Marchmont
Marchmont is a mainly residential area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies roughly one mile south of the Old Town, separated from it by The Meadows and Bruntsfield Links.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Marc-Mhonadh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Gillis Centre.
Edinburgh Castle
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.
Gillis Centre
Convention center
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Gillis Centre, formerly Gillis College and founded as St Margaret's Convent and School, is a complex of buildings situated close to the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland.
James Gillespie’s High School
School
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James Gillespie's High School is a state-funded secondary school in Marchmont, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a comprehensive high school, educating pupils between the ages of 11 and 18, situated at the centre of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace are within the catchment area of James Gillespie's High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenhill and Bruntsfield.
Greenhill
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenhill is a small area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Situated south of the city centre, Greenhill is normally taken to be part of Bruntsfield, which skirts it to the north.
Bruntsfield
Suburb
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Bruntsfield is a largely residential area around Bruntsfield Place in Southern Edinburgh, Scotland. In feudal times, it fell within the barony of Colinton.
The Grange
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grange is an affluent suburb of Edinburgh, just south of the city centre, with Morningside and Greenhill to the west, Newington to the east, The Meadows park and Marchmont to the north, and Blackford Hill to the south.
Marchmont
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.93598° or 55° 56′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.19912° or 3° 11′ 57″ westElevation
305 feet (93 metres)Open location code
9C7RWRP2+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 287848425OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Marchmont” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Marchmont”
- Chinese: “馬克蒙特”
- Dutch: “Marchmont”
- Irish: “Marc-Mhonadh”
- Japanese: “マーチモント”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Marc-Mhonadh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Marchmont”
- “Marc-Mhonadh”
- “Marchmont”
- “Marchmont - Marc-Mhonadh”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Marchmont”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.