Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland. It lies 3 miles (5 km) east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between...
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Portobello Bay, on Otago Peninsula near the town of Portobello Portobello Peninsula, a spur of Otago Peninsula Portobelo, Colón Portobello, Edinburgh...
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With the passage of the City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Act 2014, the council can appropriate Portobello Park for educational purposes. The...
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Portobello Library is a public library in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. The current building in Rosefield Place cost £37,500 and was opened on 11 October...
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Portobello High School is a large secondary school in Portobello in the east of Edinburgh. With over 1400 pupils it is one of the largest state schools...
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Shauna Macdonald (Scottish actress) (category People from Portobello, Edinburgh)
They have three children together and live in Portobello. She has been the co-artistic director of Edinburgh Youth Theatre in Bellfield since 2014. Macdonald...
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Portobelo, Colón (redirect from Portobello, Panama)
"Portobello" was given to places and streets in honor of the victory, most notably Portobello Road in London, the district of Portobello in Edinburgh and...
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of the Grand Canal Company). Like the Portobello Road of London and Portobello, Edinburgh, Dublin's Portobello was named for the capture by Admiral Edward...
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Gail Porter (category People from Portobello, Edinburgh)
alopecia, a condition which causes hair loss. Porter attended Portobello High School in Edinburgh. She studied for a BTec HND in media production at West Herts...
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eastern suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is bounded on the north by the coast of the Firth of Forth, on the west by Portobello of which it was...
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Portobello Open Air Pool was opened in Portobello, Edinburgh on Saturday 30 May 1936 at a cost of £90,000. Plans for an open air pool had previously been...
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Portobello/Craigmillar is one of the seventeen wards used to elect members of the City of Edinburgh Council. Established in 2007 along with the other...
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Portobello Police Station, also known as the Old Town Hall, is a former municipal building on Portobello High Street in Portobello, Scotland. The building...
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Portobello Toddler Hut is an early pioneer nursery school in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, founded in 1929, and opened on Saturday, 14 November 1931...
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Harry Lauder (category People from Portobello, Edinburgh)
was born on 4 August 1870 in his maternal grandfather's house in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, the eldest of seven children. By the time of the 1871...
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The Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway opened Portobello railway station in July 1832. It remained in use until 1846 when a replacement station was opened...
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Portobello Swim Centre is a multi-facility leisure venue in Portobello, Edinburgh. Built by Edinburgh City Architect Robert Morham in 1898, it comprises...
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Perranporth Polzeath Poole Porthcawl Porthgain Porthleven Portishead Portobello, Edinburgh Portrush Prestatyn Preston, Devon Pwllheli Portstewart Port Isaac...
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Ewen Bremner (category People educated at Portobello High School)
Trainspotting. Bremner was born in Edinburgh, the son of two art teachers. He attended Davidson's Mains Primary School and Portobello High School. He originally...
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route then follows Edinburgh's newest urban park, Little France Park, and finishes at the seaside resort of Portobello, Edinburgh. The final section 8...
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Portobello railway station was located at Station Brae, off Southfield Place, in the Portobello area of Edinburgh, Scotland, with footpath access from...
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Bellfield (community centre) (redirect from Bellfield Church, Portobello)
previously Portobello Old Parish Church, a Georgian church of classical design located in Bellfield (formerly Melville) Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland...
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Emun Elliott (category Male actors from Edinburgh)
in Edinburgh as Emun John Mohammadi. His father is of Persian descent; his mother is Scottish. He was raised in Duddingston, Portobello, Edinburgh, and...
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Scott Hoatson (category People educated at Portobello High School)
Scott William Hoatson (born 23 December 1984 in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Rocket (aka Private Euan...
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Portobello Town Hall is a municipal structure in Portobello High Street, Portobello, Scotland. The building, which is expected to open under community...
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Shambala. There is a Sōtō Zen Priory in Portobello and a Theravadin Thai Buddhist Monastery in Slateford Road. Edinburgh is home to a Baháʼí community, and...
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residential suburb in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated in the south-east of the city, south-west of the seaside area of Portobello, and west of Musselburgh...
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burgh of Musselburgh and the Canongate and Portobello municipal wards of the county of the city of Edinburgh. 1950–1955: The burgh of Musselburgh and the...
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Firth of Forth (category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Edinburgh and West Lothian)
hovercraft passenger service completed a two-week trial between Portobello, Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy, Fife. The trial of the service (marketed as "Forthfast")...
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Portobello Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Portobello, Edinburgh which was built in 1923 by the Edinburgh Corporation in order to cope...
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