Fernieside Place

Fernieside Place is in Edinburgh, Scotland. Fernieside Place is situated nearby to Moredun Park, as well as near the community center Moredun Community Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gilmerton Cove and Craigmillar Castle.

Gilmerton Cove

Photo: John Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gilmerton Cove is a series of underground passageways and chambers hand-carved from sandstone located beneath the streets of Gilmerton, an ex-mining village, now a southeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. Gilmerton Cove is situated 2,100 feet south of Fernieside Place.

Craigmillar Castle

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Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is three miles south-east of the city centre, on a low hill to the south of the modern suburb of Craigmillar. Craigmillar Castle is situated 1 mile north of Fernieside Place.

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Hospital

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The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. It was established in 1729. After moving to a new site in 1879, it claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later, in the British Empire. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is situated 3,900 feet north of Fernieside Place.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferniehill and Craigour.

Ferniehill

Neighborhood

Ferniehill is a residential neighbourhood of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Primarily a low-density 1960s council estate with two small public parks, it is situated in the south-east of the city, lying immediately south of the slightly older Fernieside neighbourhood, east of Moredun, and to the north of Gilmerton's main street, where most local amenities are located.

Craigour

Neighborhood

Moredun is a district in the south-east of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of Liberton, while Craigour is situated just to its north. The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home of James Stewart but it was renamed Moredun House in 1769 by the new owner, David Stuart Moncrieff, in recognition of a hill on his Perthshire estate.