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 )
Situated at the bottom of the slopes of the New Town, the lively residential district of Stockbridge was once a milling and tanning village lying alongside the Water of Leith and was the access point for livestock entering the city. In 1786 the present stone bridge was built and over the next 100 years Stockbridge gradually merged with Edinburgh as the tenement buildings, trim terraces and genteel villas went up. By the 1970s the area was crumbling, ripe for students, artists and the first alternative life-stylers, who moved in attracted by the low rents. In their wake came shops and restaurants, gentrification followed and Stockbridge once more became a desirable place to live. It's an alluring mélange of smart and cosy, where traditional foodshops rub shoulders with trendy bars and designer outlets. Make for St Stephen's Street to get a lingering taste of 1970s Stockbridge, before heading along the water's edge footpath to explore the Water of Leith.
Address: Stockbridge
Bus: 19, 20, 28, 34
Accessible: Good
Other: The Colonies; Royal Botanic Garden; Water of Leith
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