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Prestonfield

Prestonfield is a primarily residential suburb in the south of , the capital of . It lies to the east of the A7 road, as it leaves the city centre, approximately 3 miles south of the centre.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Iomair an t-Sagairt”, “Prestonfield, Edinburgh”, and “Priestfield”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arthur’s Seat and Newington Cemetery.

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 , , which form most of , described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".

Cemetery
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is a in Edinburgh, Scotland. Technically it lies beyond itself, standing on an awkward elongated kite-shaped site between a railway line and Road, between Prestonfield and Peffermill.

Park
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is a public park in central , Scotland about 1 mile to the east of . It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of gorse, providing a wild piece of highland landscape within its 650-acre area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newington and Mayfield.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of southern , . Developed from the early 19th century, it is an affluent, predominantly residential area.

Neighborhood
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is an area of , , about one mile south from the city centre, with to the south-east and to the north. is also the name of several streets in the area.

Suburb
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is a district of , Scotland, located to the south of Inch Park in the south of the city. It is located 2 miles south south-east of central Edinburgh.

Prestonfield

Latitude
55.93412° or 55° 56′ 3″ north
Longitude
-3.16133° or 3° 9′ 41″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
9C7RWRMQ+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2992104732
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13266061
Wiki­data ID
Q14948854
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Prestonfield” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Prestonfield”
  • Irish: “Iomair an t-Sagairt”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Iomair an t-Sagairt”
  • “Iomair an t-Sagairt”
  • “Prestonfield”
  • “Prestonfield - Iomair an t-Sagairt”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prestonfield War Memorial and Cameron House Community Education Centre.

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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 “Prestonfield”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.