Corstorphine Primary School

Corstorphine is a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, now considered a suburb of that city. Corstorphine retains a busy high street with many independent small shops, although a number have closed in recent years since the opening of several retail parks to the west of Edinburgh, especially the Gyle Centre. Traffic on the main street, St John's Road, is often heavy, as it forms part of the A8 main road between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The actual "High Street" itself is no longer the high street, an idiosyncrasy shared with central Edinburgh. Famous residents include the author Helen Cruickshank. Corstorphine is also featured in the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, "Kidnapped" and is the birthplace of Alexander Thomson, a writer and publisher on Bible translation. The area was once served by Corstorphine railway station which provided direct railway access to Edinburgh Waverley, which closed on 30th December 1967. A cycle route runs along the track of the former railway line. It is now served by the 1, 12, 26 and 31 Lothian bus routes, as well as the 900 Citylink bus from Glasgow, and other bus services to Stirling and West Lothian. Landmarks, attractions, and facilitiesEdinburgh Zoo is situated to the south-east of Corstorphine, and is the area's largest and most popular tourist attraction. There are a number of local shops mostly located on St. John's Road and one supermarket (Sainsbury's) located at the bottom of Corstorphine Hill on Clermiston Road, as well as a Costa Coffee outlet nearby.

Corstorphine is a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, now considered a suburb of that city. Corstorphine retains a busy high street with many independent small shops, although a number have closed in recent years since the opening of several retail parks to the west of Edinburgh, especially the Gyle Centre. Traffic on the main street, St John's Road, is often heavy, as it forms part of the A8 main road between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The actual "High Street" itself is no longer the high street, an idiosyncrasy shared with central Edinburgh. Famous residents include the author Helen Cruickshank. Corstorphine is also featured in the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, "Kidnapped" and is the birthplace of Alexander Thomson, a writer and publisher on Bible translation. The area was once served by Corstorphine railway station which provided direct railway access to Edinburgh Waverley, which closed on 30th December 1967. A cycle route runs along the track of the former railway line. It is now served by the 1, 12, 26 and 31 Lothian bus routes, as well as the 900 Citylink bus from Glasgow, and other bus services to Stirling and West Lothian. Landmarks, attractions, and facilitiesEdinburgh Zoo is situated to the south-east of Corstorphine, and is the area's largest and most popular tourist attraction. There are a number of local shops mostly located on St. John's Road and one supermarket (Sainsbury's) located at the bottom of Corstorphine Hill on Clermiston Road, as well as a Costa Coffee outlet nearby.