Pilrig Street
Pilrig Street is an electrical substation in Edinburgh, Scotland. Pilrig Street is situated nearby to the forest Pilrig Park Community Woodland, as well as near Edinburgh House Hotel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rosebank Cemetery and Easter Road.
Rosebank Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rosebank Cemetery is a 19th-century cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the junction of Pilrig Street and Broughton Road in the Pilrig area, close to the historical boundary of Leith. The cemetery is protected as a category C listed building. Rosebank Cemetery is situated 690 feet west of Pilrig Street.
Easter Road
Stadium
Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421, which makes it the fifth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Easter Road is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Pilrig Street.
HMY Britannia
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarchy. She was in their service from 1954 to 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660, and is the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893. HMY Britannia is situated 1 mile north of Pilrig Street.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pilrig and Bonnington.
Pilrig
Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pilrig is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The name probably derives from the long field on which a peel tower stood. There is evidence of a peel tower situated on an area of higher ground above the Water of Leith.
Bonnington
Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bonnington is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The area centres upon an original village which grew up around a ford on the Water of Leith, on the old boundary between Edinburgh and the port of Leith.
Powderhall
Neighborhood
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Powderhall is an area lying between Broughton Road and Warriston Road in the north of Edinburgh, the Scottish capital. Until recently it was best known for Powderhall Stadium, a greyhound racing track, which has now closed.
Pilrig Street
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.96717° or 55° 58′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.18186° or 3° 10′ 55″ westOperator
SP Energy NetworksOpen location code
9C7RXR89+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 313672004
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