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Shandon

Shandon is an area of within North Merchiston approximately three miles west of the centre of Edinburgh. It is bounded by Slateford Road to the north, Harrison Road to the east, the Union Canal to the south and the Glasgow-Edinburgh Shotts Line and Suburban rail lines to the west.
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Wikipedia
Photo: JimCGlass, Public domain.
Photo: JimCGlass, Public domain.
  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Shandon, Edinburgh”
Photo: JimCGlass, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tynecastle Park and Murrayfield.

Stadium
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, also known as Tynecastle Stadium or colloquially as Tynie, is a football in the area of , which is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Heart of Midlothian.

Stadium
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Stadium is a rugby union located in the in , Scotland. The stadium is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union which has its headquarters based at the stadium, and is the national stadium of the Scotland national rugby union team.

School
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a in the Shandon area of . The school buildings are in the Victorian style of architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ardmillan and Polwarth.

Neighborhood
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is a mainly residential suburb of , . The area developed during the mid to late Victorian era as Edinburgh expanded and many of the present tenement flats and houses date from this era.

Neighborhood
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is a mainly residential area of , . It is bounded by and to the east and south, and to the north, to the north and east, and to the west.

Suburb
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is a residential area around Avenue in the south-west of , .

Shandon

Latitude
55.93353° or 55° 56′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.23001° or 3° 13′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C7RWQM9+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3966284101
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q7487913
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In Other Languages

“Shandon” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Shandon”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Grove Phoenix and Harrison Park West.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shandon”. Photo: JimCGlass, Public domain.