Roslin
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- Type: Village with 1,630 residents
- Description: village in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Roslin, Midlothian” and “Rosslyn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin Castle.
Rosslyn Chapel
Church
Photo: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rosslyn Chapel, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland.
Roslin Castle
Castle
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roslin Castle is a partially ruined castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located around 9 mi south of Edinburgh, on the north bank of the North Esk, only a few hundred metres from the famous Rosslyn Chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bilston and Rosewell.
Bilston
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bilston is a small village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located on the edge of Edinburgh, just south of Loanhead on the A701. The Bilston Burn Site of Special Scientific Interest was occupied from 2002 until the mid-2010s by protestors who successfully opposed plans for a bypass.
Rosewell
Village
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Rosewell is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland, east of Roslin and south-west of Bonnyrigg. The village is in the civil parish of Lasswade and was previously a separate ecclesiastical parish, but has its own Community Council, namely Rosewell and District.
Auchendinny
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchendinny is a small village in Glencorse near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The village had a paper mill at Dalmore, until its closure in 2005. This was Midlothian's last remaining papermill and after demolition is now the site of new home development.
Roslin
- Category: locality
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.85732° or 55° 51′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.16455° or 3° 9′ 52″ westPopulation
1,630Elevation
518 feet (158 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ROIOpen location code
9C7RVR4P+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 29094979OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Roslin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Roslin”
- Catalan: “Roslin”
- Chinese: “罗斯林”
- Chinese: “羅斯林”
- Czech: “Roslin”
- Czech: “Rosslyn”
- Dutch: “Roslin”
- French: “Roslin”
- German: “Roslin”
- Icelandic: “Roslin”
- Irish: “Roslainn”
- Italian: “Roslin”
- Italian: “Roslyn”
- Italian: “Rosslyn”
- Japanese: “ロスリン (スコットランド)”
- Persian: “روسلین، میدلودین”
- Persian: “روسلین”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Roslin”
- Slovenian: “Roslin”
- Slovenian: “Roslyn”
- Slovenian: “Rosslyn”
- South Azerbaijani: “روسلین، میدلودین”
- Spanish: “Roslin”
- Swedish: “Roslin, Skottland”
- Welsh: “Roslin”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dryden Farm and Bilston Glen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rosslyn Chapel Visitor Centre and Rosslyn Bowling Club.
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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 Wikivoyage page “Roslin”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.