Barnton is an affluent suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, located to the north-west of the city.
It is home to the Royal High School of Edinburgh; the Barnton Hotel; Braehead House, a plain Scots Classical house dating from circa 1700; and The Royal Burgess Golfing Society, one of the oldest golf clubs in Scotland. Barnton Quarry, a former stone quarry in the area, is the (now derelict) site of an underground bunker which, in the event of nuclear war, would have served as the wartime seat of government for Scotland from 1961 until its abandonment in 1985.
Barnton Hotel
Built in the 1860s and now closed, awaiting redevelopment, the once grand Barnton Hotel is derelict.
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Coordinates: 55°57′45.88″N 3°18′26.69″W / 55.9627444°N 3.3074139°W
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