Sciennes Road

Places of Interest Nearby

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 Sciennes Road.

Mortuary Chapel

Chapel

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The Mortuary Chapel of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh is a late nineteenth-century chapel, designed by the Scottish architect George Washington Browne, with mural decorations by the Arts and Crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair. Mortuary Chapel is situated 370 feet northeast of Sciennes Road.

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 3,300 feet north of Sciennes Road.

Places in the Area

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.

The Grange

Suburb

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The Grange is an affluent suburb of Edinburgh, just south of the city centre, with Morningside and Greenhill to the west, Newington to the east, The Meadows park and Marchmont to the north, and Blackford Hill to the south.

Marchmont

Suburb

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Marchmont is a mainly residential area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies roughly one mile south of the Old Town, separated from it by The Meadows and Bruntsfield Links.

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