Mercat Cross

Mercat Cross is a monument in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mercat Cross is situated nearby to Drum Riding Centre for the Disabled, as well as near the deciduous forest Drum Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gilmerton Cove and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Gilmerton Cove

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Gilmerton Cove is a series of underground passageways and chambers hand-carved from sandstone located beneath the streets of Gilmerton, an ex-mining village, now a southeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. Gilmerton Cove is situated 2,800 feet west of Mercat Cross.

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Hospital

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The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. It was established in 1729. The new buildings of 1879 were claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later on, the Empire. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Mercat Cross.

Ellen’s Glen House

Hospital

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Ellen's Glen Community Hospital, originally Ellen's Glen House, is a community-based hospital which was built to provide services to elderly and mentally ill patients in Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland. Ellen’s Glen House is situated 1¼ miles west of Mercat Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferniehill and Gilmerton.

Ferniehill

Neighborhood

Ferniehill is a residential neighbourhood of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Primarily a low-density 1960s council estate with two small public parks, it is situated in the south-east of the city, lying immediately south of the slightly older Fernieside neighbourhood, east of Moredun, and to the north of Gilmerton's main street, where most local amenities are located.

Gilmerton

Suburb

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Gilmerton is a suburb of Edinburgh, about 4 miles southeast of the city centre. The toponym "Gilmerton" is derived from a combination of Scottish Gaelic: Gille-Moire– a personal name and later surname meaning "Servant of Mary", from which comes the first element, "Gilmer", – and Old English: ton meaning "settlement" or "farmstead".