Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University is an university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Heriot-Watt University is situated nearby to the sports venue Oriam, as well as near the hamlet Hermiston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oriam and Curriehill railway station.
Oriam
Sports venue
Oriam is Scotland's national performance centre for sport, based at Heriot-Watt University's Riccarton campus in Edinburgh. The Scottish Rugby Union and the Scottish Football Association use it as a training facility, and Heart of Midlothian F.C. rent the centre for first-team training and to run their academy. Oriam is situated 1,800 feet east of Heriot-Watt University.
Curriehill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Curriehill railway station is located in Currie, a southwestern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, not far from the main campus of Heriot-Watt University. Curriehill railway station is situated 3,700 feet south of Heriot-Watt University.
Scott Russell Aqueduct
Bridge
Photo: Renata, Public domain.
The Scott Russell Aqueduct is an aqueduct carrying the Union Canal over the Edinburgh City Bypass, west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Scott Russell Aqueduct is situated 1 mile northeast of Heriot-Watt University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hermiston and Currie.
Hermiston
Hamlet
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hermiston is a hamlet formerly in the county of Midlothian and now part of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north of Heriot-Watt University's Riccarton Campus and west of the Hermiston Gait commercial development.
Currie
Suburb
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Currie is a village and suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated 7 miles south west of the city centre. Formerly within the County of Midlothian, it now falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh Council.
The Calders
Neighborhood
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Calders is a residential neighbourhood in Edinburgh, Scotland – not to be confused with the Calders of West Lothian aka West Calder, Mid Calder and East Calder, three separate villages.
Heriot-Watt University
- Type: University
- Also known as: “Heriot-Watt University - Edinburgh Campus” and “Riccarton Campus”
- Category: education
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.91012° or 55° 54′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.32464° or 3° 19′ 29″ westElevation
305 feet (93 metres)Operator
Heriot-Watt UniversityOpen location code
9C7RWM6G+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 4388535OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=universityGeoNames ID
10858715
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