St James Quarter
St James Quarter is a quarter in Edinburgh, Scotland. St James Quarter is situated nearby to the neighborhood Greenside, as well as near Gayfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station and St Mary’s Cathedral.
Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station
Railway station
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Edinburgh Waverley is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. The station serves as the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, 393 miles 13 chains from London King's Cross, although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh.
St Mary’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, also known as St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Town and Broughton.
Old Town
Photo: PerryPlanet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Town is the original settlement of Edinburgh. At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".
Broughton
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broughton is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Broughton was an ancient feudal barony that existed outside of Edinburgh before it was later incorporated into the city as urban development took place in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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.
St James Quarter
- Type: Quarter
- Categories: locality and commercial area
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95483° or 55° 57′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.18872° or 3° 11′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C7RXR36+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 454542979OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=retailOpenStreetMap feature
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