The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh
The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh is a Scottish golf club, which holds claim to be the oldest golfing society in the world, with references to it being instituted in 1735 dating from 1834.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Golf course
- Description: golf club in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “The Royal Burgess”
- Address: 181 Whitehouse Road, Edinburgh, EH4 6BU
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cargilfield Preparatory School and Cramond Old Bridge.
Cargilfield Preparatory School
School
Cargilfield Preparatory School is a Scottish private co-educational boarding and prep school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Cargilfield Preparatory School is situated 1,800 feet north of The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh.
Cramond Old Bridge
Bridge
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cramond Old Bridge is situated 3,400 feet west of The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh.
Cramond Tower
Castle
Photo: Mrabbits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cramond Tower is a fifteenth-century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Cramond Tower is situated 1 mile north of The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barnton and Parkgrove.
Barnton
Suburb
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the north-west of the city, between Cramond and Corstorphine Hill and west of Davidsons Mains. Part of the area was traditionally known as "Cramond Muir" in reference to Cramond to the north.
Parkgrove
Neighborhood
Parkgrove is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Approximately 4 miles north-west of Edinburgh city centre. The suburb is located between the neighbouring areas of Clermiston, Barnton and Davidson's Mains.
Cramond
Suburb
Photo: Struan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cramond Village is a village and suburb in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland, at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity.
The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh
- Categories: society, golf club, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.96503° or 55° 57′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.29932° or 3° 17′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C7RXP82+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 6136684OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=golf_courseWikidata ID
Q2323373
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In Other Languages
“The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “The Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Union House, Royal Burgess Golf Course, Whitehouse Road, Barnton, Edinburgh and Barnton Post Office.
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