What is "lauriston"

Lauriston is an area of central Edinburgh, Scotland. The former location of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, the area is undergoing a major re-development known as Quartermile. New apartments, restaurants, hotels and offices are planned.

Lauriston is adjacent to The Meadows, a large public park in the centre of Edinburgh, and is home to the Edinburgh College of Art and the headquarters of the Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service, plus the Museum of Fire.

George Heriot's School is located on Lauriston Place opposite the Quartermile development.

The original and second (but not present) buildings of George Watson's College were also in Lauriston.

Lauriston may refer to:

• Lauriston, an area of central Edinburgh, Scotland
• Lauriston, Victoria, a town in Australia
• Lauriston, New Zealand, a village in New Zealand
• Lauriston Castle, a 16th-century tower house in Edinburgh, Scotland
• Lauriston Girls' School, a private day and boarding school for girls in Armadale, Victoria, Australia
• Lauriston, Strathfield, an historic house in the Sydney suburb of Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
• Jacques Lauriston, a French soldier and diplomat of Scottish descent
• Jean Law de Lauriston, twice Governor General of Pondicherry
• Jesse Lauriston Livermore, an early-20th-century American stock trader