Blackford Hill

Blackford Hill 164 metres is a hill in , the capital city of . It is in the area of , between , and the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Observatory and Astley Ainslie Hospital.

Photo: Karora, Public domain.
The , Edinburgh is an astronomical institution located on Blackford Hill in . The site is owned by the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

Hospital
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a community hospital in area of , Scotland. It is operated by NHS Lothian.

Church
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The is a church building in , Scotland, located in the area on the south side of the city. It was a congregation of the Church of Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackford and The Grange.

Suburb
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is an area in the south of , the capital city of . It is located near , and . Hill dominates the view to the south.

Suburb
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is an affluent suburb of , just south of the city centre, with and to the west, to the east, The Meadows park and to the north, and Blackford Hill to the south.

Suburb
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is a district and former village in the south of , Scotland. It lies alongside the main arterial Road, part of an ancient route from Edinburgh to the south west of Scotland.

Blackford Hill

Latitude
55.92306° or 55° 55′ 23″ north
Longitude
-3.19468° or 3° 11′ 41″ west
Elevation
538 feet (164 metres)
Open location code
9C7RWRF4+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 73312622
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­survey_point
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2655494
Wiki­data ID
Q3915784
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Satellite Map

Discover Blackford Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Blackford Hill” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Blackford Hill”
  • Cebuano: “Blackford Hill”
  • Chinese: “布萊克福德山”
  • Dutch: “Blackford Hill”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بلاكفورد هيل”
  • French: “Blackford Hill”
  • Hebrew: “בלקפורד היל”
  • Indonesian: “Bukit Blackford”
  • Italian: “Blackford Hill”
  • Japanese: “ブラックフォード・ヒル”
  • Japanese: “ブラックフォードの丘”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blackford Hill”
  • Piemontese: “Blackford Hill”
  • Swedish: “Blackford Hill”
  • Venetian: “Blackford Hill”

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