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HM Prison Edinburgh

prison in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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HM Prison Edinburgh

Summary

HM Prison Edinburgh is a HM Prison[1]. It draws 291 Wikipedia views per month (hm_prison category, ranking #20 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • HM Prison Edinburgh is located in City of Edinburgh[3].
  • HM Prison Edinburgh is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • HM Prison Edinburgh's instance of is recorded as HM Prison[5].
  • HM Prison Edinburgh is operated by Scottish Prison Service[6].
  • The location of HM Prison Edinburgh was Edinburgh[7].
  • HM Prison Edinburgh's postal code is recorded as EH11 3LN[8].
  • HM Prison Edinburgh's Commons category is recorded as HMP Edinburgh[9].
  • 1920 marks the founding of HM Prison Edinburgh[10].
  • HM Prison Edinburgh's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.9268, 'longitude': -3.2611, 'precision': 0.0001}[11].
  • HM Prison Edinburgh's date of official opening is recorded as 1920[12].
  • HM Prison Edinburgh's historic county is recorded as Midlothian[13].

Body

Founding

1920 marks the founding of HM Prison Edinburgh[10].

Operations

HM Prison Edinburgh is operated by Scottish Prison Service[6].

Why It Matters

HM Prison Edinburgh draws 291 Wikipedia views per month (hm_prison category, ranking #20 of 14).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Chalmd · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase id → /m/0fp8j_
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → City of Edinburgh
    Postal code → EH11 3LN
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1617]]: 488fee9f-e733-4eb7-801b-78d52cb88bde, Adding BBC Things ID"
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