Brunstane

Brunstane

Brunstane is a south eastern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is served by Brunstane railway station on the Edinburgh Crossrail.

Much of the area is covered by new housing, such as on the Gilberstoun estate.

Prominent local features include the Milton Road campus of the Jewel and Esk Valley College, plus Edinburgh's largest Asda supermarket and a large branch of Woolworths on the Milton Link. Extensive retail and leisure facilities at the "Fort Kinnaird" shopping park are also close by.

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[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103309542731891650517.00043679b9489d42a7398&t=h&om=1&ll=55.939956,-3.093845&spn=0.000886,0.00258&z=19 Google map] centred on [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst7866.html Brunstane House] built in 1639.

Gilberstoun has a reputation for being a very dangerous place and local police urge strangers not to enter. <---- Whoever wrote that is a tramp.


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