The Portobello Bookshop
The Portobello Bookshop is a bookstore in Edinburgh, Scotland which is located on Portobello High Street. The Portobello Bookshop is situated nearby to the community center Portobello Pakistani Educational and Cultural Centre, as well as near Portobello Mosque.- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Bookstore
- Also known as: “Mike’s Tackle Shop”
- Address: 46 Portobello High Street, Edinburgh, EH15 1DA
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portobello Library and Portobello Town Hall.
Portobello Library
Library
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Portobello Library is a public library in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. The current building in Rosefield Place cost £37,500 and was opened on 11 October 1963 by Lord Provost Duncan M. Portobello Library is situated 610 feet south of The Portobello Bookshop.
Portobello Town Hall
Town hall
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Portobello Town Hall is a municipal structure in Portobello High Street, Portobello, Scotland. The building, which is managed by Portobello Central SCIO, a community body, is a Category B listed building. Portobello Town Hall is situated 870 feet southeast of The Portobello Bookshop.
St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello
Church
St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located in the Portobello district of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello is situated 1,200 feet south of The Portobello Bookshop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portobello and Mountcastle.
Portobello
Suburb
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Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland. It lies 3 miles east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny.
Mountcastle
Suburb
Mountcastle is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the city centre and lies to the north-west of the neighbouring area of Portobello. Mountcastle is primarily a residential area, with many early-mid 20th century houses.
Craigentinny
Suburb
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Craigentinny is a suburb in the north-east of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of Restalrig and Lochend. Its name may be a corruption of the Gaelic Creag an t-Sionnaich, meaning "the fox's rock".
The Portobello Bookshop
- Category: shop
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.955° or 55° 57′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.11754° or 3° 7′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C7RXV3J+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 4167750078OpenStreetMap feature
shop=booksOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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