Portobello West

Portobello West is a monitoring station in Edinburgh, Scotland. Portobello West is situated nearby to the sports venue Tumbles at Portobello Gymnastics and Softplay Centre, as well as near Powerleague Portobello.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portobello Library and Portobello Town Hall.

Portobello Library

Library

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Portobello Library is a public library in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. The current building in Rosefield Place cost £37,500 and was opened on 11 October 1963 by Lord Provost Duncan M. Portobello Library is situated 1,700 feet south of Portobello West.

Portobello Town Hall

Town hall

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Portobello Town Hall is a municipal structure in Portobello High Street, Portobello, Scotland. The building, which is managed by Portobello Central SCIO, a community body, is a Category B listed building. Portobello Town Hall is situated 1,900 feet south of Portobello West.

St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello

Church

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St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located in the Portobello district of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello is situated 2,300 feet south of Portobello West.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portobello and Craigentinny.

Portobello

Suburb

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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.

Craigentinny

Suburb

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Craigentinny is a suburb in the north-east of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of Restalrig and Lochend. Its name may be a corruption of the Gaelic Creag an t-Sionnaich, meaning "the fox's rock".

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.

Portobello West

Type: Monitoring station
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.95799° or 55° 57′ 29″ north

Longitude

-3.11801° or 3° 7′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C7RXV5J+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5687979933

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=monitoring_station

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Portobello (West) and Tumbles at Portobello Gymnastics and Softplay Centre.

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