Fernieside Recreation Ground

Fernieside Recreation Ground is a recreation area in Edinburgh, Scotland. Fernieside Recreation Ground is situated nearby to the church Tron Kirk, as well as near Fernieside Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Craigmillar Castle.

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Hospital

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The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. It was established in 1729. After moving to a new site in 1879, it claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later, in the British Empire. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is situated 3,000 feet north of Fernieside Recreation Ground.

Craigmillar Castle

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Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is three miles south-east of the city centre, on a low hill to the south of the modern suburb of Craigmillar. Craigmillar Castle is situated 1 mile northwest of Fernieside Recreation Ground.

Gilmerton Cove

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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. Gilmerton Cove is situated 3,300 feet south of Fernieside Recreation Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Craigour and Ferniehill.

Craigour

Neighborhood

Moredun is a district in the south-east of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of Liberton, while Craigour is situated just to its north. The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home of James Stewart but it was renamed Moredun House in 1769 by the new owner, David Stuart Moncrieff, in recognition of a hill on his Perthshire estate.

Ferniehill

Neighborhood

Ferniehill is a residential neighbourhood of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Primarily a low-density 1960s council estate with two small public parks, it is situated in the south-east of the city, lying immediately south of the slightly older Fernieside neighbourhood, east of Moredun, and to the north of Gilmerton's main street, where most local amenities are located.