Waterloo Hotel
The Waterloo Hotel is a historical hotel located on Waterloo Place in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first large scale purpose built hotel in Edinburgh, trading from 1819 to 1898.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hotel
- Description: hotel in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Apex Waterloo Place Hotel”, “Edinburgh, 23-25 Waterloo Place, Waterloo Hotel”, and “Waterloo Hotel, 23-25 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh”
- Address: 23-27 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3BG
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Political Martyrs’ Monument and Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station.
Political Martyrs’ Monument
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Political Martyrs Monument, located in the Old Calton Burial Ground on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, commemorates five political reformists from the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edinburgh Waverley is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. The station serves as the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, 393 miles 13 chains from London King's Cross, although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh. Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Waterloo Hotel.
Regent Bridge
Bridge
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Regent Bridge is a road bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland, where the A1 road enters the New Town from the east and passes over a hollow near Calton Hill. The bridge was built in the 19th century, in the neoclassical style as the medieval city was modernised and expanded to the north and east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Town and Broughton.
Old Town
Photo: PerryPlanet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Town is the original settlement of Edinburgh. At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".
Broughton
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broughton is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Broughton was an ancient feudal barony that existed outside of Edinburgh before it was later incorporated into the city as urban development took place in the 18th and 19th centuries.
New Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Town of Edinburgh is 250 years old, in contrast to the Old Town settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.
Waterloo Hotel
- Categories: tourism, accommodation, and building
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.95392° or 55° 57′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.18695° or 3° 11′ 13″ westElevation
240 feet (73 metres)Brand
Apex HotelsOperator
Apex HotelsOpen location code
9C7RXR37+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 913817590OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotel
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Waterloo Hotel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “滑铁卢酒店”
- Spanish: “Hotel Waterloo”
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