The Borrow Box
The Borrow Box is a public bookcase in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Borrow Box is situated nearby to the suburb Alnwickhill, as well as near Seven Acre Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Liberton Tower and Ellen’s Glen House.
Liberton Tower
Castle
Photo: Mrabbits, Public domain.
Liberton Tower is a four-storey, square-plan tower house in the Edinburgh suburb of Liberton, on the east side of the Braid Hills. Liberton Tower is situated 3,400 feet north of The Borrow Box.
Ellen’s Glen House
Hospital
Photo: Kay Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1 mile east of The Borrow Box.
Gracemount High School
School
Photo: Kay Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gracemount High School is a non-denominational six-year comprehensive secondary school serving south-east Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a current roll of over 600 pupils and around 80 staff. Gracemount High School is situated 1 mile east of The Borrow Box.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alnwickhill and Kaimes.
Alnwickhill
Suburb
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alnwickhill is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is on the southern edge of the city, approximately 4 miles from the city centre. It neighbours the areas of Liberton and Kaimes.
Kaimes
Neighborhood
Kaimes is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Centred on the Kaimes junction which nowadays links to Straiton Junction of the Edinburgh City Bypass, it is south of Alnwickhill, east of Mortonhall, north of Heritage Grange and Burdiehouse and west of Gracemount and Southhouse.
Liberton
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Liberton; Scots: Libby, is a suburb of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland. It is in the south of the city, south of The Inch, east of the Braid Hills and west of Moredun.
The Borrow Box
- Type: Public bookcase
- Category: education
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.90541° or 55° 54′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.17406° or 3° 10′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C7RWR4G+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 13609247470OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=public_bookcase
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