Straiton Pond Local Nature Reserve
Straiton Pond Local Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Midlothian, Scotland. Straiton Pond Local Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the suburb Burdiehouse, as well as near the town Loanhead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gilmerton Cove and Rosslyn Chapel.
Gilmerton Cove
Photo: John Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilmerton Cove is a series of underground passageways and chambers hand-carved from sandstone located beneath the streets of Gilmerton, an ex-mining village, now a southeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Rosslyn Chapel
Church
Photo: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rosslyn Chapel, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland.
Ellen’s Glen House
Hospital
Photo: Kay Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ellen's Glen House is a community-based hospital which was built to provide services to elderly and mentally ill patients in Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Edinburgh and Dalkeith.
South Edinburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The south of Edinburgh includes the Meadows and genteel residential areas such as Bruntsfield, Morningside, Marchmont and Newington. These were built up with villas and baronial tenements in the late 19th century and are the main accommodation belt for the city, for students and for visitors.
Dalkeith
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY 3.0.
Dalkeith is a town in Midlothian, six miles southeast of Edinburgh in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's a commuter town for the city and had a population of 13,400 in 2016.
East Edinburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The east of Edinburgh is a collection of neighbourhoods bounded by Holyrood Park, Leith, the coast, and the separate town of Musselburgh. It's a sprawl of residential and industrial districts, and the only two parts of interest to visitors are Portobello beach resort and the hamlet of Duddingston.
Straiton Pond Local Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Also known as: “Straiton Pond LNR”
- Categories: forest and recreation area
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.8883° or 55° 53′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.1531° or 3° 9′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C7RVRQW+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 44008075OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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