Corstorphine Primary School

Corstorphine (/kərˈstɔːr.fɪn/ kər-STOR-fin) is a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, now considered a suburb of that city.

Corstorphine retains a busy high 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 high street, an idiosyncrasy shared with central Edinburgh.

Famous residents include Alexander Thomson, a writer and publisher on Bible translation, and Scottish Renaissance author Helen Cruickshank. Corstorphine is also featured in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel Kidnapped and mentioned in Danny Boyle's 1996 film Trainspotting.

The area was once served by Corstorphine railway station which provided direct railway access to Edinburgh Waverley, which closed on 30th December 1967. A cycle route runs along the track of the former railway line.

It is now served by the 1, 12, 26 and 31 Lothian bus routes, as well as the 900 Citylink bus from Glasgow, and other bus services to Stirling and West Lothian.

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