22-537: Sighthill may refer to: Sighthill, Edinburgh , a district of the city of Edinburgh Sighthill Stadium , a proposed stadium in Sighthill, Edinburgh Sighthill, Glasgow , a housing estate in the Springburn district of the city of Glasgow [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
44-405: 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
66-486: A core part of the City of Edinburgh Council 's Sighthill/Gorgie ward since 2007. 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). 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
88-433: A location for film and television productions. The most notable production to be filmed in Sighthill was the 1998 BBC Scotland television drama Looking After Jo Jo which featured Robert Carlyle in the title role and was filmed in and around North Sighthill and Niddrie . Other notable film and television productions to be filmed in Sighthill include Quite Ugly One Morning starring James Nesbitt and an adaptation of
110-536: Is a suburb in the west of Edinburgh , Scotland . The area is bordered by Broomhouse and Parkhead to the east, South Gyle to the north, the industrial suburb of Bankhead and the Calders neighbourhood to the west, and Wester Hailes to the south. It is sometimes included in the Wester Hailes area, while the Calders, Bankhead and Parkhead are sometimes considered parts of Sighthill. Administratively it has formed
132-793: Is one of the most important trunk roads in Scotland. Circling around the south of Edinburgh , as the equivalent of a ring road for the coastal city, it links together the A1 towards north-east England, the A702 towards north-west England, the M8 through the Central Belt towards Glasgow , the A7 through south-east Scotland and north-west England as well as the A8 leading to the M9 for Stirling and
154-561: The A7 which leads north to the city centre and south to Carlisle , the former A68 which now leads to Dalkeith and the A68, and the A6106. Traffic jams are common at most times of day. The junction was not built with grade separation because of a geological fault that crosses the bypass here, and the area having (at the time) active coal mining. In 2015, an upgrade for the Sheriffhall Junction
176-609: The A701 and southern suburbs. This junction was the original eastern terminus of the road. This is a major junction with the A702 , which provides access to western England, via Abington and the A74(M) to Carlisle and the M6 . This junction primarily provides access to the only services on the bypass. Local roads including the B701, and Dreghorn Barracks are also accessed from this junction. This junction
198-618: The Christopher Brookmyre novel and Trouble Sleeping - a tale of a Palestinian refugee struggling to survive in the UK. More recently the flats in Sighthill have been used as backdrop for the film Outcast a Celtic supernatural thriller once again starring James Nesbitt and released in 2010. 55°55′19.09″N 3°17′12.25″W / 55.9219694°N 3.2867361°W / 55.9219694; -3.2867361 Edinburgh city bypass The Edinburgh City Bypass , designated as A720 ,
220-456: The Edinburgh city bypass (A720) road and the connection with the M8 motorway . The Edinburgh–Dunblane line railway (also connecting to Glasgow Queen Street ) is nearby to the north, as is the route of Edinburgh Trams between the city centre and Edinburgh Airport . The Union Canal skirts the area to the south-west. Lothian Buses provides 14 buses to the area: Sighthill has been used as
242-587: The Queensferry Crossing . The road is dual carriageway standard throughout, including emergency laybys and hard shoulders in areas. The road is classed as a special road in legal terms. Every motorway in the UK is termed a special road in that specific regulations govern its use. Not every special road is classed as a motorway and this bypass is one of those roads. The A720 forms part of European route E15 , which runs from Inverness , in northern Scotland, to Algeciras , in southern Spain. North of Gogar,
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#1732851045943264-729: The A701 and the city centre. There is evidence that western slip-roads were considered at the roundabout to join the A772. This junction offers only connections to and from the west on the A720. Just shortly after the Gilmerton junction, comes the Lasswade junction. Like the Gilmerton junction, this junction offers only connections to and from the west on the A720. This junction includes access to Straiton Retail Park, Costco, and IKEA. This junction also provides access to
286-575: The Burdiehouse section (A702 to A701) in the summer followed in the autumn by the section between the A68 at Sheriffhall and the A1 at Old Craighall. The last section was completed in 1989 around the Gilmerton junction. The A720 starts at the Old Craighall junction in the east where it meets the A1 , from which traffic can approach Edinburgh city centre from the east, or run past Musselburgh and Haddington on
308-658: The E15 runs towards the A90 and the Queensferry Crossing; and south of Old Craighall on the A1 . A720 was built in sections between 1980 and 1989. The first section built was the Colinton section (A702 to Baberton) opened in 1981, with the Dreghorn junction opening circa 1985. Next up was the Sighthill section (Baberton to A8 at Gogarburn) which opened in late 1986. 1988 saw two sections open:
330-581: The Edinburgh Business College respectively) are based here. 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). The Calder Road , one of the city's main arteries, runs through Sighthill, around 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from
352-482: 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. Edinburgh College (formerly Stevenson) and Edinburgh Napier University 's Sighthill Campuses (formerly Stevenson College and
374-454: The bypass at a roundabout over the carriageway, and the M8 terminates at a roundabout under the carriageway, along with access to Hermiston Gait retail park. The A71 provides one of the main routes into Edinburgh via Calder Road, and west to Livingston and Kilmarnock. The M8 runs to Glasgow and provides direct access to the M9 for Stirling, and via the M90 to the Queensferry Crossing . Finally
396-413: The original railway had been closed and was built over when the bypass was built. About 1.5 miles further is the most congested junction on the bypass. Whereas all the other junctions on the bypass are grade separated , Sheriffhall is a traffic-light controlled roundabout and the traffic problems of forcing all through A720 traffic to halt is worsened by the importance of the roads which intersect here –
418-470: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sighthill&oldid=585592138 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sighthill, Edinburgh Sighthill
440-515: The way to England. This junction comes shortly after the eastern start of the A720, which was completed in 2008 as the Dalkeith Northern Bypass of the A68 . This is a crucial route for traffic to south-east Scotland. In 2013 the road between Millerhill and Sheriffhall was temporarily diverted for the construction of a new underbridge serving the rebuilt Edinburgh-Galashiels railway line , as
462-567: Was prepared, with four options for grade separation. In 2020, plans to add a grade-separated through route were costed at £120 million. The project was criticised by the Scottish Greens , who stated that it would induce demand . The flyover is expected to open in 2027, but is still subject to controversy. This is a small junction which is for the A772, that used to be the A7 until the mid-1990s. This road leads to Cameron Toll shopping centre as well as
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#1732851045943484-490: Was the original western terminus of the road. It provides direct access to the suburb of Baberton and indirect access to the A70 , for Lanark, or the centre of Edinburgh. This junction offers only connections to and from the eastern stretch of the A720. The centre of these junctions are within half a mile of each other, with a tangle of inter-weaving slips roads, flyovers, and underpasses between and either side of them. The A71 meets
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