The area offers multiple services for your everyday needs: a post office ("Oxgangs Post Office Counter" at 1 minute by car), a town hall ("Portobello Town Hall" at 16 minutes with your car), a park ("Colinton Mains Park" at 4 minutes walk), a bank and/or an ATM ("Bank of Scotland" at 9 minutes away by bike), sport ("Colinton Mains Bowling Club" at 2 minutes with your car), a hotel ("Braid Hills Hotel" at 15 minutes by foot), a police station ("Oxgangs Police Station" at 2 minutes by car), a fire station ("Liberton Fire Station" at 29 minutes with a bike).
You can find a close university: "Edinburgh Napier University - Craiglockhart Campus", in fewer than 4 minutes by car. Saughton Play Park is the most convieniently located playground: just 18 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a school, "St Mark's RC Primary School" it is 9 minutes away by foot. The closest nursery is named "City Nursery" and is 3 minutes' away by car.
As far as catering and entertainment is concerned, you will find: a cinema ("Dominion Cinema" at 5 minutes with your car), an ice cream vendor ("Cafe S. Luca" at 5 minutes by car), a restaurant ("Taste H K" at 1 minute with your car), a bar/cafe ("Cafe @ ONC" at 2 minutes by foot).
You can access this bus line: Skylink 400 (Edinburgh Airport to Fort Kinnaird via South Edinburgh) with a stop reachable in fewer than 8 minutes as a pedestrian.
You can find all your daily needs in this nearby supermarket: "Day Today express" (1 minute by foot or 1 minute by car). There is a bakery in the area: "Mathiesons Bakers" (10 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car). For your purchases at the butcher, you have: "Campbell & Sons" (16 minutes by bike or 6 minutes by car).
For the medical needs, you will find in the area: a doctor ("Craiglockhart Surgery" at 15 minutes walk), a pharmacy ("Dears" at 3 minutes away by bike), a hospital ("Firrhill Centre" at 8 minutes with a bike), a veterinarian ("Animac Vets" at 18 minutes by foot), a dentist ("Seven Hills Dental Practice" at 3 minutes with a bike).
Looking for tourist points of interest in the area? You will find the following points: "Pentland" at 2 minutes by car.
You need to refuel you car? The nearest gas station ("Shell Braidburn") is just 2 minutes away by car. Need to park a car? There is a parking lot ("Merchants of Edinburgh Parking") at 17 minutes walk. You only need 8 minutes to reach the motorway M8. For holidays or business, you can reach Edinburgh in fewer than 18 minutes by car. In fewer than 5 minutes, by car, you can be at "Slateford" train station. About 8 minutes bike away, you will find the "Enterprise Car Club" station. Do you need to clean you car? You have a car wash ("Autoshine Car Wash") at 5 minutes away by car. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Tesco Superstore-Colinton") is just 3 minutes away by car.
In just 18 minutes by car you can reach Livingston. It takes about 38 minutes to reach Kirkcaldy with your car. In 52 minutes you can reach Perth. It takes about 41 minutes to reach Coatbridge with your car.
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