East Gate

East Gate is a tourism office in , . East Gate is situated nearby to , as well as near the ruins .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Edinburgh Castle.

Garden
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The is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction.

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is a historic castle in , Scotland. It stands on , 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. is situated 1 mile south of East Gate.

Art gallery
National Galleries Scotland: Portrait is an art museum on Queen Street, . Portrait holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. is situated 4,000 feet southeast of East Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canonmills and Warriston.

Suburb
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is a district of , the capital of . It lies to the south east of the at , east of and west of , in a low hollow north of Edinburgh's New Town.

Neighborhood
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is a suburb of , the capital of . It lies east of the in . The name derives from House, a local mansion house demolished in 1966.

Neighborhood
, once an ancient village, has been part of since 1809. The village is most likely to have taken its name from mills erected to smelt and refine silver ore which had been found at Hilderstone in in 1607 or, alternatively, from some of the alchemical projects of James IV or James V.

East Gate

Latitude
55.96478° or 55° 57′ 53″ north
Longitude
-3.20399° or 3° 12′ 14″ west
Open location code
9C7RXQ7W+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1128621928
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­information
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