Playfair House
Playfair House is an office building in Edinburgh, Scotland. Playfair House is situated nearby to the health club Gathering Essence, as well as near the art gallery Embassy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Cathedral and Calton Hill.
St Mary’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, also known as St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Edinburgh, Scotland. St Mary’s Cathedral is situated 570 feet south of Playfair House.
Calton Hill
Park
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Calton Hill is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Playfair House.
Edinburgh Playhouse
Theater building
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edinburgh Playhouse is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. With 3,059 seats it is the largest theatre in Scotland and second largest in the United Kingdom, after the Hammersmith Apollo. The theatre is owned by Ambassador Theatre Group. Edinburgh Playhouse is situated 540 feet southeast of Playfair House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broughton and Bellevue.
Broughton
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broughton is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Broughton was an ancient feudal barony that existed outside of Edinburgh before it was later incorporated into the city as urban development took place in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Bellevue
Neighborhood
Bellevue is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies to the south east of Canonmills, west of Leith Walk and south of Leith, incorporating the easternmost extent of Edinburgh's New Town UNESCO 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.
Playfair House
- Type: Office building
- Categories: building and office
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95753° or 55° 57′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.18716° or 3° 11′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C7RXR57+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 117950863OpenStreetMap feature
building=office
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