Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo, formerly the Scottish National Zoological Park, is an 82-acre non-profit zoological park in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Scottish National Zoological Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Murrayfield and Corstorphine Hospital.
Murrayfield
Stadium
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Murrayfield Stadium is a rugby union stadium located in the area of the same name in Edinburgh, Scotland. The stadium is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union which has its headquarters based at the stadium, and is the national stadium of the Scotland national rugby union team. Murrayfield is situated 1 mile east of Edinburgh Zoo.
Corstorphine Hospital
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corstorphine Hospital was a community hospital on Corstorphine Road, Corstorphine in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Lothian. Corstorphine Hospital is situated 660 feet west of Edinburgh Zoo.
Corstorphine Hill
Peak
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Corstorphine Hill is a low ridge-shaped hill rising above the western suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland. Although there has been residential and commercial development on its lower slopes, especially in the south and west, most of the hill is occupied by a local nature reserve, consisting of extensive broadleaf woodland, accessible to the public.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Edinburgh and Carrick Knowe.
West Edinburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The west of Edinburgh is the area you traverse coming from the airport or Glasgow towards city centre. It's a modern low-rise tract of suburbs, retail and light industry that could be on the edge of any British city, but it has accommodation, the zoo, and Murrayfield rugby stadium.
Carrick Knowe
Neighborhood
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrick Knowe is a suburb in the west of Edinburgh in Scotland, located approximately 3 miles from the city centre. It is bordered by Tyler's Acre to the north, the Glasgow/Aberdeen railway line to the south, Carrick Knowe Golf Course to the east, and Saughton Road North to the west.
Balgreen
Suburb
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balgreen is a suburb of Edinburgh, located approximately two miles west of the city centre, most commonly known for its primary school, Balgreen Primary.
Edinburgh Zoo
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yoruba—“Edinburgh Zoo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “zoo d’Edimburgu”
- Asturian: “zoolóxicu d’Edimburgu”
- Belarusian: “Эдынбурскі заапарк”
- Catalan: “zoo d’Edimburg”
- Chinese: “愛丁堡動物園”
- Danish: “Edinburgh Zoo”
- Dutch: “Edinburgh Zoo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات ادنبره”
- Esperanto: “Edinburgh Zoo”
- Esperanto: “Scottish National Zoological Park”
- Esperanto: “Skota Nacia Zoologia Parko”
- Esperanto: “Zoo de Edinburgo”
- French: “Edinburgh Zoo”
- French: “zoo d’Édimbourg”
- French: “Zoo d’Édimbourg”
- French: “Zoo d’Edinburgh”
- French: “Zoo dÉdimbourg”
- German: “Edinburgh Zoo”
- Greek: “Ζωολογικός Κήπος του Εδιμβούργου”
- Hebrew: “גן החיות של אדינבורו”
- Hungarian: “edinburghi állatkert”
- Italian: “zoo di Edimburgo”
- Italian: “Zoo di Edimburgo”
- Japanese: “エジンバラ動物園”
- Japanese: “エディンバラ動物園”
- Korean: “스코틀랜드 국립동물원”
- Korean: “에든버러 동물원”
- Malayalam: “എഡിൻബർഗ് മൃഗശാല”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dyrehagen i Edinburgh”
- Panjabi: “ਐਡਿਨਬਰਾ ਚਿੜੀਆਘਰ”
- Piemontese: “Giardin zoològich d’Edimborgh”
- Piemontese: “Giardin zoològich dEdimborgh”
- Portuguese: “Jardim Zoológico de Edimburgo”
- Russian: “Эдинбургский зоопарк”
- Scots: “Edinburgh Zoo”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Edimburgo”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Edimburgo”
- Vietnamese: “Sở thú Edinburgh”
- Yoruba: “Edinburgh Zoo”
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Localities in the Area
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