Gardens · Scottish Highlands
Marischal Square
Marischal Square — a garden in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.
Colin Smith — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Paid entry
About
Marischal Square is a garden of interest in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Marischal Square is a mixed use complex on Broad Street, Aberdeen, Scotland. The development is located on the site of St. Nicholas House, Aberdeen City Council's former 14-storey headquarters building, whose demolition was completed on 18 June 2014, after staff had been relocated to the redeveloped Marischal College across the road. The premises is bounded by Broad Street to the east, Upperkirkgate to the north, and Flourmill Lane to the west. Comprising 0.981 hectares (2.42 acres), it was developed in a single phase and completed in 2017.
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Background
History
The area in which the development is situated had undergone significant changes over the past two decades. At the close of the 2003/04 academic year, the University of Aberdeen removed the Students' Association from its former building on 2-4 Upperkirkgate on the corner of Broad Street. This was in light of the decline in use of Marischal College as a teaching facility for medicine, with only a few areas remaining in use for other purposes. Public university use of Marischal College finally ceased completely in 2008 in preparation for Aberdeen City Council's renovation and use of the building. This carried implications for the commercial viability of the local area: Despite the presence of…
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- Coordinates
- 57.1488, -2.0975
- Address
- Broad Street, Aberdeen
- Established
- 2017
- Opening
- Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 11:00-16:00
- Official site
- www.eveningexpress.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q16932468 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Marischal Square (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Marischal Square?
- Marischal Square is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Marischal Square built?
- Built or established in 2017.
- Who owns Marischal Square?
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