Sailor’s Home

Sailor’s Home is a hotel building in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sailor’s Home is situated nearby to the square The Shore, Leith, as well as near the food court Brown’s of Leith.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Shore, Leith and HMY Britannia.

The Shore, Leith

Square

Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Shore is a historic and picturesque street in the centre of Old Leith, the harbour area of Edinburgh. It edges the final section of the Water of Leith before it flows through Leith Docks into the Firth of Forth.

HMY Britannia

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarchy. She was in their service from 1954 to 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660, and is the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893. HMY Britannia is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Sailor’s Home.

Victoria Swing Bridge

Bridge

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Victoria Swing Bridge is a swing bridge in Leith docks, Edinburgh, Scotland, which carried a dock road across the Water of Leith at a point where it is canalised as the Inner Harbour. Victoria Swing Bridge is situated 500 feet northwest of Sailor’s Home.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith and Bonnington.

Leith

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Leith is the historic port of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland, north of city centre on the shore of the Firth of Forth. It's now only a minor port and has lost much of its industry, to be replaced by retail, bistros and cobbled wharves.

Bonnington

Quarter

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bonnington is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The area centres upon an original village which grew up around a ford on the Water of Leith, on the old boundary between Edinburgh and the port of Leith.

Pilrig

Quarter

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pilrig is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The name probably derives from the long field on which a peel tower stood. There is evidence of a peel tower situated on an area of higher ground above the Water of Leith.

Sailor’s Home

Type: Hotel building
Categories: building, accommodation, and tourism
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.97775° or 55° 58′ 40″ north

Longitude

-3.16835° or 3° 10′ 6″ west

Inception

1883

Open location code

9C7RXRHJ+4M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 169503765

OpenStreetMap feature

building=hotel

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