Saughton
Saughton () () () is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering Broomhouse, Stenhouse, Longstone and Carrick Knowe. In Lowland Scots, a "sauch" is a willow. The Water of Leith flows by here. It is the location of HM Prison Edinburgh, known colloquially as "Saughton Prison", in the south of the district. The Calder Road, one of the main city arteries, runs through it. Saughton Park, a large public park, has facilities including Scotland's largest skatepark. Actually situated in the Broomhouse area and fronting on Broomhouse Drive, Saughton House is a large Government office, built in the 1950s, which houses the Scottish Government, Scottish Courts Service, and a number of other Government offices. Transport

Tram 

Saughton tram stop is adjacently south of the main Glasgow to Edinburgh railway line, close to the junction of Broomhouse Drive and Saughton Road North. Buses

Lothian Buses 

 3, 25, 34, 35 (Calder Road) 
 1, 2, 22 (Broomhouse Drive/ Stenhouse Drive)

McGill's Scotland East 

 X22 (Calder Road)

Notable residents
 William Stevenson (1772–1829), Scottish nonconformist preacher and writer. Graeme Souness (1953), retired Scottish footballer and manager
 Baird baronets of Saughton Hall

Saughton cemetery

Notable interments:

Louis Deuchars sculptor

References

External links
HM Prison Edinburgh
Saughton Skatepark

Areas of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Trams stops