Principal’s House

Principal’s House is a school building in Edinburgh, Scotland. Principal’s House is situated near Eglinton and Glencairn Gardens, as well as near Grosvenor Crescent and Lansdowne Crescent Gardens.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Haymarket railway station and Edinburgh Castle.

Haymarket railway station

Railway station

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Haymarket railway station is the second largest railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, after Waverley railway station. The station serves as a major commuter and long-distance destination, located near the city centre, in the West End. Haymarket railway station is situated 830 feet south of Principal’s House.

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 4,200 feet east of Principal’s House.

St Mary’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: Farwestern, CC BY 3.0.

The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, commonly known as St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the West End of Edinburgh, Scotland; part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. St Mary’s Cathedral is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Principal’s House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haymarket and West Coates.

Haymarket

Suburb

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Haymarket is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is in the west of the city centre and is the junction of several main roads, notably Dalry Road, Corstorphine Road, and Shandwick Place. Haymarket contains a number of pubs, cafés and restaurants.

West Coates

Neighborhood

Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

West Coates or Wester Coates is a residential district of central Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is on the A8, in proximity to Haymarket railway station and Roseburn, west of the city centre, bounded by the Water of Leith on its north side.

West End

Suburb

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The West End is an affluent district of Edinburgh, Scotland, which along with the rest of the New Town and Old Town forms central Edinburgh, and Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Principal’s House

Type: School building
Categories: building and education
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.94733° or 55° 56′ 50″ north

Longitude

-3.22063° or 3° 13′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C7RWQWH+WP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 268524875

OpenStreetMap feature

building=school

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Eglinton and Glencairn Gardens and Grosvenor Crescent and Lansdowne Crescent Gardens.

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