James Gillespie’s High School
James Gillespie's High School is a state-funded secondary school in Marchmont, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a comprehensive high school, educating pupils between the ages of 11 and 18, situated at the centre of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace are within the catchment area of James Gillespie's High School.Photo: Toirdhealbhach1963, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: admin@jamesgillespies.edin.sch.uk
- Type: School
- Description: high school in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Address: 57 Lauderdale Street, Edinburgh, EH9 1DD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Bruntsfield Links.
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 1 mile north of James Gillespie’s High School.
Bruntsfield Links
Park
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bruntsfield Links is 35 acres of open parkland in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, immediately to the south-west of the adjoining Meadows. Unlike The Meadows, which formerly contained a loch drained by the end of the 18th century, Bruntsfield Links has always been dry ground.
Gillis Centre
University
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gillis Centre, formerly Gillis College and founded as St Margaret's Convent and School, is a complex of buildings situated close to the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. Gillis Centre is situated 930 feet south of James Gillespie’s High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marchmont and Bruntsfield.
Marchmont
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marchmont is a mainly residential area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies roughly one mile south of the Old Town, separated from it by The Meadows and Bruntsfield Links.
Bruntsfield
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bruntsfield is a largely residential area around Bruntsfield Place in Southern Edinburgh, Scotland. In feudal times, it fell within the barony of Colinton.
Greenhill
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenhill is a small area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Situated south of the city centre, Greenhill is normally taken to be part of Bruntsfield, which skirts it to the north.
James Gillespie’s High School
- Categories: secondary school and education
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.93682° or 55° 56′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.20056° or 3° 12′ 2″ westOperator
City of Edinburgh CouncilOpen location code
9C7RWQPX+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 4982227OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q6134639
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“James Gillespie’s High School” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “James Gillespie’s High School”
- French: “James Gillespie’s High School”
- Irish: “Àrd-sgoil Sheumais Ghilleasbuig”
- Irish: “Ardscoil James Gillespie”
- Japanese: “ジェームズ・ギルスピー高校”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Àrd-sgoil Sheumais Ghilleasbuig”
- Swedish: “James Gillespie’s High School”
- Welsh: “Ysgol Uwchradd James Gillespie”
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