Leith School of Art
Leith School of Art is an independent art college in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing tertiary education in art and design. LSA is located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, in the converted former Norwegian Seamen's Church, originally built by Scottish architect James Simpson and Danish architect Johan Schroder in 1868.- Email: enquiries@leithschoolofart.co.uk
- Type: College
- Description: school in City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Leith School of Art - NJS Campus” and “Leith School of Art - North Junction Street Campus”
- Address: 25 North Junction Street, Edinburgh, EH6 6HW
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leith Library and Leith Theatre.
Leith Library
Library
Photo: Brian McNeil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leith Library is one of Edinburgh's 28 freely-accessible libraries. It is a category B listed building. located in Leith, in the northern part of the city, at the foot of Ferry Road shortly before it meets Great Junction Street and North Junction Street.
Leith Theatre
Theater building
Photo: ArchHist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leith Theatre is a theatre located on Ferry Road in Edinburgh, Scotland. It opened in 1932 and ceased operation in 1988.
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 2,300 feet north of Leith School of Art.
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.
Newhaven
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newhaven is a district in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh, which lies between Leith and Granton and is about 2 miles north of the city centre of Edinburgh, just north of the Victoria Park district.
Leith School of Art
- Categories: school and education
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9761° or 55° 58′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.17974° or 3° 10′ 47″ westInception
1988Operator
Leith School of ArtOpen location code
9C7RXRGC+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 594332234OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=collegeWikidata ID
Q6520398
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In Other Languages
“Leith School of Art” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة ليث للفنون”
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