Address help! RBS Edinburgh!

[T40ORA]

What a fecking nightmare!

I'm working at RBS HQ tomorrow, Gogarburn. The postcode that I was given (twice) is EH12 1HQ - which is also what I have found using Google searching for RBS HQ.

But..... I'm staying in a hotel nearby (allegedly - EH12 postcode) and this evening I went out, sat nav in hand, looking for said RBS HQ at said postcode.

The postcode is in the bloody middle of nowhere round the back of Haymarket and no sight of RBS! After asking some passers by I find that Gogarburn is near the airport....

Anyone on here know what the hell is going on with this postcode? Is Gogar Park House near the airport? Or is there, as indicated on all the bloody Google searches, a hidden underground RBS bunker near Haymarket Station?

Confused Southerner.....

[Rockatansky]

Streetview: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

It's on the A8 Glasgow Road just a mile or so before the airport.

Gogar Park House might be the building on the left as you go down Gogar Station Road (off the A8).

As you come out of town on the Glasgow Road (A8), once you pass the large junction with the end of the bypass (A720) Gogar Station Road is 1st on the left. You can access the RBS complex from this road.

There is a bus that goes there from town, but I don't know the number - lothian buses website would tell you that.

HTH

Edited by Rockatansky on Monday 2nd August 21:42

[paul450]

are you staying here ?

Edinburgh Marriott Hotel
111 Glasgow Road
Edinburgh,Scotland EH12 8NF


rbs is

175 glasgow road
edinburgh
eh12

[Rockatansky]

The postcode for Gogarburn Hospital (which used to be on the site that RBS occupies) was EH12 9BH, your satnav might like that better.

[T40ORA]

paul450 said:

are you staying here ?

Edinburgh Marriott Hotel
111 Glasgow Road
Edinburgh,Scotland EH12 8NF


rbs is

175 glasgow road
edinburgh
eh12

I'm staying at the Travelodge in Eglington Crescent - because it is less than a mile from EH12 1HQ. Which is obviously NOT the postcode of the RBS HQ; looks like it is EH12 9GB.

Oh FFS. It cost £16 for a bloody taxi from the airport so I'll try the bus. Looks like an X48...

Cheers guys; but why the hell is there such a screw up with the postcodes? (Rhetorical question really...)

[not applicable]

Check www.lothianbuses.co.uk they have a service that goes right into the RBS site.

[T40ORA]

not applicable said:

Check www.lothianbuses.co.uk they have a service that goes right into the RBS site.

I called them, and it's the X48.

I just can't believe that the postcode is so screwed up though. The last time this happened was at the Maccy D HQ in London. I reckon it's deliberate, but they should at least make sure that contractors coming to their site have the correct info to get them there....

[roorky]

£16? was it a Dick Turpin black cab? Use Edinburgh City Private Hire, 0131 477 4000 Airport to Apex Hotel at Waterloo Place was only £15.

[paul450]

T40ORA said:

paul450 said:

are you staying here ?

Edinburgh Marriott Hotel
111 Glasgow Road
Edinburgh,Scotland EH12 8NF


rbs is

175 glasgow road
edinburgh
eh12

I'm staying at the Travelodge in Eglington Crescent - because it is less than a mile from EH12 1HQ. Which is obviously NOT the postcode of the RBS HQ; looks like it is EH12 9GB.

Oh FFS. It cost £16 for a bloody taxi from the airport so I'll try the bus. Looks like an X48...

Cheers guys; but why the hell is there such a screw up with the postcodes? (Rhetorical question really...)

there is a traveloge 1mile away from the rbs hq aswell.

[T40ORA]

Bugger. Too late to move now as I've only two more nights.

[S2red]

Where we get caught out occassionally at work is business post codes which are PO box at sorting office

EH12 1HQ Is a post box at Sorting office in Russell street!

Fortunately when our map shows the sorting office you know the above ia the problem

Edited by S2red on Tuesday 3rd August 08:15

[T40ORA]

I guess something similar has happened here.

The problem is that the information I received was very sketchy and very late.

The bus journey this morning was actually fine so it isn't so much bad as frustrating that people don't communicate details properly!

Hey-ho.

[Famous Graham]

roorky said:

£16? was it a Dick Turpin black cab? Use Edinburgh City Private Hire, 0131 477 4000 Airport to Apex Hotel at Waterloo Place was only £15.

The AirLink bus is excellent too. Waverley to airport for 3 quid or something. Fiver for an open return. Think there are only about 6 stops on the entire route - only takes 20 mins.

[T40ORA]

Yeah; there's a bus from RBS Gogorgan to the airport. 15 minutes and a couple of quid.

[sherman]

The daftest thing is that you must of passed the RBS turnoff and gone under the RBS bridge on your way into town from the airport.

[ALY77]

roorky said:

£16? was it a Dick Turpin black cab? Use Edinburgh City Private Hire, 0131 477 4000 Airport to Apex Hotel at Waterloo Place was only £15.

Stevie Malcolm's Edinburgh City (Paisley Gangster Laundering His Money) Private Hire you mean?

I don't have a Barge Pole, but if I did...

Edited by ALY77 on Tuesday 3rd August 15:26

[matthewg]

ALY77 said:

roorky said:

£16? was it a Dick Turpin black cab? Use Edinburgh City Private Hire, 0131 477 4000 Airport to Apex Hotel at Waterloo Place was only £15.

Stevie Malcolm's Edinburgh City (Paisley Gangster Laundering His Money) Private Hire you mean?

I don't have a Barge Pole, but if I did...

Edited by ALY77 on Tuesday 3rd August 15:26

What has Stevie Malcolm been CONVICTED of?

[sherman]

matthewg said:

ALY77 said:

roorky said:

£16? was it a Dick Turpin black cab? Use Edinburgh City Private Hire, 0131 477 4000 Airport to Apex Hotel at Waterloo Place was only £15.

Stevie Malcolm's Edinburgh City (Paisley Gangster Laundering His Money) Private Hire you mean?

I don't have a Barge Pole, but if I did...

Edited by ALY77 on Tuesday 3rd August 15:26

What has Stevie Malcolm been CONVICTED of?

Dont think he has been convicted of anything. He just seems to be well connected.

[ALY77]

and has a habit of the police finding large amounts of cash and firearms in his house. They weren't his though, someone else was convicted for them. The 100 stolen cars that were getting used in one of his minicab companies in Dundee - weren't his either.

Edited by ALY77 on Tuesday 3rd August 15:43

[JM]

T40ORA said:

Yeah; there's a bus from RBS Gogorgan to the airport. 15 minutes and a couple of quid.

You could nearly walk from RBS to airport in 15 mins!

Bus should only take about 3 mins.