Cables Wynd House
Cables Wynd House, better known as the Leith Banana Flats or the Banana Block because of its curved shape, is a nine-storey local authority housing block in Leith, Edinburgh.Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Address: Edinburgh, EH6 6DQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trinity House of Leith and HMY Britannia.
Trinity House of Leith
Museum
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity House, 99 Kirkgate, is a building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, which was a guild hall, custom house, and centre for maritime administration and poor relief. Trinity House of Leith is situated 760 feet southeast of Cables Wynd House.
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 3,100 feet north of Cables Wynd House.
South Leith Parish Church
Church
Photo: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North and South Leith Parish Church, originally the Kirk of Our Lady, St Mary, is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. Prior to the union with the former North Leith Parish Church in 2024, the building was known as South Leith Parish Church. South Leith Parish Church is situated 910 feet southeast of Cables Wynd House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith and Bonnington.
Leith
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leith is the historic port of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland, north of city centre on the shore of the Firth of Forth. It's now only a minor port and has lost much of its industry, to be replaced by retail, bistros and cobbled wharves.
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.
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.
Cables Wynd House
- Categories: architectural structure, building, and residential building
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9738° or 55° 58′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.17374° or 3° 10′ 26″ westLevels
10Open location code
9C7RXRFG+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 313684839OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q5015709
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“Cables Wynd House” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Cables Wynd House”
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