Piershill Barracks
Piershill Barracks is a barracks in Edinburgh, Scotland. Piershill Barracks is situated nearby to the neighborhood Jock’s Lodge, as well as near the suburb Restalrig.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Easter Road and Arthur’s Seat.
Easter Road
Stadium
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Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421, which makes it the fifth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Easter Road is situated 1 mile northwest of Piershill Barracks.
Arthur’s Seat
Peak
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".
Meadowbank Stadium
Sports venue
Photo: Savemeadowbank, Public domain.
Meadowbank Stadium is a multi-purpose sports facility located in the Meadowbank area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of the earlier New Meadowbank and Old Meadowbank sports venues, it was originally built to host the 1970 Commonwealth Games. Meadowbank Stadium is situated 2,200 feet west of Piershill Barracks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jock’s Lodge and Piershill.
Jock’s Lodge
Neighborhood
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jock's Lodge is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It centres on the junction of London Road and Willowbrae Road, Portobello Road and Restalrig Road South and is an alternative name for the Meadowbank / Piershill area. Restalrig village lies to its north.
Piershill
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piershill is a suburb of north east Edinburgh, Scotland, in the shadow of Arthur's Seat. It is mainly residential, with local amenities including a large supermarket and filling station, bank, public library, optician, pharmacy, several takeaway restaurants and specialist retailers along with public houses.
Restalrig
Suburb
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Restalrig is a small residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located east of the city centre, west of Craigentinny and to the east of Lochend, both of which it overlaps.
Piershill Barracks
- Type: Barracks
- Categories: residential building and building
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.95588° or 55° 57′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.14676° or 3° 8′ 48″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C7RXV43+97GeoNames ID
12420836
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