Thomas Guthrie Memorial
Thomas Guthrie Memorial is a memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland. Thomas Guthrie Memorial is situated nearby to Wojtek the Soldier Bear Memorial, as well as near Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Ross Fountain.
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 900 feet southeast of Thomas Guthrie Memorial.
Ross Fountain
Fountain
Photo: Jdforrester, CC BY 1.0.
Ross Fountain is a cast-iron structure located in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. It was installed in 1872 and restored in 2018.
Scottish National Gallery
Art gallery
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The National is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. Scottish National Gallery is situated 1,400 feet east of Thomas Guthrie Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moray Estate and New Town.
Moray Estate
Neighborhood
Photo: Brian McNeil, CC BY 3.0.
The Moray Estate, also known as the Moray Feu, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the New Town, Edinburgh. Built on an awkward and steeply sloping site, it has been described as a masterpiece of urban planning.
New Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Town of Edinburgh is 250 years old, in contrast to the Old Town settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.
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.
Thomas Guthrie Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “An eloquent preacher of the gospel. Founder of the Edinburgh Original Ragged Industrial Schools, and by tongue and pen, the apostle of the movement elsewhere. One of the earliest temperance reformers. A friend of the poor and of the oppressed.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.95081° or 55° 57′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.20264° or 3° 12′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C7RXQ2W+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 314600292OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wojtek the Soldier Bear Memorial and Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Princes Street (west) and New Town Castle Street.
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