Hermiston is a hamlet formerly in the County of
Midlothian and now part of
Edinburgh, the capital of
Scotland. It is north of the
Heriot-Watt University Riccarton Campus and west of the Hermiston Quay commercial development. Hermiston is bounded by the A71 Calder Road to the south and the
Union Canal to the north with the
M8 motorway just beyond. The hamlet forms the Hermiston Conservation Area.