John Gibson
John Gibson is a memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland. John Gibson is situated nearby to the health club Tidal Yoga, as well as near Edinburgh Bike Fitting.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Easter Road and Trinity House of Leith.
Easter Road
Stadium
Trinity House of Leith
Museum
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity House, 99 Kirkgate, is a building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, which was a guild hall, customs house, and centre for maritime administration and poor relief. Trinity House of Leith is situated 1,300 feet north of John Gibson.
Leith Community Treatment Centre
Hospital
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Leith Community Treatment Centre is a community hospital in Junction Place, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. Leith Community Treatment Centre is situated 1,100 feet northwest of John Gibson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith and Pilrig.
Leith
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leith is the historic port of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland, north of city centre on the shore of the Firth of Forth. It's now only a minor port and has lost much of its industry, to be replaced by retail, bistros and cobbled wharves.
Pilrig
Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pilrig is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The name probably derives from the long field on which a peel tower stood. There is evidence of a peel tower situated on an area of higher ground above the Water of Leith.
Bonnington
Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bonnington is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The area centres upon an original village which grew up around a ford on the Water of Leith, on the old boundary between Edinburgh and the port of Leith.
John Gibson
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “John Gibson 1857-1935 A shipwreck survivor and ex-gold miner, this poineering engineer build Scotland’s first aircraft behind 109 Leith Walk”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.96877° or 55° 58′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.17315° or 3° 10′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C7RXR9G+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3045958076OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
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