Torphin
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Torphin, an area around Torphin Hill, is a suburb of Edinburgh
, the capital of Scotland
. The Edinburgh City Bypass
runs through the area.
The hill also gives its name to Torphin Hill Golf Club, which celebrated its centenary in 1995. The golf
course, which actually lies on the southern slopes of Corby Hill and the eastern slope of Warklaw Hill, offers views over the city of Edinburgh and beyond.
The northern slope of Warklaw Hill has been extensively quarried in the past for its igneous rocks. Now disused, it is now part-occupied by Colinton Community Compost.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, the capital of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The Edinburgh City Bypass
Edinburgh City Bypass
The Edinburgh City Bypass, designated as A720, is one of the most important trunk roads in Scotland. Circling around the south of Edinburgh, as the equivalent of a ring road for the coastal city, it links together the A1 towards north-east England, the A702 towards north-west England, the M8...
runs through the area.
Torphin Hill
Torphin Hill itself, origin of the name of the suburb of Torphin, adjoins Warklaw Hill to the south-west. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic torr fionn, which means "white tor".The hill also gives its name to Torphin Hill Golf Club, which celebrated its centenary in 1995. The golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
course, which actually lies on the southern slopes of Corby Hill and the eastern slope of Warklaw Hill, offers views over the city of Edinburgh and beyond.
The northern slope of Warklaw Hill has been extensively quarried in the past for its igneous rocks. Now disused, it is now part-occupied by Colinton Community Compost.