What To See Edinburgh
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Ann Street
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Assembly Hall
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Assembly Rooms
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Blackford Hill
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Braid Hills
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Calton Hill
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Camera Obscura
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Charlotte Square
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City Art Centre
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The Colonies
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Corstorphine
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Cowgate
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Craigmillar Castle
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Cramond
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Dean Village
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Duddingston
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Edinburgh Castle Museums
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Edinburgh Exchange
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Edinburgh's Festival Centre - The Hub
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Edinburgh Zoo
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George Street
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The Georgian House
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Gladstone's Land
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The Grassmarket
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Greyfriars Kirk
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Hanover Street
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The Heart of Midlothian
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Holyrood Abbey
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Holyrood Park
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Huntly House Museum
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John Knox's House
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Lady Stair's House, The Writers' Museum
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The Lawnmarket
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Leith
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The Meadows
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Mercat Cross
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Morningside
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The Mound
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Murrayfield
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Museum of Childhood
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Parliament House
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Parliament Square
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The People's Story museum
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Princes Street
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Princes Street Gardens
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Queen Street
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Register House
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Royal High School
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Royal Scottish Academy
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Royal scottish Observatory
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The Royal Yacht Britannia
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St Andrew Square
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St Giles Cathedral
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St Mary's episcopal Cathedral
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Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
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The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery
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Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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The Scottish Parliament
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Stockbridge
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Swanston
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Talbot Rice Art Gallery
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The Tron Kirk
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The University of Edinburgh
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Victoria Street
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The Water of Leith
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Waterloo Place
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Waverley Market (princes mall)
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The Colonies
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Highly Recommended
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Downstream from the Stock Bridge, the Water of Leith walkway will lead to you to one of Edinburgh's more picturesque corners,
a cluster of streets of artisans' houses tucked away at the foot of the New Town heights. Here you will find the 11 parallel
rows of terraced houses known as The Colonies, running at right angles to the Water of Leith. This development was constructed
by the Edinburgh Co-Operative Building Company in 1861 for local workmen and their families. Each house is divided into upper
and lower dwellings, with outside stairs to the top flats and tiny gardens. Many houses are decorated with plaques depicting
the tools used by the tradesmen involved in their construction - masons, plumbers, joiners, plasterers and decorators.
Address:
Stockbridge
Bus:
19, 20, 28, 34
Accessible:
Good
Other:
Stockbridge
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