Inverleith

Inverleith est un quartier d'Édimbourg, capitale de l'Écosse, considéré généralement comme aisé. Son nom provient du gaélique écossais Inbhir Lìte, qui signifie « bouche (embouchure) de la Leith », la Water of Leith étant la rivière qui traverse Édimbourg.

1. Parcs et jardins

Inverleith abrite le célèbre Jardin botanique royal (« The Botanics »), qui contient des jardins et des parcs agrémentés d'une collection de plantes du monde entier, conservées dans des serres et en plein air. Un centre de recherche en botanique y est implanté.

1. Rugby

Forcée de louer différents stades de cricket pour y faire jouer l'équipe d'Écosse, la fédération écossaise de rugby (la Scottish Rugby Union qui s'appelait alors encore la Scottish Football Union) voulut s'implanter une bonne fois pour toutes dans un endroit à elle. Sa quête dura sept ans, aucune municipalité n'étant prête à l'accueillir, au prétexte que les supporters arrivaient telles des hordes sauvages les jours de match. Enfin, en 1897, elle fit l'acquisition d'un terrain à Inverleith pour la somme de £3 800, devenant ainsi la première des quatre fédérations britanniques à posséder son propre stade. Le premier match eut lieu le 18 février 1899 et vit la défaite de l'Écosse chez elle contre l'Irlande (3-9). Inverleith accueillit les matches de l'Écosse jusqu'au 25 janvier 1925. Le XV du Chardon s'installa ensuite à Murrayfield dès le 21 mars de la même année.

1. Vues

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1. Liens

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Inverleith (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Lìte) is an inner suburb in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the fringes of the central region of the city. Its neighbours include Trinity to the north and the New Town to the south, with Canonmills at the south-east and Stockbridge at the south-west. Like many places in and around Lothian and Edinburgh, the name comes from Scottish Gaelic – Inbhir Lìte, meaning "Mouth of Leith", as with Inverness, meaning mouth of the River Ness. Some documents refer to the area as "Inner Leith". It is characterised by its wealth of open green space. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Inverleith Park, in addition to the numerous playing fields owned and used by the independent schools Edinburgh Academy, Fettes College, Stewart's Melville College and George Heriot's. The Royal Botanic Gardens' nursery garden, for growing and cultivating plants, is also located here. Within Inverleith there are very few shops and offices, and it is almost entirely residential and recreational in character. Today Inverleith is home to houses often being sold considerably in excess of one million pounds sterling. These include Scotland's most expensive penthouses, selling for £1.5m, and a recently renovated villa, which sold for over two million pounds sterling. The houses are generally handsome and spacious Victorian or Georgian villas with two or three floors, garages and quite large gardens. The residents tend to be employed in professions in central Edinburgh. It is convenient for such workers, as it lies only a mile and a half from the centre. Being on grounds slightly higher than the centre, it commands views of the Edinburgh skyline, including Edinburgh Castle and Arthur's Seat. It has one of the lowest crime rates in the city and is a designated conservation area. Within the area are Fettes College, an independent boarding school, and the state-run Broughton High School. Edinburgh Academy, an independent day school, is nearby in the north of the New Town. The area gives its name to the Inverleith ward under the City of Edinburgh Council created in 2007, but this encompasses a larger territory including Stockbridge, Comely Bank and more westerly neighbourhoods such as Blackhall, Craigleith and Drylaw.

Neighbourhood Park

Inverleith House

Inverleith House is a historic house, now within the Royal Botanic Garden, in the suburb of Inverleith, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Landmark Museum

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction. Founded in 1670 as a physic garden to grow medicinal plants, today it occupies four sites across Scotland—Edinburgh, Dawyck, Logan and Benmore—each with its own specialist collection. The RBGE's living collection consists of more than 13,302 plant species (34,422 accessions), whilst the herbarium contains in excess of 3 million preserved specimens. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. The Edinburgh site is the main garden and the headquarters of the public body, which is led by Regius Keeper Simon Milne.

Landmark Park

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Inverleith Sports Ground

The Inverleith Sports Ground is a rugby union stadium in Inverleith, Edinburgh, Scotland which is the home ground of amateur club Stewart's Melville RFC and was the home ground of the Scotland national rugby union team between 1899 and 1925.

Rugby Soccer

St James, Goldenacre

St James, Goldenacre is a Scottish Episcopal church in the Goldenacre area of Edinburgh. It was designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and opened in 1888. It is a Category B listed building and is noted for its interior decoration, including work by distinguished artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Church