George Watson’s College
George Watson's College is a co-educational private day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. 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.- School
- …is operated by George Watson’s College
- Description: school in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Address: 67-71 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5EF
- Also known as“Edinburgh, Colinton Road, George Watson’s College”“George Watson’s College, Colinton Road, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Myreside Stadium.
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Hospital
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Morningside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. Royal Edinburgh Hospital is situated 730 feet south of George Watson’s College.
Myreside Stadium
Stadium
Myreside Stadium is a sports ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. Myreside Stadium is situated 1,000 feet southwest of George Watson’s College.
Tynecastle Park
Stadium
Tynecastle Park, also known as Tynecastle Stadium… Tynecastle Park is situated 1 mile northwest of George Watson’s College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merchiston and Morningside.
Merchiston
Suburb
Merchiston is a residential area around Merchiston Avenue in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Morningside
Suburb
Morningside is a district and former village in the south of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Church Hill
Neighborhood
Church Hill is a street and small surrounding area in Edinburgh, Scotland.
George Watson’s College
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Latitude
55.92956° or 55° 55′ 46″ north
Longitude
-3.21867° or 3° 13′ 7″ west
Open location code
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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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