Merchiston
Merchiston is a residential area around Merchiston Avenue in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: area in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Merchiston, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Merchiston Tower.
Edinburgh Castle
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.
Merchiston Tower
Castle
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merchiston Tower, also known as Merchiston Castle, was probably built by Alexander Napier, the 2nd Laird of Merchiston around 1454. It serves as the seat for Clan Napier.
Tynecastle Park
Stadium
Photo: Zhi Yong Lee, CC BY 2.0.
Tynecastle Park, also known as Tynecastle Stadium, is a football stadium in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, which is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Heart of Midlothian.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polwarth and Church Hill.
Polwarth
Neighborhood
Photo: Brideshead, Public domain.
Polwarth is a mainly residential area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is bounded by Bruntsfield and Merchiston to the east and south, Gorgie and Dalry to the north, Fountainbridge to the north and east, and Craiglockhart to the west.
Church Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church Hill is a street and small surrounding area in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Ardmillan
Neighborhood
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardmillan is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. The area developed during the mid to late Victorian era as Edinburgh expanded and many of the present tenement flats and houses date from this era.
Merchiston
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.93429° or 55° 56′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.21838° or 3° 13′ 6″ westElevation
282 feet (86 metres)Open location code
9C7RWQMJ+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 35784908OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Merchiston” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Merchiston”
- Chinese: “莫希斯通”
- Dutch: “Merchiston”
- French: “Merchiston”
- German: “Merchiston”
- Portuguese: “Merchiston”
- Spanish: “Merchiston”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Merchiston Tennis Court and Merchiston Tennis and Bowling Club Pavilion.
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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 “Merchiston”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.