Edinburgh
Edinburgh
+ Exploring Edinburgh
Sights
* 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 Lawnmarket is the name given to the section of the Royal Mile below Castlehill and above the High Street. It is one of the oldest streets in Edinburgh, and originally formed the 12th-century nucleus of David I's burgh. Its name comes from the `lawn' or cloth once sold here and by the late 17th century it was the smartest place to live. Running off The Lawnmarket are some of the Old Town's best examples of closes and vennels. There are no less than three entrances to James's Court, an 18th-century close, once the home of David Hume, the philosopher, and James Boswell, Dr Johnson's biographer. Milne's Court, to the west, went up in 1690, a planned development to try and ease the congestion in the Old Town. Look out too, for Brodie's Close, home to the notorious Deacon Brodie.
Address: The Lawnmarket
Restaurant: Restaurants, pubs and cafés near by (Inexpensive-Expensive)
Bus: 1, 28, 34, 42
Accessible: Good
Other: Camera Obscura; Edinburgh Castle; Edinburgh Castle Museums; Gladstone's Land; Lawnmarket; The Mound; Royal Mile; St Giles Cathedral
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