Joppa
Joppa is an eastern suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is bounded on the north by the coast of the Firth of Forth, on the west by Portobello of which it was a suburb when Portobello was a burgh, to the south by the open area south of Milton Road and to the east by Musselburgh in East Lothian.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Joppa, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brunstane railway station and Bellfield.
Brunstane railway station
Railway station
Photo: Garry Cornes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brunstane is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 3 miles 72 chains south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the suburbs of Brunstane and Portobello in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bellfield
Community center
Photo: Action Porty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Musselburgh railway station
Railway station
Musselburgh railway station is a railway station serving the town of Musselburgh, East Lothian near Edinburgh in Scotland. It was opened by British Rail in 1988 and is located on the East Coast Main Line, 5+1⁄4 miles east of Edinburgh Waverley, and is served by the North Berwick Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eastfield and Brunstane.
Eastfield
Neighborhood
Eastfield is a primarily residential district on the north eastern outskirts of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies between Joppa and the Edinburgh City boundary with Musselburgh.
Brunstane
Suburb
Brunstane is a northeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies on the A1 and is served by Brunstane railway station on the Borders Railway. Brunstane partly consists of new housing, such as the Gilberstoun estate, and also contains the 1950s council housing schemes known as Magdalene and the Christians, which are south and north of Milton Road respectively.
East Edinburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The east of Edinburgh is a collection of neighbourhoods bounded by Holyrood Park, Leith, the coast, and the separate town of Musselburgh. It's a sprawl of residential and industrial districts, and the only two parts of interest to visitors are Portobello beach resort and the hamlet of Duddingston.
Joppa
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.94789° or 55° 56′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.09098° or 3° 5′ 28″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C7RWWX5+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 35786554OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Joppa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Joppa”
- Irish: “Iopa”
- Irish: “Joppa”
- Japanese: “ジョッパ”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Iopa”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Joppa”
- “Iopa”
- “Joppa”
- “Joppa, Edinburgh”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Joppa Shore and Portobello Cemetery, 200 Milton Road East, Edinburgh.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Joppa”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.