The Christians
The Christians is a neighborhood in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Christians is situated nearby to the neighborhood Magdalene, as well as near the suburb Brunstane.Places of Interest
Highlights include Brunstane railway station and Portobello High School.
Brunstane railway station
Railway station
Photo: Garry Cornes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brunstane is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 3 miles 72 chains south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the suburbs of Brunstane and Portobello in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Portobello High School
School
Photo: Norrie Adamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portobello High School is a large secondary school in Portobello in the east of Edinburgh. With over 1400 pupils it is one of the largest state schools in Edinburgh and Scotland.
Bellfield
Community center
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Bellfield is a community centre located in what was previously Portobello Old Parish Church, a Georgian church of classical design located in Bellfield Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brunstane and East Edinburgh.
Brunstane
Suburb
Brunstane is a northeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies on the A1 and is served by Brunstane railway station on the Borders Railway. Brunstane partly consists of new housing, such as the Gilberstoun estate, and also contains the 1950s council housing schemes known as Magdalene and the Christians, which are south and north of Milton Road respectively.
East Edinburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The east of Edinburgh is a collection of neighbourhoods bounded by Holyrood Park, Leith, the coast, and the separate town of Musselburgh. It's a sprawl of residential and industrial districts, and the only two parts of interest to visitors are Portobello beach resort and the hamlet of Duddingston.
Portobello
Suburb
Photo: Gweduni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland. It lies 3 miles east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny.
The Christians
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.94551° or 55° 56′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.10625° or 3° 6′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C7RWVWV+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 5570742304OpenStreetMap feature
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