Giant’s Brae
Giant’s Brae is a grassland in Edinburgh, Scotland. Giant’s Brae is situated nearby to the community center Duncan Place, as well as near the playground Leith Links Play Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trinity House of Leith and Easter Road.
Trinity House of Leith
Museum
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trinity House, 99 Kirkgate, is a building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, which was a guild hall, custom house, and centre for maritime administration and poor relief. Trinity House of Leith is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Giant’s Brae.
Easter Road
Stadium
Photo: Pachiscool11, CC0.
Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421, which makes it the fifth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Easter Road is situated 3,100 feet south of Giant’s Brae.
South Leith Parish Church
Church
Photo: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North and South Leith Parish Church, originally the Kirk of Our Lady, St Mary, is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. Prior to the union with the former North Leith Parish Church in 2024, the building was known as South Leith Parish Church. South Leith Parish Church is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Giant’s Brae.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith and Pilrig.
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.
Pilrig
Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pilrig is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The name probably derives from the long field on which a peel tower stood. There is evidence of a peel tower situated on an area of higher ground above the Water of Leith.
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.
Giant’s Brae
- Type: Grassland
- Also known as: “Somerset’s Battery”
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.97022° or 55° 58′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.16675° or 3° 10′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C7RXRCM+37OpenStreetMap ID
way 606851853OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grassOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=yes
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Satellite Map
Discover Giant’s Brae from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Duncan Place and Leith Links Play Park.
Nearby Places
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