George Watson’s College

George Watson's College is a co-educational private day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the area of . It was first established as a hospital school in 1723, became a day school in 1871, and was merged with its sister school George Watson's Ladies College in 1974.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: school in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Edinburgh, Colinton Road, George Watson’s College” and “George Watson’s College, Colinton Road, Edinburgh”
  • Address: 67-71 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5EF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Myreside Stadium.

Hospital
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The is a psychiatric hospital in Morningside Place, , Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. is situated 730 feet south of George Watson’s College.

Stadium
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is a sports ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. Often simply known as Myreside, Watsonians RFC have used this venue on the east side of Myreside Road as their home ground for rugby union matches since 1933. is situated 1,000 feet southwest of George Watson’s College.

Stadium
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, also known as Tynecastle Stadium or colloquially as Tynie, is a football in the area of , which is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Heart of Midlothian. is situated 1 mile northwest of George Watson’s College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merchiston and Morningside.

Suburb
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is a residential area around Avenue in the south-west of , .

Suburb
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is a district and former village in the south of , Scotland. It lies alongside the main arterial Road, part of an ancient route from Edinburgh to the south west of Scotland.

Neighborhood
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is a street and small surrounding area in , .

George Watson’s College

Latitude
55.92956° or 55° 55′ 46″ north
Longitude
-3.21867° or 3° 13′ 7″ west
Operator
George Watson’s College
Open location code
9C7RWQHJ+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4990581
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Wiki­data ID
Q3760670
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“George Watson’s College” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كلية جورج واتسون”
  • Belarusian: “Каледж Джорджа Уотсана”
  • Catalan: “George Watson’s College”
  • Chinese: “乔治·沃森学院”
  • Chinese: “喬治·沃森學院”
  • Czech: “George Watson’s College”
  • Dutch: “George Watson’s College”
  • French: “George Watson’s College”
  • Hebrew: “מכללת ג’ורג‘ ווטסון”
  • Italian: “George Watson’s College”
  • Japanese: “ジョージ・ワトソン・カレッジ”
  • Japanese: “ジョージ・ワトソン大学”
  • Portuguese: “George Watson’s College”
  • Russian: “Колледж Джорджа Уотсона”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Colaiste Sheòrais MacBhatair”
  • Slovenian: “George Watson’s College”
  • Swedish: “George Watson’s College”
  • Welsh: “Coleg George Watson”
  • Welsh: “George Watson’s College”

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