St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church
St Mary Star of the Sea Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated on Constitution Street in the Leith district and staffed by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.Photo: Cruon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Edinburgh, Leith, 106 Constitution Street, St Mary Star Of The Sea RC Church”, “St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church”, and “St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church, Leith”
- Address: 106 Constitution Street, Edinburgh, EH6 6AW
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trinity House of Leith and South Leith Parish Church.
Trinity House of Leith
Museum
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity House, 99 Kirkgate, is a building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, which was a guild hall, custom house, and centre for maritime administration and poor relief. Trinity House of Leith is situated 600 feet southwest of St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church.
South Leith Parish Church
Church
Photo: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North and South Leith Parish Church, originally the Kirk of Our Lady, St Mary, is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. Prior to the union with the former North Leith Parish Church in 2024, the building was known as South Leith Parish Church. South Leith Parish Church is situated 510 feet southwest of St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church.
Lamb’s House
Historic building
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lamb's House is a historic A-listed building in Leith, a northern district of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, which has served as both a place of residence and warehouse. Lamb’s House is situated 760 feet north of St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith and Pilrig.
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.
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.
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.
St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.97315° or 55° 58′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.16897° or 3° 10′ 8″ westInception
1852Open location code
9C7RXRFJ+7COpenStreetMap ID
way 178326591OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q17810423
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Swedish—“St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه نجمه البحر القديسه مريم”
- Swedish: “Saint Mary’s Star of the Sea”
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