Victoria Quay

Victoria Quay is a bus stop in Scotland, United Kingdom. Victoria Quay is situated nearby to the arts center Citadel Youth Centre, as well as near the river Water of Leith.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMY Britannia and The Shore, Leith.

HMY Britannia

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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. HMY Britannia is situated 1,900 feet north of Victoria Quay.

The Shore, Leith

Square

Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Shore is a historic and picturesque street in the centre of Old Leith, the harbour area of Edinburgh. It edges the final section of the Water of Leith before it flows through Leith Docks into the Firth of Forth. The Shore, Leith is situated 1,100 feet east of Victoria Quay.

Leith School of Art

College

Leith School of Art is an independent art college in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing tertiary education in art and design. LSA is located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, in the converted former Norwegian Seamen's Church, originally built by Scottish architect James Simpson and Danish architect Johan Schroder in 1868. Leith School of Art is situated 1,200 feet west of Victoria Quay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith and Bonnington.

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.

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.