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Student Recreation
Our flats are probably in the best location in Edinburgh for student recreation activites: (Student city guide link)
George Square and Teviot Place: Appleton Tower, in George Square, Edinburgh University is 580 metres or 7 mins from three of our flats. You pass by four supermarkets on the walk.
Kings Buildings: can be reached by a free 10min shuttle bus service from George Square, other bus routes, cycling, or a 35 - 40 min walk
Sports Centres: Both Edinburgh University sports centres are less than 5 mins, including a 25m swimming pool from 1 min. Web link. The 50m Royal Commonwealth pool is 15 mins.
Edinburgh University Campus Map
Student Societies Centre: At the Pleasance, a few minutes
Nightlife: Cowgate and Grassmarket are the main areas for nightlife in Edinburgh, starting a 5 minute walk away
All the flats are within about 200 metres of the blue pin
Jogging and Hill-walking: The flats lie under hills and a mile of crags. Jogging routes start from 50 metres. See Page 3.
Holyrood Road: Has new fashionable cafes, Pizza Express and an artsapce and nightclub, 'the Bongo Club', all nearby.
The Housing Complex
The flats are located on a purpose-built local-authority housing estate built in the 1970s. Property values trippled when the Parliament was built down the road in 2005, as Holyrood became a key business and tourist area.
Some two-thirds of the flats are in private ownershipAll the flats on the same landings as ours are in private ownership, many lived in by other studentsBlock 100 Holyrood Road opens onto Holyrood Road
Click Here for web-link to Zoomable Satellite Map
Moray House College of Education and
St Leonards Land: from 50 metres from no.100
Queen Margaret University: 6 minutes by train from Waverley Station which is a 7-10 mins walk
Photography Pages
Other Location Pages
Location Overview, Maps, Local Shops -
Photo pages, web links and walking distances.
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