South Gyle

South Gyle
Housing in Gyle Park
South Gyle is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
South Gyle
South Gyle
Location within the City of Edinburgh council area
South Gyle is located in Scotland
South Gyle
South Gyle
Location within Scotland
OS grid referenceNT184719
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Edinburgh
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEDINBURGH
Postcode districtEH12
Dialling code0131
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55°56′5.35″N 3°17′52.11″W / 55.9348194°N 3.2978083°W / 55.9348194; -3.2978083
Eduardo Paolozzi's The Wealth of Nations, was located in South Gyle in the sculptor's home town of Edinburgh. The inscription is from Albert Einstein and says, Knowledge is wonderful, but imagination is even better. The sculpture was removed in 2020 when RBS moved out of its office.

South Gyle (pronounced /ɡl/) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying on the western edge of the city and to the south and west of an area of former marshland once known as the Gogarloch, on the edge of Corstorphine. Most of the buildings in the area are of recent origin, dating from the later 1980s, 1990s, and early 21st century, with the exception of some farm workers' cottages and an early 1970s council estate abutting South Gyle railway station.

South Gyle can be neatly divided into two main zones – a residential one, incorporating Gogarloch and the neighbouring area centred on South Gyle Mains; and a commercial/business one which incorporates the Gyle Shopping Centre, Edinburgh Park, Gyle Park (an actual park, but with some shopping centres near it), and South Gyle Crescent. The Royal Bank of Scotland and sportscotland are all based in this district. The Lochside development also features a number of busts of Scottish poets.[1]

  1. ^ Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN 9780244644406.