St Andrew Square (for Waverley)
St Andrew Square (for Waverley) is a tram stop in Edinburgh, Scotland. St Andrew Square (for Waverley) is situated nearby to Melville Monument, as well as near Edinburgh bus station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scottish National Portrait Gallery and St Andrew Square.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Art gallery
National Galleries Scotland: Portrait is an art museum on Queen Street, Edinburgh. Portrait holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. Scottish National Portrait Gallery is situated 440 feet northwest of St Andrew Square (for Waverley).
St Andrew Square
Garden
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland located at the east end of George Street. The construct of St Andrew Square began in 1772, as the first part of the New Town, designed by James Craig.
Scott Monument
Photo: Schatir, Public domain.
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana. Scott Monument is situated 810 feet south of St Andrew Square (for Waverley).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Town and Old Town.
New Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Town of Edinburgh is 250 years old, in contrast to the Old Town settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.
Old Town
Photo: PerryPlanet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Town is the original settlement of Edinburgh. At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".
Broughton
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broughton is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Broughton was an ancient feudal barony that existed outside of Edinburgh before it was later incorporated into the city as urban development took place in the 18th and 19th centuries.
St Andrew Square (for Waverley)
- Type: Tram stop
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95452° or 55° 57′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.19228° or 3° 11′ 32″ westOperator
Edinburgh Trams Ltd.Network
Edinburgh TramsOpen location code
9C7RXR35+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 12133069329OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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