Myreside Cricket Ground
Myreside Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1901 when George Watson's College played Blair Lodge School.- Type: Sports location
- Description: sports venue in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “George Watson’s Playing Fields, Myreside”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Myreside Stadium and Tynecastle Park.
Myreside Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Myreside Stadium is a sports ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. Often simply known as Myreside, Watsonians RFC have used this venue on the east side of Myreside Road as their home ground for rugby union matches since 1933. Myreside Stadium is situated 670 feet east of Myreside Cricket Ground.
Tynecastle Park
Stadium
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Hospital
Photo: LittleDwangs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Morningside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. Royal Edinburgh Hospital is situated 1,600 feet east of Myreside Cricket Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shandon and Comiston.
Shandon
Neighborhood
Photo: JimCGlass, Public domain.
Shandon is an area of Edinburgh within North Merchiston approximately three miles west of the centre of Edinburgh. It is bounded by Slateford Road to the north, Harrison Road to the east, the Union Canal to the south and the Glasgow-Edinburgh Shotts Line and Suburban rail lines to the west.
Comiston
Suburb
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Comiston is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Morningside and west of the Braid Hills, linking the suburbs of Oxgangs and Fairmilehead.
Merchiston
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merchiston is a residential area around Merchiston Avenue in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Myreside Cricket Ground
- Categories: sports venue and recreation area
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.92802° or 55° 55′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.22608° or 3° 13′ 34″ westOperator
George Watson’s CollegeOpen location code
9C7RWQHF+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 23608311OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_groundOpenStreetMap feature
sport=rugbyOpenStreetMap feature
sport=cricketWikidata ID
Q6948166
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Spanish to Urdu—“Myreside Cricket Ground” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Campo de criquet de Myreside”
- Spanish: “Campo de críquet de Myreside”
- Urdu: “مائر سائیڈ کرکٹ گراؤنڈ”
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Highlights include Craiglockhart Pavillion and Murray Family Pavillion.
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