West Port Garden

West Port Garden is a garden in Edinburgh, Scotland. West Port Garden is situated nearby to the community center Edinburgh City Youth Cafe, as well as near Portsburgh Square.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Castle Rock.

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 920 feet northwest of West Port Garden.

Castle Rock

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Castle Rock is a volcanic plug in the middle of Edinburgh upon which Edinburgh Castle sits. The rock is estimated to have formed some 350 million years ago during the early Carboniferous period.

National Museum of Scotland

Museum

Photo: Maccoinnich, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. National Museum of Scotland is situated 1,700 feet east of West Port Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lauriston and Quartermile.

Lauriston

Neighborhood

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lauriston is an area of central Edinburgh, Scotland, and home to a number of significant historic buildings. It lies south of Edinburgh Castle and the Grassmarket, and north of The Meadows public park.

Quartermile

Neighborhood

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Quartermile is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site, in Lauriston, Edinburgh. It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.

Tollcross

Suburb

Photo: Kyzer, CC BY 3.0.

Tollcross is a major road junction to the south west of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland which takes its name from a local historical land area. It lies between the more affluent area of Bruntsfield and the Grassmarket.

West Port Garden

Type: Garden
Category: recreation area
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.94658° or 55° 56′ 48″ north

Longitude

-3.19787° or 3° 11′ 52″ west

Operator

GRASS: The Grassmarket Residents Association

Open location code

9C7RWRW2+JV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 259016848

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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