Flower Colonies
Flower Colonies is a neighborhood in Edinburgh, Scotland. Flower Colonies is situated nearby to the neighborhood Shandon, as well as near Shaftesbury Park Colonies.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tynecastle Park and Murrayfield.
Tynecastle Park
Stadium
Tynecastle Park, also known as Tynecastle Stadium or colloquially as Tynie, is a football stadium in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, which is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Heart of Midlothian.
Murrayfield
Stadium
Photo: Vclaw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Murrayfield Stadium is a rugby union stadium located in the area of the same name in Edinburgh, Scotland. The stadium is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union which has its headquarters based at the stadium, and is the national stadium of the Scotland national rugby union team.
Haymarket railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haymarket railway station is the second largest railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, after Waverley railway station. The station serves as a major commuter and long-distance destination, located near the city centre, in the West End.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shandon and Ardmillan.
Shandon
Neighborhood
Photo: JimCGlass, Public domain.
Shandon is an area of Edinburgh within North Merchiston approximately three miles west of the centre of Edinburgh. It is bounded by Slateford Road to the north, Harrison Road to the east, the Union Canal to the south and the Glasgow-Edinburgh Shotts Line and Suburban rail lines to the west.
Ardmillan
Neighborhood
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardmillan is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. The area developed during the mid to late Victorian era as Edinburgh expanded and many of the present tenement flats and houses date from this era.
Polwarth
Neighborhood
Photo: Brideshead, Public domain.
Polwarth is a mainly residential area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is bounded by Bruntsfield and Merchiston to the east and south, Gorgie and Dalry to the north, Fountainbridge to the north and east, and Craiglockhart to the west.
Flower Colonies
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Slateford Colonies”
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.93489° or 55° 56′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.2298° or 3° 13′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C7RWQMC+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 12180523042OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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