Merchiston Community Council
21 November 2008 
Speaking up for the people of Merchiston  
Places Of Worship

We have a variety of places to worship in the area and we mention the Synagogue and Mosque in Edinburgh - both easily accessible - for completeness.

Church of Scotland Churches


Polwarth Parish Church
36-38 Polwarth Terrace
Edinburgh, EH11 1L		Viewforth Parish Church
104 Gilmore Place
Edinburgh, EH3 9PL
St Michael's Parish Church
1 Slateford Road
Edinburgh EH11 1NX

Other Denominations


Christ Church Morningside -
Episcopalian
6a, Morningside Road
Edinburgh EH10 4DD


Christ Church dates from 1875 and was designed by Hippolyte Jean Blanc in a cruciform-plan French Gothic style.

Morningside United -
In Communion with
both the Church of Scotland and
the United Reformed Church
15 Chamberlain Road
Edinburgh EH10 4DJ

Morningside United, originally Morningside Congregational Church, on the north corner of Chamberlain Road and Bruntsfield Place. Designed in an Early Christian Revival style in 1927 by James McLachlan, it replaced an earlier church built in 1863.

Morningside Baptist
Morningside Road
Edinburgh
EH10 4DB



The Baptist Church was designed by MacGibbon & Ross in 1872 for the Free Church and opened as a baptist church in 1894.

In Edinburgh we also have one Synagogue and one main Mosque.
MosqueSynagogue
Edinburgh Central Mosque
50 Potter Row
Edinburgh EH8 9BT


Synagogue Chambers
4 Salisbury Road
Edinburgh
EH16 5AB