Meadowbank
Meadowbank is a suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland. It is best known for Meadowbank Stadium, a multi-purpose sports facility that opened as an international sports stadium in 1970.- Type: Suburb
- Description: area of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Meadowbank, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meadowbank Stadium and Easter Road.
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.
Easter Road
Stadium
Photo: Pachiscool11, CC0.
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.
Holyrood Abbey
Photo: LASZLO ILYES, CC BY 2.0.
Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jock’s Lodge and Abbeyhill.
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.
Abbeyhill
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abbeyhill is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Abbeyhill is one of the oldest parts of the city, taking its name from Holyrood Abbey, a major historic religious site.
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.
Meadowbank
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.95622° or 55° 57′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.15975° or 3° 9′ 35″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C7RXR4R+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3929040513OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scots—“Meadowbank” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Meadowbank”
- Scots: “Meidaebank, Edinburgh”
- Scots: “Meidaebank”
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