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Corstorphine ( ) is a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, now considered a suburb of that city. 〔(A Pictorial History of a Midolithian Village ISBN 1 85158 366 1 )〕 Corstorphine retains a busy main street with many independent small shops, although a number have closed in recent years since the opening of several retail parks to the west of Edinburgh, especially the Gyle Centre. Traffic on the main street, St John's Road, is often heavy, as it forms part of the A8 main road between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The actual "High Street" itself is no longer the main street, an idiosyncrasy shared with central Edinburgh. Famous residents include Helen Cruickshank, the author. Corstorphine is also mentioned in the novels of Robert Louis Stevenson, and is the birthplace of Alexander Thomson, a writer and publisher on Bible translation. The area was once served by Corstorphine railway station which provided direct trains to Edinburgh Waverley. It closed on Saturday 30 December 1967. A cycle track runs along the route of the former railway line. ==Landmarks, attractions, and facilities== Edinburgh Zoo is situated to the south east of Corstorphine, and is the area's largest and most popular tourist attraction. There are a number of local shops mostly located on St. Johns Road and also two convenience supermarket stores of Sainsbury's and Scotmid, located at the bottom of Corstorphine hill (Clermiston Road) Corstorphine has one of Scotland's best-preserved late medieval parish churches, the Collegiate Church of St. John the Baptist, with a short tower and spire and several well-preserved stone effigies of the local noble family, the Forresters of Corstorphine. Corstorphine Hill is one of the so-called "Seven Hills of Edinburgh". Queen Margaret University's main campus was located there from 1970 until 2007 when the university moved to Musselburgh. In the area is Corstorphine Primary School, a state school catering for children between typically 5 and 12 years of age. There are also two other state primary schools on the edge of Corstorphine next to Corstorphine hill, Fox Covert Primary School and Fox Covert Roman Catholic Primary School. The state secondary school that serves the area is Craigmount High School which is situated between Corstorphine and East Craigs and the nearest Roman Catholic secondary school is St Augustine's High School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corstorphine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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