AREAS OF EDINBURGH
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is divided into areas that generally encompass a park, a main street of retail shops, a high street (the historic main street, not always the same as the main local street, such as in Corstorphine) and residential buildings.
AREAS OF EDINBURGH:
Calton Hill,
Leith,
New Town of Edinburgh,
Old Town of Edinburgh,
Portobello Beach,
Princes Street,
The Royal Mile,
South Queensferry,
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CALTON HILL
Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, just to the east of the New Town. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city. Calton Hill is the headquarters of the Scottish Government, which is based at St Andrew's House, on the steep southern slope of the hill ...
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LEITH
Leith is a district in the north of the city of Edinburgh at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is the port of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, in the unitary local authority of the City of Edinburgh. Up until the late 16th century Leith operated as two separate towns, on either side of the Water of Leith ...
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NEW TOWN OF EDINBURGH
The New Town, a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is often considered to be a masterpiece of city planning, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Although still referred to as the New Town, it was built in stages between 1765 and around 1850, and retains much of the original neo-classical period architecture ...
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OLD TOWN OF EDINBURGH
The Old Town of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has preserved its medieval plan and many Reformation-era buildings. One end is closed by the castle and the main artery, the Royal Mile, actually made up of four distinct streets, leads away from it, down to the now-ruined Holyrood Abbey ...
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PORTOBELLO BEACH
Portobello is a beach resort located three miles to the east of the city centre of Edinburgh, along the coast of the Firth of Forth, in Scotland. It is now a suburb of Edinburgh, with a promenade fronting on to the wide sand beach. The area was originally known as Figgate Muir, an expanse of moorland ...
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PRINCES STREET
Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and its main shopping street. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile from Lothian Road in the west to Leith Street in the east. The street is mostly closed to private cars ...
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THE ROYAL MILE
The Royal Mile is the popular name for the succession of streets which form the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of Edinburgh. As the name suggests, it stretches for a mile between the two focal points of royal history in Scotland, from Edinburgh Castle at the top down to the Palace of Holyroodhouse ...
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SOUTH QUEENSFERRY
South Queensferry, originally a Royal Burgh in West Lothian, is now part of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located some ten miles to the north west of the city centre, on the shore of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge, approximately 8 miles from Edinburgh Airport ...
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