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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, are regarded as among the most economically deprived areas in
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Most of West Pilton was formerly social housing constructed by the council between the 1930s and 1950s (with a hiatus during the
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SAR029101 SCOTLAND (1957). Pilton Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing South/East
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since 2008; a public leisure centre of the same name is immediately adjacent to the ground. Their previous home
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especially young joyriders stealing powerful motorbikes and cars, or otherwise damaging vehicles.
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engineering works (destroyed by fire in 1999) take the East Pilton Farm name.
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Residents say area is getting 'out of hand' after car is flipped in Pilton
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and three storey blocks of flats. There are also two 1960s ten-storey
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was two blocks to the south-east – housing now occupies the site.
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Edinburgh, Muirhouse, West Pilton Crescent, Northview Court
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flatted villas similar to those by the same builder at
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Built on the lands of East Pilton Farm in the 1930s by
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