{{Short description|District of Edinburgh, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{Notability|date=February 2021}} '''Wester Broom''' is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. It borders Broomhouse/Forrester, Corstorphine and South Gyle. It is sometimes considered to be part of one of the latter two. It is mainly residential, with a few small shops and a large Tesco nearby. The Fife railway line is arguably the boundary, although some will extend it south to the Glasgow line, and to include Forresters and two schools.
==History== The bulk of Wester Broom was constructed in the late twentieth century.
The footings of a castle/tower house were found here during the construction of the estate, but little else is known about it.<ref name=Holder>{{cite book|title=The Little Book of Edinburgh|date=2013|last=Holder|first=Geoff|publisher=The History Press|isbn=0752486306}}</ref>
==Notable residents== * Martainn Mac an t-Saoir - Gaelic novelist and poet.<ref name=Bell>{{cite book|title=Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh|date=2017|last=Bell|first=Raymond MacKean|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Leamington Books|isbn=9780244644406}}</ref> * William Neill lived here towards the end of the 1960s.<ref name=Bell>{{cite book|title=Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh|date=2017|last=Bell|first=Raymond MacKean|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Leamington Books|isbn=9780244644406}}</ref>
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{{Areas of Edinburgh}}
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