Alexandra Dry Dock

Alexandra Dry Dock is a dock in Edinburgh, Scotland. Alexandra Dry Dock is situated nearby to the hotel MV Fingal, as well as near Victoria Swing Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include MV Fingal and HMY Britannia.

MV Fingal

Hotel

MV Fingal is a former Northern Lighthouse Board ship converted into a boutique hotel. Fingal is permanently berthed relatively near the former Royal Yacht Britannia as part of a major tourist attraction in Edinburgh, Scotland.

HMY Britannia

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarchy. She was in their service from 1954 to 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660, and is the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893. HMY Britannia is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Alexandra Dry Dock.

The Shore, Leith

Square

The Shore is a historic and picturesque street in the centre of Old Leith, the harbour area of Edinburgh. It edges the final section of the Water of Leith before it flows through Leith Docks into the Firth of Forth. The Shore, Leith is situated 460 feet south of Alexandra Dry Dock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith and Bonnington.

Leith

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Leith is the historic port of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland, north of city centre on the shore of the Firth of Forth. It's now only a minor port and has lost much of its industry, to be replaced by retail, bistros and cobbled wharves.

Bonnington

Quarter

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bonnington is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The area centres upon an original village which grew up around a ford on the Water of Leith, on the old boundary between Edinburgh and the port of Leith.