The Calders

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The Calders are a mainly residential part of Wester Hailes, in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is sometimes considered to be part of Wester Hailes or Sighthill They are not to be confused with the Calders of West Lothian, aka West Calder, Mid Calder and East Calder. The Union Canal goes by here into the city. The Calders also contains the Wester Hailes Education Centre. The bulk of the housing stock is council owned, and the area contains some of the remaining high rises in Wester Hailes (Cobbinshaw House, Dunsyre House and Medwin House). Many of the other buildings here are several storeys high at most, and some are two floored.

To the north, the Calders border the Calder Road, which is a dual carriageway leading off Edinburgh bypass into Gorgie, and Bankhead.

To the west, is the Edinburgh Bypass, and Heriot-Watt University's main campus at Riccarton, Edinburgh.

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