Pilton is a residential area of northern Edinburgh, Scotland.Pilton, Gazetteer for Scotland It is to the north of Ferry Road, immediately east of Muirhouse, and to the west and south of Granton (the Boswall, Royston Mains and Wardieburn neighbourhoods).
Description Sometimes considered to be part of the larger neighbouring area of Granton, Pilton consists of two housing schemes - West Pilton and East Pilton. These neighbourhoods, particularly West Pilton,West Pilton, Gazetteer for Scotland are regarded as among the most economically deprived areas in Edinburgh and suffer from extreme crime rates and anti-social behaviour especially young joyriders stealing items such as electronics, money, groceries, garden items,motorbikes and cars. For other illegal acts locals cars are often damaged or local stray animals are often abused.Residents say area is getting 'out of hand' after car is flipped in Pilton, Edinburgh Evening News, 7 November 2019
Most of West Pilton was social housing constructed by the council between the 1930s and 1960s (with a hiatus during the Second World War) but now these properties are largely privately owned. The housing mostly takes the form of maisonettes and three storey blocks of flats.Edinburgh, West Pilton, General, Canmore There are also two 1960s ten-storey tower blocks (Inchcolm Court and Inchgarvie Court)Edinburgh, West Pilton Grove, CanmoreWest Pilton Grove, Tower Block University of Edinburgh and one with 16 storeys (Northview Court).Edinburgh, Muirhouse, West Pilton Crescent, Northview Court, CanmoreMuirhouse Temporary Housing Area III, Tower Block University of Edinburgh In addition, new housing developments have been built by the private sector and the area is currently undergoing revitalisation. There are local shops and community services.West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre, Joined In Edinburgh (Community Learning)Pilton, Y People
Built on the lands of East Pilton Farm in the 1930sEast Pilton, Gazetteer for Scotland by Glasgow-based builder Mactaggart & Mickel to a street layout by the Edinburgh City Architect Ebenezer James MacRae, the streets of East Pilton mainly take various names beginning Crewe or Pilton. The original estate comprises mostly four-in-a-block flatted villasSAR029101 SCOTLAND (1957). Pilton Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing South/East, Britain From Above similar to those by the same builder at Carrick Knowe, Colinton Mains and elsewhere in the city as well as in several districts of Glasgow. Streets in a new development on the site of the demolished Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd. engineering worksBruce Peebles Factory, EdinPhoto (destroyed by fire in 1999)Bruce Peebles Transformer Factory Fire, EdinPhoto take the East Pilton Farm name.
Sport Spartans F.C. are based in the area, playing off Pilton Drive at Ainslie Park since 2008; a public leisure centre of the same name is immediately adjacent to the ground. Their previous home City Park was two blocks to the south-east – housing now occupies the site.
Demographics
Ethnicity Pilton (Forth Ward) Edinburgh White 84.6% 84.9% Asian 7.1% 8.6% Black 3.6% 2.1% Mixed 2.0% 2.5% Other 2.7% 1.9%
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