Riccarton, Edinburgh

Riccarton, Edinburgh

Riccarton is an area in Edinburgh's Green Belt, in Scotland. It is mainly undeveloped, with much farmland and there are few new houses here.

It is best known for being the location of Heriot-Watt University's main campus. It is to the west of the city bypass. It falls under Edinburgh administratively, but it is arguable if it is part of the conurbation. There have been a number of wrangles over development of the area, and the opening of the new headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland to the north, has been seen by some as a forerunner of further Green Belt violations.

It borders Currie, Juniper Green and Curriehill to the south, The Calders (Wester Hailes) to the east, and Hermiston to the north.

External links

* [http://www.hw.ac.uk/ Heriot-Watt University]


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