West Mains Road

West Mains Road is an electrical substation in Edinburgh, Scotland. West Mains Road is situated nearby to the university building Ashworth Building, as well as near Cockburn Geological Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library and Ashworth Building.

Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library

Library

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Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library is situated 670 feet southwest of West Mains Road.

Ashworth Building

University building

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Ashworth Building is an university building.

The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh is an astronomical institution located on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh. The site is owned by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Royal Observatory is situated 3,100 feet west of West Mains Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackford and Newington.

Blackford

Suburb

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blackford is an area in the south of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It is located near Morningside, and The Grange. Blackford Hill dominates the view to the south.

Newington

Suburb

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Newington is a neighbourhood of southern Edinburgh, Scotland. Developed from the early 19th century, it is an affluent, predominantly residential area.

Mayfield

Neighborhood

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mayfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about one mile south from the city centre, with Craigmillar to the south-east and Newington to the north. Mayfield is also the name of several streets in the area.

West Mains Road

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.92451° or 55° 55′ 28″ north

Longitude

-3.1734° or 3° 10′ 24″ west

Operator

SP Energy Networks

Open location code

9C7RWRFG+RJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 259391827

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