Portobello
Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland. It lies 3 miles east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Portobello, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portobello Library and St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello.
Portobello Library
Library
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Portobello Library is a public library in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. The current building in Rosefield Place cost £37,500 and was opened on 11 October 1963 by Lord Provost Duncan M.
St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello
Church
St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located in the Portobello district of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
Bellfield
Community center
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Bellfield is a community centre located in what was previously Portobello Old Parish Church, a Georgian church of classical design located in Bellfield Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountcastle and Craigentinny.
Mountcastle
Suburb
Mountcastle is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the city centre and lies to the north-west of the neighbouring area of Portobello. Mountcastle is primarily a residential area, with many early-mid 20th century houses.
Craigentinny
Suburb
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Craigentinny is a suburb in the north-east of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of Restalrig and Lochend. Its name may be a corruption of the Gaelic Creag an t-Sionnaich, meaning "the fox's rock".
Northfield
Suburb
Northfield is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies east of the city centre and west of Portobello. The area was laid out at low densities as local authority housing but the city employed private architects for its design - Reginald Fairlie and Reid and Forbes.
Portobello
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95286° or 55° 57′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.11456° or 3° 6′ 52″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C7RXV3P+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 35786553OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Portobello” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Portobello”
- Chinese: “波多贝罗”
- Dutch: “Portobello”
- Esperanto: “Portobello (Edinburgo)”
- Esperanto: “Portobello”
- French: “Portobello”
- German: “Portobello”
- Irish: “Portobello”
- Italian: “Portobello”
- Japanese: “ポートベロ”
- Persian: “پورتاوبلو، ادینبرا”
- Persian: “پورتاوبلو”
- Portuguese: “Portobello”
- Scots: “Portabellae”
- Scots: “Portobello”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Portobello”
- Swedish: “Portobello, Edinburgh”
- Swedish: “Portobello”
- Welsh: “Portobello, Edinburgh”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Royal Hotel, 1-3 Bath Street, Portobello, Edinburgh and Portobello Town Hall.
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