Stadiums · Central Scotland
The Meadows
The Meadows — park in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Edinburgh Waverley · 1.2 km
About
The Meadows is a stadium in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "park in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 55.9414°, -3.1947°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Meadows is a large public park in Edinburgh, Scotland, to the south of the city centre. It consists largely of open grassland crossed by tree-lined paths, but also has a children's playground, a croquet club, tennis courts and recreational sport pitches. It is bordered by the University of Edinburgh's George Square campus, the Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre, the main university library, St Thomas of Aquin's High School and the Quartermile development on the site of the old Edinburgh Royal Infirmary to the north, Marchmont, Summerhall and Sciennes to the south and Newington to the east. To the south-west it becomes Bruntsfield Links where there is a free, public Short Hole Golf Course (pitch and putt).
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Background
History
from the Meadows]] The Meadows is historically common land and although now in the care of the council is technically in the ownership of the community itself. It was used for unhindered common grazing until at least 1920 and only with the demise of this need did it become exclusively "a park". The Meadows originally contained a loch, known as the "burgh loch" or, later, the "South Loch". It covered much of the area bounded in the east by Hope Park Terrace and in the west by the point where Melville Drive becomes Brougham Street, and in the south by Melville Drive and in the north by the site later occupied by the Old Royal Infirmary, a total of 63 acre. The loch drained from east to west,…
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- Coordinates
- 55.9414, -3.1947
- District
- City of Edinburgh
- Postcode
- EH3 9GR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
- Nearest railway station
- Edinburgh Waverley — 1.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7750795 (CC0)
- wikipedia: The Meadows, Edinburgh (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Summer Crowd in the Meadows.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Meadows?
- The Meadows is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.9414°, -3.1947°. The nearest railway station is Edinburgh Waverley, around 1.2 km away.