Broomhouse

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Broomhouse (Lowland Scots: Bruimhoose) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is mainly residential, low-rise working class housing. It borders on Sighthill, and Saughton/Stenhouse. The Glasgow railway goes past here, and it is sandwiched between two arterial routes, but there is no station here. There are several schools, a community centre a Church of Scotland congregation (St David's Broomhouse) and a counselling centre here. Medical and library facilities are in nearby Sighthill and Corstorphine.

Saughton House is a deceptively large Government building fronting on Broomhouse Drive and houses the Scottish Executive, Inland Revenue, DVLA and a number of other Government offices. Originally built as a hospital its distinctive spurs are now used as office accommodation.

Parallel to Broomhouse Drive is Scotland's first bus guideway opened in 2004 as a public transport initiative. The West Edinburgh Busways project, is an 8km bus corridor linking the Gyle and Edinburgh Park to the city centre and has 1.5km of two-lane dedicated guided busway, the longest section of continuous bus guideway in the UK. The guideway has been designed and constructed for future conversion to tram operation. It is also said to be similar to areas such as Carrick Knowe, due to its enclosed area.