Joe Muir’s Pond

Joe Muir’s Pond is a pond in Edinburgh, Scotland. Joe Muir’s Pond is situated nearby to Hunter’s Bog, as well as near the spring St Anthony’s Well.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Park.

Arthur’s Seat

Peak

Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano. It is the main peak of a group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park. Robert Louis Stevenson described it as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".

Holyrood Park

Park

Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Holyrood Park is a public park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about 1 mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of gorse, providing a wild piece of highland landscape within its 650-acre area. Holyrood Park is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Joe Muir’s Pond.

Holyrood Abbey

Photo: LASZLO ILYES, CC BY 2.0.

Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further. Holyrood Abbey is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Joe Muir’s Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holyrood and Dumbiedykes.

Holyrood

Neighborhood

Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Holyrood is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude. Holyrood includes the following sites:…

Dumbiedykes

Suburb

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dumbiedykes is a residential area in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It mainly comprises public housing developments. It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by Holyrood Park.

Abbeyhill

Suburb

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Abbeyhill is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Abbeyhill is one of the oldest parts of the city, taking its name from Holyrood Abbey, a major historic religious site.

Joe Muir’s Pond

Type: Pond
Category: body of water
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.94788° or 55° 56′ 52″ north

Longitude

-3.16554° or 3° 9′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C7RWRXM+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 514343127

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hunter’s Bog and St Anthony’s Well.

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