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Population	1 (1995 Census)
OS grid reference	NT214683
Council area	City of Edinburgh
Land	Scotland
Sovereign state	Vereinigtes Königreich
Post town	EDINBURGH
Postcode district	EH13
Dialling code	0131
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Edinburgh South West
Scottish Parliament	Edinburgh Pentlands

For the French-American professional figure skater, see Surya Bonaly.

Bonaly is an area on the south-western outskirts of Edinburgh and the northern slopes of the Pentland Hills, lying within the Parish of Colinton. It is a mix of mainly post-war housing, woodland, pasture-land and heather moorland. The Edinburgh City Bypass runs through Bonaly.

Name

The name Bonaly may be derived from the Gaelic Bonnáth Linne (meaning “the pool at the bottom ford”) or from Bànáth Linne (meaning “the pool at the white ford”).

Bonaly Primary School

By the 1970s, Colinton had expanded rapidly and the existing school was not large enough to cope with demand for school places. A new school, Bonaly Primary, was opened in 1976, with a catchment area covering most of Colinton.

Although it was intended to completely replace the older school, Bonaly Primary was never large enough to accommodate all the school’s pupils and the original school premises, at Thorburn Road, continued in use as an annex for the nursery and infant classes. Additional pre-fab classrooms were also provided at the main school site.

In 2007, the school buildings were demolished. They were replaced with a larger building, opened in October 2008, and all school pupils were finally able to be housed on the same site.

Pupils wear a distinctive yellow and brown uniform, with a school badge that depicts Bonaly Tower against the backdrop of the Pentland Hills. Bonaly Primary is a feeder school for Firrhill High School

External links

• Template:Bonaly Outdoor Centre