George Watson’s Playing Fields
George Watson’s Playing Fields is a recreation area in England, United Kingdom. Access is restricted and requires permission. George Watson’s Playing Fields is situated nearby to Craiglockhart Pavillion, as well as near Murray Family Pavillion.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Myreside Stadium and Myreside Cricket Ground.
Myreside Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Myreside Stadium is a sports ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. Often simply known as Myreside, Watsonians RFC have used this venue on the east side of Myreside Road as their home ground for rugby union matches since 1933. Myreside Stadium is situated 1,200 feet northeast of George Watson’s Playing Fields.
Myreside Cricket Ground
Myreside Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1901 when George Watson's College played Blair Lodge School. Myreside Cricket Ground is situated 780 feet north of George Watson’s Playing Fields.Tynecastle Park
Stadium
Tynecastle Park, also known as Tynecastle Stadium or colloquially as Tynie, is a football stadium in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, which is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Heart of Midlothian. Tynecastle Park is situated 1 mile north of George Watson’s Playing Fields.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comiston and Shandon.
Comiston
Suburb
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Comiston is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Morningside and west of the Braid Hills, linking the suburbs of Oxgangs and Fairmilehead.
Shandon
Neighborhood
Photo: JimCGlass, Public domain.
Shandon is an area of Edinburgh within North Merchiston approximately three miles west of the centre of Edinburgh. It is bounded by Slateford Road to the north, Harrison Road to the east, the Union Canal to the south and the Glasgow-Edinburgh Shotts Line and Suburban rail lines to the west.
Merchiston
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merchiston is a residential area around Merchiston Avenue in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
George Watson’s Playing Fields
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Recreation area
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.92603° or 55° 55′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.22746° or 3° 13′ 39″ westOperator
George Watson’s CollegeOpen location code
9C7RWQGF+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 27144708OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_ground
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