Balerno is a Town in the county of City of Edinburgh.

Retail in Balerno

There are great places to visit near Balerno including some great cities and shopping centres.

Edinburgh is a great place to visit close to Balerno if you like cities.

St James Quarter is one of Balerno's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Balerno.

Balerno History

There are some historic monuments around Balerno:

• Bavelaw,steadings 60m NE of Redford Bridge Secular: farmstead SM3953
• Harperrig, cairn, West Cairn Hill Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2980
• Kaimes Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1172
• Hunter’s Craig or Eagle Rock, rock carving, Dalmeny Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM13612
• Dalmahoy,cross slab,St Mary's Church Crosses and carved stones: cross slab SM1184
• Tormain Hill,cup & ring marked rocks 700m NE of Bonnington Mains Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM1161
• Baberton Mains,enclosure 400m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6190
• Craigpark Quarry, enclosure 450m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6229
• Union Canal, Fountainbridge to River Almond Industrial: inland water SM11097
• Brunston Castle Secular: castle SM1192
• Easter Norton,standing stone 280m WSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1154
• Cramond, Roman fort & civil settlement Roman: fort SM2526
• Camp Hill, fort 300m N of Braidwood Bridge Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1163
• Clubbiedean Reservoir, fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6635
• Harperrig,cairn,East Cairn Hill Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1153
• Carnethy Hill,cairn,Silverburn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1152
• The Gowk Stane Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1157
• Castlelaw Range, ring ditch NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6446
• Huly Hill, cairn & stone circle SW of Newbridge roundabout Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1160
• Craigie Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1900
• Lochend Farm, standing stone 100m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1158
• Ravensneuk Castle Secular: tower SM5609
• Howlet's House,towerhouse and enclosures Ecclesiastical: chapel; Secular: enclosure SM5682
• Union Canal, River Almond to River Avon Industrial: inland water SM8954
• Dreghorn Woods training trenches, 425m WSW and 350m SW of Redford Bridge, Edinburgh 20th Century Military and Related: Pits, trenches (defensive) SM13717
• Catstane, inscribed stone and long cist cemetery 690m E of Carlowrie Crosses and carved stones: inscribed stone; Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM1183
• Gogar Mains,fort,palisaded enclosure and field system 850m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM4573
• Cammo Canal Secular: garden SM6440
• Harlaw, enclosure 300m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6188
• Colinton Castle Secular: house SM1197
• Lennox Tower Secular: tower SM6200
• Dalmahoy Hill, fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1213
• Cammo,standing stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM6189
• Lawhead Hill,fort 630m NNW of Lawhead Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM1173