X25 & X38, Scottish Citylink services 900 & 909, and Murrayfield tram stop.

Notable residents

Mungo Russell, merchant landowner who built Roseburn House.^[2]
Wendy Wood, Scottish nationalist, artist, writer and Jackanory presenter.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN 9780244644406.
^ Joyce M. Wallace, The Historic Houses of Edinburgh (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1987), p. 223.

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[Bell-1] Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN 9780244644406.

[2] Joyce M. Wallace, The Historic Houses of Edinburgh (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1987), p. 223.

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