Moredun Park
Moredun Park is a park in Edinburgh, Scotland. Moredun Park is situated nearby to the community center Moredun Community Centre, as well as near the church St Barnabas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gilmerton Cove and Craigmillar Castle.
Gilmerton Cove
Photo: John Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilmerton Cove is a series of underground passageways and chambers hand-carved from sandstone located beneath the streets of Gilmerton, an ex-mining village, now a southeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. Gilmerton Cove is situated 2,100 feet south of Moredun Park.
Craigmillar Castle
Photo: stuartyeates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is three miles south-east of the city centre, on a low hill to the south of the modern suburb of Craigmillar. Craigmillar Castle is situated 1 mile north of Moredun Park.
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Hospital
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The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. It was established in 1729. The new buildings of 1879 were claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later on, the Empire. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is situated 4,000 feet north of Moredun Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferniehill and Moredun.
Ferniehill
Neighborhood
Ferniehill is a residential neighbourhood of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Primarily a low-density 1960s council estate with two small public parks, it is situated in the south-east of the city, lying immediately south of the slightly older Fernieside neighbourhood, east of Moredun, and to the north of Gilmerton's main street, where most local amenities are located.
Moredun
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moredun is a district in the south-east of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of Liberton, while Craigour is situated just to its north. The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home of James Stewart but it was renamed Moredun House in 1769 by the new owner, David Stuart Moncrieff, in recognition of a hill on his Perthshire estate.
Craigour
Neighborhood
Moredun is a district in the south-east of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of Liberton, while Craigour is situated just to its north. The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home of James Stewart but it was renamed Moredun House in 1769 by the new owner, David Stuart Moncrieff, in recognition of a hill on his Perthshire estate.
Moredun Park
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Gilmerton Park”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.91131° or 55° 54′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.13512° or 3° 8′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C7RWV67+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 282640119OpenStreetMap feature
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