Lochend Colonies

Lochend Colonies is a neighborhood in , . Lochend Colonies is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Easter Road and Leith Academy.

Stadium
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is a football stadium located in the area of , Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421, which makes it the fifth-largest football stadium in Scotland.

School
is a in , . It currently educates around 1000 pupils and around 2,800 part-time adult learners. Mike Irving has been head teacher since August 2017.

Museum
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Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarchy. She was in their service from 1954 to 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660, and is the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith and Restalrig.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the historic port of 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.

Suburb
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is a small residential suburb of , . It is located east of the city centre, west of and to the east of Lochend, both of which it overlaps.

Quarter
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is an area of , the capital of . 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 .

Lochend Colonies

Latitude
55.96667° or 55° 58′ north
Longitude
-3.16234° or 3° 9′ 44″ west
Open location code
9C7RXR8Q+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12512850407
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Leith Academy Sports Grounds and Sandaig Guest House.

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