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  2. Old Town, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    The street layout, typical of the old quarters of many northern European cities, is made especially picturesque in Edinburgh, where the castle perches on top of a rocky crag, the remnants of an extinct volcano, and the main street runs down the crest of a ridge from it.

  3. List of closes on the Royal Mile - Wikipedia

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    Part of a model showing the layout of closes off the Royal Mile Anchor Close. The Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, consisted originally of the main street, now known as the Royal Mile, and the small alleyways and courtyards that led off it to the north and south. These were usually named after a memorable occupant of one of the apartments ...

  4. List of Category A listed buildings in the Old Town, Edinburgh

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Old Town, shown in dark brown This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. For the main list, see List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh. Boundaries The Old Town is defined here as the area around ...

  5. Cowgate - Wikipedia

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    The Cowgate (Scots: The Cougait) is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, located about 550 yards (500 m) southeast of Edinburgh Castle, within the city's World Heritage Site. The street is part of the lower level of Edinburgh's Old Town, which lies below the elevated streets of South Bridge and George IV Bridge.

  6. Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    The Grassmarket, running deep below the castle is connected by the steep double terraced Victoria Street. The street layout is typical of the old quarters of many Northern European cities. The New Town was an 18th-century solution to the problem of an increasingly crowded city which had been confined to the ridge sloping down from the castle.

  7. Chambers Street, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    Chambers Street is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the southern extremity of the Old Town. The street is named after William Chambers of Glenormiston, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh who was the main proponent of the Edinburgh Improvement Act (1867) which led to its creation in 1870. A narrow lane named North College Street and three ...

  8. File:Edinburgh Old Town Boundaries with New Town.svg

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    The ODbL does not require any particular license for maps produced from ODbL data. Prior to 1 August 2020, map tiles produced by the OpenStreetMap Foundation were licensed under the CC-BY-SA-2.0 license.

  9. Caltongate - Wikipedia

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    Caltongate (now known as New Waverley Square) is the largest city centre redevelopment project in Edinburgh since the 18th century. [1] First proposed in 2005, it took 9 years to be given the go-ahead by Edinburgh Council, [2] after disruption caused by the 2007–2008 financial crisis.

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