East Pilton is a housing estate in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Scotland

Scotland

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. It is north of Ferry Road

Ferry Road

Ferry Road is one of the major roads of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is often referred to as an area in its own right. It runs from the eastern end of Davidson's Mains village in the west, to Leith in the east, passing through Goldenacre on the way....

, west of Granton

Granton, Edinburgh

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 and east of West Pilton

West Pilton

West Pilton is a housing estate in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is north of Ferry Road, east of Muirhouse, and immediately west of East Pilton and then Granton....

 and Muirhouse

Muirhouse

Muirhouse is a district in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is west of Granton and the housing estates of East Pilton and West Pilton, and East of Davidsons Mains...

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Built as council housing in the 1930s, to help in the clearance of slum

Slum

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 properties from the city

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centre, the estate comprises mostly two- and three-story blocks of flats. It includes some shops and other facilities which also serve the mostly more modern neighbouring estate of West Pilton, which has fewer facilities.