Quartermile
Quartermile is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site, in Lauriston, Edinburgh. It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and National Museum of Scotland.
Edinburgh Castle
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
National Museum of Scotland
Museum
Photo: Maccoinnich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Library of Scotland
Library
Photo: Marcok, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Library of Scotland is one of Scotland's National Collections. It is one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom. As well as a public programme of exhibitions, events, workshops, and tours, the National Library of Scotland has reading rooms where visitors can access the collections.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lauriston and Guse Dub.
Lauriston
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lauriston is an area of central Edinburgh, Scotland, and home to a number of significant historic buildings. It lies south of Edinburgh Castle and the Grassmarket, and north of The Meadows public park.
Tollcross
Suburb
Tollcross is a major road junction to the south west of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland which takes its name from a local historical land area. It lies between the more affluent area of Bruntsfield and the Grassmarket.
Quartermile
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: mixed-use redevelopment of campus of the old Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Categories: mixed-use development and locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.94382° or 55° 56′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.19414° or 3° 11′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C7RWRV4+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 5654065872OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q7269325
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Egyptian Arabic—“Quartermile” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “科特邁爾”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الربع ميل”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Quartermile”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.