Ardmillan

The boundary north of Ardmillan is bordered by the area of Dalry. To the west is the area of Gorgie, and to the east is the area of Fountainbridge. Polwarth and North Merchiston are to the south of Ardmillan.

The name is from the Court of Session judge, James Craufurd, Lord Ardmillan who took his name from Ardmillan near Girvan. The name means the "high bare place" in Scottish Gaelic (Aird a' Mhaolain).

The area contains many tenements as well as "Diggers" pub, so called because the gravediggers from the large graveyard in the Ardmillan-Dalry area would go in there after work. Another pub in the area, the Caledonian Sample Room, is often mistakenly assumed to be owned by the nearby Caledonian Brewery (actually it is owned by Punch Taverns).

Ardmillan has two churches. The first is St Michael's Parish Church, which is an ecumenical church. Building of the church began in 1879 and was completed for services in 1883.[1]

There is also an old congregation of Wesleyan Methodists in the area.

Ardmillan is also home to a large, modern health centre called Ardmillan House. The health centre is the location of the South East Scotland Breast Screening Centre.[2][3]

On the southern boundary with North Merchiston is a large public park - Harrison Park.[4] The origins of the park lie with a public purchase of land by Edinburgh City Council in 1886, with additional land expanding the park being bought in 1930.[5]