IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Calder Road, EDINBURGH, EH11 4AS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Calder Road, EH11 4AS by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (53 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Calder Road, Sighthill
The A71 dual carriageway running through Edinburgh's outskirts.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 17 Aug 2008
0.06 miles
2
Big Yellow Self Storage
This eye-catching warehouse is on Bankhead Avenue on the north-east corner of the roundabout that forms the junction with the A71 (Calder Road).
Image: © michael ely
Taken: 22 Feb 2011
0.07 miles
3
Snack bar and bank
Lunchtime facilities for workers on the Sighthill Industrial Estate.
Image: © Callum Black
Taken: 13 Sep 2008
0.09 miles
4
A Last Reflection
Looking like a giant tv or video screen, the windows of a tower block reflect the last sunset on Hermiston Court, one of the three 17 storey Sighthill tower blocks being demolished the next day.
Image: © Adam Ward
Taken: 24 Sep 2011
0.12 miles
5
Sighthill Bank
All that remains of the Sighthill tower blocks and associated lower rise housing. Some still have curtains showing, but many are boarded up, and will presumably be gone before long. Napier University and Stevenson College buildings are behind them.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 19 Dec 2012
0.12 miles
6
Low-rise flats at Sighthill Wynd
Unoccupied and boarded up. Adjacent to the Sighthill tower blocks to be demolished on 25 September. These will presumably go at a later date.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 21 Sep 2011
0.14 miles
7
Site of former Sighthill Flats
Construction of new low rise now underway (February 2018)
Image: © Graeme Yuill
Taken: 29 Jan 2017
0.15 miles
8
The west wall of Hermiston Court
All sealed up and ready for demolition on 25 September 2011. The westmost of three 1960s tower blocks at Sighthill.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 21 Sep 2011
0.16 miles
9
Saturday, Sighthill, Hermiston Court
Taken on Saturday, early evening the day before the 3 Sighthill tower blocks were demolished.
Sundays view from the same spot is here:-
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2629788
Image: © Adam Ward
Taken: 24 Sep 2011
0.16 miles
10
Hermiston, Weir and Glenalmond Courts at Sighthill
Three 1960s multistorey blocks ready for demolition on 25 September 2011, looking east from Sighthill Wynd.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 21 Sep 2011
0.17 miles