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Royal Commonwealth Pool. / 55.939202; -3.172731. The Royal Commonwealth Pool is a category-A-listed building [4] in St Leonard's, Edinburgh, Scotland that houses one of Scotland's main swimming pools. It is usually referred to simply as the Commonwealth Pool and known colloquially as the 'Commie'.
The school was founded as a hospital school for the daughters of Edinburgh burgesses in 1694 as the Merchant Maiden Hospital by Mary Erskine (a prominent Edinburgh banking businesswoman) and the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh in the first Merchants' Hall in Cowgate, Edinburgh.
Sir Thomas Hutchison, Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1921–1923); City of Edinburgh Council; by Glyn Philpot. 1900 Sir James Steel. 1903 Sir Robert Cranston. 1906 James Puckering Gibson (Liberal) 1909 Sir William Slater Brown. 1912 Sir Robert Kirk Inches. 1916 Sir John Lorne MacLeod. 1919 John William Chesser. 1921 Sir Thomas Hutchison.
Warrender Baths Club is a swimming club which originated at Warrender Baths in Edinburgh, Scotland, established in 1888.In 2013 the Club had 600 members with an active membership of 350 swimmers training at nine swimming pools across Edinburgh.
Warrender Swim Centre – traditionally known as Warrender Baths – is a swimming pool and fitness complex that opened in 1887 in Marchmont, Edinburgh. [1] It consists of a pool 25 yards (23 m) in length, a sauna, and an assortment of fitness equipment. It is notable for its Victorian architecture with bright interior and its old-fashioned ...
Portobello Swim Centre is a multi-facility leisure venue in Portobello, Edinburgh. Built by Edinburgh City Architect Robert Morham in 1898, [1] it comprises swimming pools, a gym and fitness studio, and Edinburgh's only authentic and publicly available Victorian Turkish bath , one of three remaining in Scotland, and one of only eleven in the ...
Ross Murdoch. Ross Murdoch (born 14 January 1994) is a Scottish competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in 2016 and 2020, the FINA World Championships and the LEN European Championships, and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games from 2014 to the present. Between 2014 and 2016, Murdoch became a World, European ...
Leith (/ l iː θ /; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith.. The earliest surviving historical references are in the royal charter authorising the construction of Holyrood Abbey in 1128 in which it is termed Inverlet (Inverleith).