Pilton, Edinburgh
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Piltonis a residential area of northernEdinburgh,Scotland.[1]It is to the north ofFerry Road,immediately east ofMuirhouse,and to the west and south ofGranton(the Boswall, Royston Mains and Wardieburn neighbourhoods).
Description
[edit]Sometimes considered to be part of the larger neighbouring area of Granton, Pilton consists of two housing schemes - West Pilton and East Pilton. These neighbourhoods, particularly West Pilton,[2]are regarded as among the most economically deprived areas inEdinburghand suffer from high crime rates andanti-social behaviourespecially young joyriders stealing powerful motorbikes and cars, or otherwise damaging vehicles.[3][4]
Most of West Pilton was formerly social housing constructed by the council between the 1930s and 1950s (with a hiatus during theSecond World War) but now these properties are largely privately owned. The housing mostly takes the form ofmaisonettesand three storey blocks of flats.[5]There are also two 1960s ten-storeytower blocks(Inchcolm Court and Inchgarvie Court)[6][7]and one with 16 storeys (Northview Court).[8][9]In addition, new housing developments have been built by the private sector and the area is currently[when?]undergoing revitalisation. There are local shops and community services.[10][11]
Built on the lands of East Pilton Farm in the 1930s[12]byGlasgow-based builder Mactaggart & Mickel to a street layout by the Edinburgh City ArchitectEbenezer James MacRae,the streets of East Pilton mainly take various names beginning Crewe or Pilton. The original estate comprises mostlyfour-in-a-blockflatted villas[13]similar to those by the same builder atCarrick Knowe,Colinton Mains and elsewhere in the city as well as in several districts ofGlasgow.Streets in a new development on the site of the demolishedBruce Peebles & Co. Ltd.engineering works[14](destroyed by fire in 1999)[15]take the East Pilton Farm name.
Sport
[edit]Spartans F.C.are based in the area, playing off Pilton Drive atAinslie Parksince 2008; a public leisure centre of the same name is immediately adjacent to the ground. Their previous homeCity Parkwas two blocks to the south-east – housing now occupies the site.
Ethnicity
[edit]| Pilton compared[16] | Pilton | Edinburgh |
|---|---|---|
| White | 88.8% | 91.7% |
| Asian | 3.6% | 5.5% |
| Black | 6.0% | 1.2% |
| Mixed | 0.9% | 0.9% |
References
[edit]- ^Pilton,Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^West Pilton,Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^"Joyriders making Pilton 'Wild West' of Edinburgh -".Edinburgh Evening News. 8 July 2014.Retrieved28 December2018.
- ^Residents say area is getting 'out of hand' after car is flipped in Pilton,Edinburgh Evening News, 7 November 2019
- ^Edinburgh, West Pilton, General,Canmore
- ^Edinburgh, West Pilton Grove,Canmore
- ^West Pilton Grove,Tower Block |University of Edinburgh
- ^Edinburgh, Muirhouse, West Pilton Crescent, Northview Court,Canmore
- ^Muirhouse Temporary Housing Area III,Tower Block |University of Edinburgh
- ^West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre,Joined In Edinburgh (Community Learning)
- ^Pilton,Y People
- ^East Pilton,Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^SAR029101 SCOTLAND (1957). Pilton Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing South/East,Britain From Above
- ^Bruce Peebles Factory,EdinPhoto
- ^Bruce Peebles Transformer Factory Fire,EdinPhoto
- ^"Total Craigroyston"(PDF).
External links
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