| The Balmoral | |
| | Hotel facts and statistics | | | Location | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | | Opening date | 1902 | | No of stars | 5 | | Management | The Rocco Forte Collection | | Owner | The Rocco Forte Collection | | No. of rooms | 188 | | of which suites | 20 | | Parking | Valet Parking | | Website | thebalmoralhotel.com |
North elevation, seen across Princes Street past the Iron Duke of Wellington in bronze by John Steell
The hotel from the south east, beyond Waverley Station which is under the North Bridge The Balmoral is a luxury five-star hotel and landmark in Edinburgh, Scotland. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The Rocco Forte Collection is a brand of Rocco Forte & Family PLC. The company owns and part-owns (a joint venture with Uberior Investments, a subsidiary of Bank of Scotland) exclusive luxury five-star hotels. ...
The Rocco Forte Collection is a brand of Rocco Forte & Family PLC. The company owns and part-owns (a joint venture with Uberior Investments, a subsidiary of Bank of Scotland) exclusive luxury five-star hotels. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (824x571, 151 KB) Summary A picture of the statue of the Duke of Wellington located in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The Register House, home to the Registers of Scotland is to the photographers back, and the building in the background is the...
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Sir John Steell (1804 - 1891) was a Scottish sculptor. ...
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History
Originally opened in 1902 it was designed by architect W. Hamilton Beattie and was known as the North British Hotel, a traditional railway hotel built for the North British Railway adjacent to their Waverley Station. It kept the same name until the late 1980s when it was renamed the Balmoral Hotel after refurbishment,[1] despite being located over 100 miles south of Balmoral Castle. For travellers arriving by train, the hotel provided comfortable and elegant lodgings, before they continued their journeys. The building’s architecture is Victorian, influenced by the traditional Scottish baronial style. The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923. ...
Waverley railway station- the principal mainline station in Edinburgh viewed from Edinburgh Castle. ...
Balmoral Castle. ...
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The hotel is located in the very heart of the city at 1 Princes Street, the main shopping area overlooking Edinburgh Castle. The Balmoral is a landmark in its own right, its clock tower can be seen from all around. Given that the hotel is adjacent to the station, the clock is always set two minutes fast to ensure that people don't miss their trains. Princes Street, as viewed facing west from the Scott Monument Princes Street and the Castle at twilight Princes Street is the main shopping street in Edinburgh city centre, although it was originally designed to be a residential street. ...
The castle dominates the Edinburgh skyline as seen here from Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh Castle is an ancient fortress which, from its position atop Castle Rock, dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, and is Scotlands second most visited tourist attraction, after the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and...
It is now part of The Rocco Forte Collection owned by Sir Rocco Forte. The Rocco Forte Collection is a brand of Rocco Forte & Family PLC. The company owns and part-owns (a joint venture with Uberior Investments, a subsidiary of Bank of Scotland) exclusive luxury five-star hotels. ...
Sir Rocco Forte is a British hotelier born in Bournemouth. ...
In February 2007 it was confirmed that author J.K. Rowling finished the last book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at this hotel. Rowling left a signed statement written on a marble bust of Hermes in her room saying; "JK Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (652) on 11th Jan 2007".[2]. Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ...
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References - ^ Brewer's Britain & Ireland - Page 816 by John Ayto, Ian Crofton, Paul Cavill
- ^ BOOK 7 completed. The Scotsman. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
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External links - Hotel's Website
- The Rocco Forte Collection's Website
- Hotel Review on TripAdvisor
- Hotel Map
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