New Calton Burial Ground
New Calton Burial Ground is a burial ground in Edinburgh. It was built as an overspill and functional replacement to Old Calton Burial Ground and lies half a mile to its east on Regent Road in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the south-east slopes of Calton Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Edinburgh, Calton Road, Calton New Burial Ground” and “New Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scottish Parliament Building and Calton Hill.
Scottish Parliament Building
Government building
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The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in central Edinburgh. Construction of the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament held their first debate in the new building on 7 September 2004. Scottish Parliament Building is situated 650 feet southeast of New Calton Burial Ground.
Calton Hill
Park
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Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Calton Hill is situated 1,300 feet northwest of New Calton Burial Ground.
Queen Mary’s Bath House
Historic building
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Queen Mary’s Bath House is a historic building, which is situated 450 feet east of New Calton Burial Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holyrood and Abbeyhill.
Holyrood
Neighborhood
Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holyrood is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude. Holyrood includes the following sites:…
Abbeyhill
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abbeyhill is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Abbeyhill is one of the oldest parts of the city, taking its name from Holyrood Abbey, a major historic religious site.
Dumbiedykes
Suburb
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Dumbiedykes is a residential area in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It mainly comprises public housing developments. It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by Holyrood Park.
New Calton Burial Ground
- Category: burial
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95351° or 55° 57′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.17638° or 3° 10′ 35″ westInception
1820Open location code
9C7RXR3F+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 26564080OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q17791424
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Russian—“New Calton Burial Ground” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cementiri New Calton”
- Hindi: “नई काॅल्टन क़ब्रगाह”
- Russian: “Кладбище Нью-Калтон”
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Highlights include Burns Monument and Consulate General of the United States.
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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 “New Calton Burial Ground”. Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.