Newington Cemetery
Newington Cemetery is a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Technically it lies beyond Newington itself, standing on an awkward elongated kite-shaped site between a railway line and Dalkeith Road, between Prestonfield and Peffermill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Newington Necropolis”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arthur’s Seat and Craigmillar Park Church.
Arthur’s Seat
Peak
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".
Craigmillar Park Church
Church
Craigmillar Park Church serves Edinburgh's Newington area, in Scotland. It was a congregation of the Church of Scotland until June 23rd, 2024. The church building dates from 1879 and the adjacent hall was added in 1899. Craigmillar Park Church is situated 1,400 feet west of Newington Cemetery.
Priestfield Church
Church
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Priestfield Church is a church building of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. It is in the presbytery of Edinburgh. It is located approximately 1.5 miles south of Edinburgh city centre on Dalkeith Road at its junction with Marchhall Place. Priestfield Church is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Newington Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prestonfield and Newington.
Prestonfield
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prestonfield is a primarily residential suburb in the south of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies to the east of the A7 road, as it leaves the city centre, approximately 3 miles south of the centre.
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.
Newington Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.93121° or 55° 55′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.16511° or 3° 9′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C7RWRJM+FXOpenStreetMap ID
way 26430723OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q18085736
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Japanese—“Newington Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cementiri de Newington”
- Japanese: “ニューイントン墓地”
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Highlights include IQRA Academy and Dalkeith Road Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Newington Cemetery”. Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.