Blackhall, Edinburgh

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Blackhall is a suburb in the north west of Scottish capital city Edinburgh.

It is mainly residential, with primarily relatively expensive homes, served by facilities including a library and a small selection of shops. The majority of the housing in the neighbourhood was constructed in the inter-war period, although the recent housing boom has seen new development on the northern slope of Corstorphine Hill. This development went ahead despite considerable opposition from the local community and an unusual planning quirk which allowed the development to go ahead based on forty-year-old outline permission.^{[citation needed]}

The local school has recently been extended and parts rebuilt, as has the local Royal High School.

One of the main arterial routes of the city goes through the area, which borders Drylaw, Davidson's Mains, and Craigcrook.

In The Daily Mirror newspaper, Blackhall was declared to have the second highest number of millionaires in the United Kingdom, and the highest number in Scotland (by number residing in its postcode, EH4).