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 Union Canal, Wester Hailes | |
  Wester Hailes Location within theCity of Edinburgh council area Show map of the City of Edinburgh council area | |
| OS grid reference | NT197700 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | EDINBURGH |
| Postcode district | EH14 |
| Dialling code | 0131 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
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| 55°55′0.76″N3°16′58.21″W / 55.9168778°N 3.2828361°W /55.9168778; -3.2828361 | |
Wester Hailes is an area in the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Wester Hailes borders onKingsknowe andLongstone to the east. Bankhead Industrial Estate and Sighthill Park lie to the north.
Although named after a large private house, the area was not substantially developed until the early-1970s, which is reflected in the dominant housing styles, mainly purpose-built flats andtower blocks.
It was extensively redeveloped during the 1990s and 2000s, with a large number of properties being renovated and some others -such as the high rise "slab block" flats at Hailesland Park being demolished and replaced with newer "low rise" housing. As well as council and private housing, there is a community housing association called Prospect Community Housing based in Westburn Avenue, who have housing in the Westburn,Clovenstone, Walkers, Barn Park areas of Wester Hailes.
Westside Plaza is the main social and shopping hub of the area, comprising apublic house,Jobcentre,council housing office, library, newsagent, an arcade, anOdeon cinema and a collection of shops both adjacent to and inside the Wester Hailes Shopping Centre. Apost office, optician, pharmacy, and a dentist can be found inside the latter. The indoor market closed in 2014, and the space re-opened in 2015 as a gym.
Local education centres includeStevenson College, theWester Hailes Education Centre, theWHALE Arts Centre, theSighthill campus ofNapier University and the main campus ofHeriot-Watt University to the west, inRiccarton.
A swimming pool is located in the Wester Hailes Education Centre.[1]
The main points of arrival and departure for Wester Hailes are the string of bus stops located on the northern edge of Westside Plaza (formerly Wester Hailes Shopping Centre), and therailway station a short distance to the south.
Bus services departing here are the 3, 21, 30, 33, 400, X40, N30, N400 provided byLothian Buses and 20 provided byMcGill's Scotland East, with destinations including the city centre,Gyle Shopping Centre,Livingston, the Hermiston Gait shopping complex and theRoyal Infirmary of Edinburgh atLittle France. Service 44 passes nearby to the south on its way toCurrie andBalerno; services 25, 34 and 35 pass nearby to the north, with destinations includingHermistonPark & Ride andHeriot-Watt University'sRiccarton Campus. There is also pedestrian and cycle access east towards the city centre, via theUnion Canal.
| Ethnicity | Pentland Hills Ward | Edinburgh[2] |
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| White | 86.3% | 84.9% |
| Asian | 5.8% | 8.6% |
| Black | 4.5% | 2.1% |
| Mixed | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Other | 1.8% | 1.9% |
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