and Edinburgh Napier University's Sighthill Campuses are based here.
Healthcare, firefighting, retail and library services
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. It was a trial to see if it worked before that you had to visit the Doctor at his house. This was before doctor the idea of surgeries
Location
The Calder Road, one of the city's main arteries, runs by Sighthill. The Edinburgh-Glasgow & Stirling railway line is nearby. 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.
Regeneration
For nearly 50 years, the West Edinburgh skyline was dominated by 4 high rise residential tower blocks. The 10-story block Broomview House was demolished on Sunday 21 September 2008 by Safedem Ltd. The flats came down at 11:15am in 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 11:15am. All of the remaining low-rise council-built properties have been demolished to make way for new lower level social housing.
Demographics
Sighthill compared
Sighthill
Edinburgh
White
88.8%
91.7%
Asian
7.0%
5.5%
Black
2.2%
1.2%
Mixed
0.6%
0.9%
Other
1.4%
0.8%
Film and television location
Sighthill has been used as a location for film and television productions. The most notable production to be filmed in Sighthill was the 1998 BBC Scotlandtelevision dramaLooking 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 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 Celticsupernatural thriller once again starring James Nesbitt and released in 2010.
Transport
provides 12 buses to the area: 3 Wester Hailes - Sighthill - Gorgie - Haymarket - Princes Street - Newington - Gilmerton - Dalkeith/Mayfield 20 Ratho - Gyle Centre - Hermiston Gait - Sighthill - Wester Hailes - Kingsknowe - Longstone - Slateford 21 Wester Hailes - Sighthill - Corstorphine - Clermiston - Ferry Road - Leith - Lochend - Portobello - Niddrie - Royal Infirmary 25 Riccarton - Sighthill - Gorgie - Haymarket - Princes Street - Leith - Lochend - Restalrig 34 Riccarton - Sighthill - Longstone - Slateford - Fountainpark - Lothian Road - Princes Street - Lochend - Leith - Ocean Terminal 35 Riccarton - Sighthill - Slateford - Fountainpark - Bristo Square - Holyrood - Leith - Ocean Terminal 36 Gyle Centre - Sighthill - Longstone - Glenlockheart - Morningside - West End - Cannonmills - Bonnington - Leith - Ocean Terminal 63 Riccarton - Sighthill - Gyle Centre - Ratho Station - Newbridge - Kirkliston - South Queensferry X27 Regent Road - The Exchange - Balgreen - Sighthill - Hermiston - Wilkieston - East Calder - Livingston - Bathgate X28 Regent Road - The Exchange - Balgreen - Sighthill - Hermiston - Kirknewton - East Calder - Livingston - Bathgate Airlink 300 Edinburgh Airport - Ingliston - Gyle Centre - Sighthill - Slateford - Fountainpark - Bristo Square - Southside - Cameron Toll 400 Edinburgh Airport - Gyle Centre - Sighthill - Wester Hailes - Colinton - Oxgangs - Fairmilehead - Gracemount - Gilmerton - Royal Infirmary - Niddrie - Fort Kinnaird N25 Riccarton - Hermiston P&R - Sighthill - Gorgie - Haymarket - Leith Street N28 Deans South - Livingston - East Calder - Wilkieston - Hermiston - Sighthill - Balgreen - The Exchange - Leith Street N34 Riccarton - Hermiston P&R - Sighthill - Longstone - Slateford - Fountainpark - Lothian Road - Leith Street
