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Morningside

Morningside is a district and former village in the south of , Scotland. It lies alongside the main arterial Morningside Road, part of an ancient route from Edinburgh to the south west of Scotland.
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  • Type: Suburb with 31,400 residents
  • Description: area in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Morningside, Edinburgh”
Photo: Kierant, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dominion Cinema and Church Hill Theatre.

Movie theater
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The is an independent cinema located in the Morningside area of , Scotland. Designed in the Art Deco style by the architect Thomas Bowhill Gibson, it was opened in 1938. The Dominion is now a Category B listed building.

Theater building
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is a Category B listed pink sandstone former church and current theatre venue owned by the Edinburgh City Council. Built originally as Morningside Free Church, the council purchased it in 1960.

Church
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St Peter's Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in the Morningside district of , Scotland, within the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Church Hill and Greenhill.

Neighborhood
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is a street and small surrounding area in , .

Neighborhood
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is a small area of , the capital of . Situated south of the city centre, is normally taken to be part of , which skirts it to the north.

Suburb
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is a residential area around Avenue in the south-west of , .

Morningside

Latitude
55.92964° or 55° 55′ 47″ north
Longitude
-3.21008° or 3° 12′ 36″ west
Population
31,400
Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)
Open location code
9C7RWQHQ+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 35785288
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6697585
Wiki­data ID
Q3324268
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Slovenian—“Morningside” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Morningside”
  • Catalan: “Morningside”
  • Dutch: “Morningside”
  • French: “Morningside”
  • Slovenian: “Morningside”

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