Blackie Road

Blackie Road is an electrical substation in Edinburgh, Scotland. Blackie Road is situated nearby to the pitch Leith Bowling Club, as well as near the sports venue Leith Franklin Academicals Beige Cricket Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Easter Road and HMY Britannia.

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 sixth-largest football stadium in Scotland. Easter Road is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Blackie Road.

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 1¼ miles northwest of Blackie 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 2,900 feet northwest of Blackie Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith and Seafield.

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.

Seafield

Neighborhood

Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Seafield is a coastal strip situated on the Firth of Forth between Leith and Portobello in north-east Edinburgh, Scotland. The area is mainly commercial, and has little housing.

Restalrig

Suburb

Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Restalrig is a small residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located east of the city centre, west of Craigentinny and to the east of Lochend, both of which it overlaps.

Blackie Road

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.96879° or 55° 58′ 8″ north

Longitude

-3.1585° or 3° 9′ 31″ west

Operator

SP Energy Networks

Open location code

9C7RXR9R+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 91146855

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