Sakura House

Sakura House is a guest house in Edinburgh, Scotland which is located on West Preston Street. Sakura House is situated nearby to the hackspace Edinburgh Hacklab, as well as near Artiscience Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Queen’s Hall and Edinburgh Castle.

Queen’s Hall

Theater building

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The Queen's Hall is a performance venue in the Southside, Edinburgh, Scotland. The building opened in 1824 as Hope Park Chapel and reopened as the Queen's Hall in 1979. Queen’s Hall is situated 800 feet northwest of Sakura House.

Edinburgh Castle

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Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. Edinburgh Castle is situated 1 mile northwest of Sakura House.

National Museum of Scotland

Museum

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The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. National Museum of Scotland is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Sakura House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sciennes and Southside, Edinburgh.

Sciennes

Suburb

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Sciennes is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated approximately two kilometres south of the city centre. It is a mainly residential district, although it is also well known as the site of the former Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

Southside, Edinburgh

Suburb

The Southside is an area of Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, located between its historic Old Town, Holyrood Park and the neighbourhood of Newington.