Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell is a memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland. Alexander Graham Bell is situated nearby to the health club Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel Spa, as well as near the theater building Rose Theatre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Bute House.
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. Edinburgh Castle is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Alexander Graham Bell.
Bute House
Government office
Photo: Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0.
Bute House is the official residence and workplace of the first minister of Scotland. Located at 6 Charlotte Square in the New Town of Edinburgh, it is the central house on the north side of the square and was designed by Robert Adam. Bute House is situated 600 feet northwest of Alexander Graham Bell.
Charlotte Square
Garden
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlotte Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The square is located at the west end of George Street and was intended to mirror St. Andrew Square in the east. Charlotte Square is situated 340 feet northwest of Alexander Graham Bell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moray Estate and West End.
Moray Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Brian McNeil, CC BY 3.0.
The Moray Estate, also known as the Moray Feu, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the New Town, Edinburgh. Built on an awkward and steeply sloping site, it has been described as a masterpiece of urban planning.
West End
Suburb
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The West End is an affluent district of Edinburgh, Scotland, which along with the rest of the New Town and Old Town forms central Edinburgh, and Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage Site.
New Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Town of Edinburgh is 250 years old, in contrast to the Old Town settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.
Alexander Graham Bell
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Alexander Graham Bell Inventor of the Telephone Born here 3rd March 1847”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.95111° or 55° 57′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.20647° or 3° 12′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C7RXQ2V+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6653335118OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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