Portobello Library
Portobello Library is a public library in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. The current building in Rosefield Place cost £37,500 and was opened on 11 October 1963 by Lord Provost Duncan M.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Wednesday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
Thursday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Library
- Description: library in Edinburgh
- Also known as: “Portobello Library, Edinburgh”
- Address: 14 Rosefield Avenue, Edinburgh
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portobello Town Hall and St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello.
Portobello Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Gweduni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portobello Town Hall is a municipal structure in Portobello High Street, Portobello, Scotland. The building, which is managed by Portobello Central SCIO, a community body, is a Category B listed building.
St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello
Church
St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located in the Portobello district of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello is situated 640 feet southeast of Portobello Library.
Bellfield
Community center
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Bellfield is a community centre located in what was previously Portobello Old Parish Church, a Georgian church of classical design located in Bellfield Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Bellfield is situated 1,700 feet east of Portobello Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portobello and Mountcastle.
Portobello
Suburb
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Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland. It lies 3 miles east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny.
Mountcastle
Suburb
Mountcastle is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the city centre and lies to the north-west of the neighbouring area of Portobello. Mountcastle is primarily a residential area, with many early-mid 20th century houses.
Craigentinny
Suburb
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Craigentinny is a suburb in the north-east of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of Restalrig and Lochend. Its name may be a corruption of the Gaelic Creag an t-Sionnaich, meaning "the fox's rock".
Portobello Library
- Categories: architectural structure, building, and education
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95337° or 55° 57′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.11676° or 3° 7′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C7RXV3M+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 373007360OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q54869650
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