North Leith Burial Ground
North Leith Burial Ground is a cemetery in Scotland, United Kingdom. North Leith Burial Ground is situated nearby to the river Water of Leith, as well as near the art gallery Coburg House Studios.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMY Britannia and Leith School of Art.
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 2,300 feet north of North Leith Burial Ground.
Leith School of Art
College
Leith School of Art is an independent art college in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing tertiary education in art and design. LSA is located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, in the converted former Norwegian Seamen's Church, originally built by Scottish architect James Simpson and Danish architect Johan Schroder in 1868. Leith School of Art is situated 890 feet west of North Leith Burial Ground.
Leith Library
Library
Photo: Brian McNeil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leith Library is one of Edinburgh's 28 freely-accessible libraries. It is a category B listed building. located in Leith, in the northern part of the city, at the foot of Ferry Road shortly before it meets Great Junction Street and North Junction Street. Leith Library is situated 960 feet west of North Leith Burial Ground.
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.
North Leith Burial Ground
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.97583° or 55° 58′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.17538° or 3° 10′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C7RXRGF+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 318525430OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yard
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Water of Leith and Coburg House Studios.
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