Abbeyhill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Scottish Parliament Building and Easter Road.
Scottish Parliament Building
Government building
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The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament held their first debate in the new building on 7 September 2004.
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.
Calton Hill
Park
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Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holyrood and Meadowbank.
Holyrood
Neighborhood
Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holyrood is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude. Holyrood includes the following sites:…
Meadowbank
Suburb
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.
Dumbiedykes
Suburb
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Dumbiedykes is a residential area in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It mainly comprises public housing developments. It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by Holyrood Park.
Abbeyhill
- Type: Suburb
- Description: area of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95548° or 55° 57′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.17059° or 3° 10′ 14″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C7RXR4H+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 3966284099OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Latin—“Abbeyhill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Abbeyhill”
- Dutch: “Abbeyhill”
- French: “Abbeyhill”
- Italian: “Abbeyhill”
- Latin: “Abbeyhill”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Abbeyhill Colonies and Hillside.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Destiny Student - Brae House and Abbeyhill Arches.
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