Edinburgh
Edinburgh
+ Exploring Edinburgh
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* Ann Street
* Assembly Hall
* Assembly Rooms
* Blackford Hill
* Braid Hills
* Calton Hill
* Camera Obscura
* Charlotte Square
* City Art Centre
* The Colonies
* Corstorphine
* Cowgate
* Craigmillar Castle
* Cramond
* Dean Village
* Duddingston
* Edinburgh Castle Museums
* Edinburgh Exchange
* Edinburgh's Festival Centre - The Hub
* Edinburgh Zoo
* George Street
* The Georgian House
* Gladstone's Land
* The Grassmarket
* Greyfriars Kirk
* Hanover Street
* The Heart of Midlothian
* Holyrood Abbey
* Holyrood Park
* Huntly House Museum
* John Knox's House
* Lady Stair's House, The Writers' Museum
* The Lawnmarket
* Leith
* The Meadows
* Mercat Cross
* Morningside
* The Mound
* Murrayfield
* Museum of Childhood
* Parliament House
* Parliament Square
* The People's Story museum
* Princes Street
* Princes Street Gardens
* Queen Street
* Register House
* Royal High School
* Royal Scottish Academy
* Royal scottish Observatory
* The Royal Yacht Britannia
* St Andrew Square
* St Giles Cathedral
* St Mary's episcopal Cathedral
* Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
* The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery
* Scottish National Portrait Gallery
* The Scottish Parliament
* Stockbridge
* Swanston
* Talbot Rice Art Gallery
* The Tron Kirk
* The University of Edinburgh
* Victoria Street
* The Water of Leith
* Waterloo Place
* Waverley Market (princes mall)
Vicinity
+ Vicinity
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
The long gloomy street called the Cowgate runs canyon-like beneath the South and George IV bridges, and connects The Grassmarket with the Canongate area of the Old Town. Through here, in medieval times, cattle were driven from the plots behind the High Street houses to pasture outside the walls. By 1500 the Cowgate had become Edinburgh's first fashionable suburb, lined with the houses of rich merchants and the aristocracy. Centuries later, it housed Edinburgh's large Irish community and was home to the city's breweries. Look out for St Cecilia's Hall; built in 1763, this was the city's first concert venue. The Holyrood Project, a massive development scheme comprising the new Scottish Parliament and other buildings, and the opening of new bars and clubs are together revitalising this area.
Address: Cowgate
Bus: 1, 28 40
Accessible: Good
Other: The Grassmarket
St Cecilia's Hall
Address: CowgatePhone: 0131 650 2805
Practical: Used for concerts by University of Edinburgh
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