Hermiston, Edinburgh

Hermiston is a hamlet formerly in the county of Midlothian and now part of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north of Heriot-Watt University's Riccarton Campus and west of the Hermiston Gait commercial development. Hermiston is bounded by the A71 Calder Road to the south and the Union [Canal (Scotland)|Union Canal] to the north with the M8 motorway just beyond. A park and ride site serving western Edinburgh is located south-west of the A71 Calder Road roundabout.
The hamlet forms the Hermiston Conservation Area.
Hermiston is also notable as the setting of the Robert [Louis Stevenson] novel Weir of Hermiston. The city of Hermiston, Oregon in turn takes its name from the book.