Blackford, Edinburgh

Blackford, Edinburgh

Blackford is an area in the south of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is reasonably affluent, and contains Blackford Hill, one of the supposed "Seven Hills of Edinburgh", which has the city's Astronomical observatory on it. The Pentland Hills dominate views to the south.

External links

* [http://www.roe.ac.uk/ The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh]


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