Liberton High School

Liberton High School is a secondary school in Liberton, in the south of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is located on Gilmerton Road. The school roll for the 2022–23 academic year was 846. Liberton High School has had certain great achievements in sports, such as the undefeated girls hockey XI in 1970-71. In football, they were the first Edinburgh school to win the Scottish Schools Secondary Shield, in 1966. On 1 April 2014, a 12-year-old girl was killed when a wall collapsed in one of the school Physical Education department's changing rooms. John Swinney, Deputy First Minister of Scotland, announced in December 2020 (as part of a £80M education investment) that Liberton High School would be entirely rebuilt. Construction began in 2023 and was scheduled to be completed in 2026.

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Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament created in 1885. The constituency has been held by Scottish Labour since 1987. The seat has been represented since 2010 by Ian Murray, who formerly served as Secretary of State for Scotland in the government of Keir Starmer between July 2024 and September 2025. Murray was the only Labour MP in Scotland to retain his seat at the 2015 and 2019 general elections. Prior to the 2005 general election, the constituency had the same boundaries as the Edinburgh South Scottish Parliament constituency, now replaced by the Edinburgh Southern Scottish Parliament constituency.

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Ellen's Glen House

Ellen's Glen Community Hospital, originally Ellen's Glen House, is a community-based hospital which was built to provide services to elderly and mentally ill patients in Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. In 2025, as result of the closure of the neighbouring Liberton Hospital, the medical day hospital moved from Liberton to Ellen's Glen. The hospital provides intermediate care and outpatients services, plus a small number of Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care (HBCCC) beds. It is also a base for the Hospital at Home service (a multidisciplinary acute care team).

Southfield Sanatorium

Southfield Sanatorium was a specialist historic hospital in Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland, situated near Ellen's Glen nature reserve. The house was redeveloped to provide private residences, new housing was built in the grounds and a purpose-built health facility opened at Ellen's Glen in 2000.

Liberton, Edinburgh

Liberton; Scots: Libby, is a suburb of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland. It is in the south of the city, south of The Inch, east of the Braid Hills and west of Moredun. Liberton Community council's area includes Liberton, Gracemount, Kaimes, Alnwickhill and Mortonhall. Historically the parish covered a wide area and included Burdiehouse, Gilmerton, Niddrie and Straiton. Incorporated into the city in 1920, the area was once home to Arthur Conan Doyle, who lived in a small cottage near the Braid Burn, which is now inside the grounds of the Cameron Toll Shopping Centre car park and is now a small school. Increased development in the area from the mid 1970s to current times has seen Liberton develop into a popular choice for homeowners with areas such as Double Hedges, Alnwickhill and Howdenhall often representing better value for money than locations closer to the city centre.

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