Mountcastle Grove
Mountcastle Grove is a bus stop in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mountcastle Grove is situated nearby to the suburb Northfield, as well as near Piershill Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arthur’s Seat and Craigentinny Train Maintenance Centre.
Arthur’s Seat
Peak
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".
Craigentinny Train Maintenance Centre
Craigentinny Train Maintenance Centre is a railway depot in the Craigentinny area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The depot is operated by Hitachi Rail with a depot code of EC. Craigentinny Train Maintenance Centre is situated 1,200 feet east of Mountcastle Grove.Holyrood Park
Park
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holyrood Park is a public park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about 1 mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of gorse, providing a wild piece of highland landscape within its 650-acre area. Holyrood Park is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Mountcastle Grove.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northfield and Mountcastle.
Northfield
Suburb
Northfield is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies east of the city centre and west of Portobello. The area was laid out at low densities as local authority housing but the city employed private architects for its design - Reginald Fairlie and Reid and Forbes.
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.
Piershill
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piershill is a suburb of north east Edinburgh, Scotland, in the shadow of Arthur's Seat. It is mainly residential, with local amenities including a large supermarket and filling station, bank, public library, optician, pharmacy, several takeaway restaurants and specialist retailers along with public houses.
Mountcastle Grove
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.95203° or 55° 57′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.13443° or 3° 8′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C7RXV28+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 502533177OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Northfield Willowbrae Community Education Centre and Piershill Cemetery.
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