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Delve into Old Town
The district Old Town of Edinburgh in Edinburgh (Scotland) is a subburb in United Kingdom about 331 mi north-west of London, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dalkeith, Glenrothes, Livingston, Haddington and Perth. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 44 °F
Morning Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
Evening Temperature | 6°C / 44 °F |
Night Temperature | 6°C / 44 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 92% |
Air Pressure | 975 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 86% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 29th of March 2024
7°C (44 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 30th of March 2024
11°C (51 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 31st of March 2024
13°C (55 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
G & V Royal Mile Hotel Edinburgh
Greyfriars Apartments
Le Monde Hotel
Burnets Apartments
The Principal Edinburgh George Street
VIP Apartments
Residence Inn Edinburgh
Scotia Grand Residence
Novotel Edinburgh Centre
Fraser Suites Edinburgh
Videos from this area
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Edinburgh Castle & The Grassmarket - A Short Tour
A walk around the area of Edinburgh Castle and The Grassmarket in February.
PRINCES STREET
For LOADS more video guides: https://www.edinburghvideoguide.com The Edinburgh Video Guide presents Princes Street, Edinburgh's main shopping thoroughfare and the definitive divide between...
University of Edinburgh campus visit with American College Strategies
Thinking about applying to university in the UK? Independent Educational Consultant Kathleen Griffin of American College Strategies provides insights into the academics and unique culture...
Star Flyer, Edinburgh (GoPro Hero 3+) November 2014
My dad and I on the Star Flyer in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. November 2014. Filmed on a GoPro Hero 3+ at 1440p 48fps.
Gumball 3000, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2014 [HD]
[Skip to 0:10 for video] The day that the Gumball 3000 came to Scotland. After hours and hours of waiting, we finally got to see (and here) some beautiful cars trying to navigate the Edinburgh traffi.
How To Pronounce Edinburgh - Like A Local
http://hotels.tv/blog/edinburgh/ This video shows you how to pronounce Edinburgh. Learn the correct English and Scottish pronunciation of the capital city of Scotland.
Journey's End - Bedlam Theatre 07/02/15
Final performance of R.C Sheriff's 'Journey's End' on Saturday 7th February 2015 at Bedlam Theatre. Directed by Lorna Treen Assisted by Grace Lyle-Condon.
Scottish Green Energy Awards: A Celebration of Our Journey
The celebration of the success of the Scottish renewable energy industry.
Alexander Taming Bucephalus Statue City Chambers Edinburgh Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Alexander Taming Bucephalus Statue at the quadrangle of the City Chambers in Edinburgh. This sculpture was by Sir John Robert Steell RSA born 1804, died 1891. He...
The Chain Reactor @ The City Arts Centre, Edinburgh International Science Festival
A visit to the City Arts Centre to see the interactive exhibitions and activities at the 2012 event, led us to the top floor where we watched 'The Chain Reactor' http://pencaitland.org.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Scottish National Gallery
The Scottish National Gallery is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, in a neoclassical building designed by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. The gallery houses the Scottish national collection of fine art, including Scottish and international art from the beginning of the Renaissance up to the start of the 20th century.
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland, (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais na h-Alba, Scots: Kirk o Scotland) known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation. The Church of Scotland traces its roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity is principally shaped by the Reformation of 1560.
Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet
The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet is a private society of Scottish solicitors, dating back to 1594 and part of the College of Justice. Writers to the Signet originally had special privileges in relation to the drawing up of documents which required to be signeted, but these have since disappeared and the Society is now an independent, non-regulatory association of solicitors.
National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba, Scots: Naitional Leebrar o Scotland) is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. It is based in a collection of buildings in Edinburgh city centre. The headquarters is on George IV Bridge, between the Old Town and the university quarter. There is also a more modern building (1980s) in a residential area on the south side of the town centre, on Causewayside.
New College, Edinburgh
New College in Edinburgh University is one of the largest and most renowned centres for (post)graduate studies in Theology and Religious Studies in the UK, with approximately 150 students in M.A. , M. Phil. and Ph.D. degree programmes in any given year, and from over 30 countries. There are now nearly 30 full-time members of the academic staff, and they include internationally respected scholars in various specialities.
Grassmarket
The Grassmarket is an historic market square in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In relation to the rest of the city the area is a hollow, well below surrounding ground levels.
Advocates Library
The Advocates Library, founded in 1682, is the law library of the Faculty of Advocates, in Edinburgh. Until 1925 it was the national deposit library of Scotland, after which the role was taken on by the National Library of Scotland. All the non-legal collections were gifted to the National Library. Today, it alone of the Scottish libraries still holds the privilege of receiving a copy of every law book entered at Stationers' Hall.
William Smellie (encyclopedist)
William Smellie FRSE FSA(Scot) (1740–1795) was a Scottish master printer, naturalist, antiquary, editor and encyclopedist. He was friends with Robert Burns, whose assessment is engraved on Smellie's tombstone: "Here lies a man who did honour to human nature". Burns also described him fondly in a letter as "that old Veteran in Genius, Wit and Bawdry".
The Hub, Edinburgh
Tolbooth Kirk redirects here, referring to the Victorian building; not be confused with the Tolbooth Kirk congregation which met in the north-west corner of St. Giles High Kirk when that building accommodated 4 separate congregations. The Hub, at the top of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, is the home of the Edinburgh International Festival, and a central source of information on all the Edinburgh Festivals.
Greyfriars Kirk
Greyfriars Kirk, today Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk, is a parish kirk of the Church of Scotland in central Edinburgh, Scotland. The kirk stands on the site of a pre-Reformation establishment of the Franciscan order, the "Grey Friars". It is one of the oldest surviving buildings built outside the Old Town of Edinburgh, having been begun in 1602 and completed circa 1620. It sits to the south of the Grassmarket, adjacent to the rear of George Heriot's School, itself founded in 1628.
The Mound
The Mound is an artificial hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New Town and Old Town. It was formed by dumping around 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the foundations of the New Town into the drained Nor Loch which forms today's Princes Street Gardens.
Lady Stair's Close
Lady Stair's Close is a close (-ose pronounced to rhyme with "os" in "most") in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, just off the Royal Mile, close to the entrance to Gladstone's Land. Most notably it contains the Scottish Writers' Museum. The close contains the Makars' Court - inscribed stones to the great names of Scottish literature.
Underbelly (venue)
The Underbelly is a venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe off Cowgate. From 2001-2004, Underbelly was the only venue operated by Underbelly Limited. In 2005, Underbelly added the Baby Belly venue. In 2006, these venues were joined by the E4 UdderBELLY and the Cow Barn.
Old Town, Edinburgh
The Old Town is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. It has preserved its medieval street plan and many Reformation-era buildings. Together with the 18th-century New Town, it is a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site.
General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland
The Assembly Hall is located between the Lawnmarket and The Mound in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the meeting place of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Gladstone's Land
Gladstone's Land is a surviving 17th century high-tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland, and is operated as a popular tourist attraction. The "Land" (sited at 483 Lawnmarket) was originally built in 1550, but was bought and redeveloped in 1617 by a prosperous Edinburgh merchant and burgess Thomas Gledstanes. The work was completed in 1620.
Ramsay Garden
Ramsay Garden (or Ramsay Gardens) is a block of sixteen private apartment buildings in the Castlehill area of Edinburgh, Scotland. They stand out for their red ashlar and white harled exteriors, and for their prominent position, most visible from Princes Street.
The Witchery by the Castle
The Witchery by the Castle is a restaurant on the Royal Mile near Edinburgh Castle which also provides bed and breakfast accommodation. The restaurant was opened in 1979 by chef James Thompson. At the start there were just three staff but the business has now grown to employ over 70, including several housekeeper, night porter and 16 chefs. The building is said to be haunted by one of the thousand people who were burned for witchcraft on Castlehill in 15th and 16th centuries.
Greyfriars Kirkyard
Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent to George Heriot's School. Burials have been taking place since the late 16th century, and a number of notable Edinburgh residents are interred at Greyfriars. The Kirkyard is operated by City of Edinburgh Council in liaison with a charitable trust, which is linked to but separate from the church.
Free Church College
The Free Church College is a theological seminary in Edinburgh connected to the Free Church of Scotland. It traces its origins back to the foundation of New College, Edinburgh at the time of the Disruption of 1843. At the formation of the United Free Church, the United Free Church was granted the New College buildings, and so the continuing Free Church moved to new premises in 1907. The Free Church College has a Bachelor of Theology programme with degrees validated by the University of Glasgow.
St Columba's-by-the-Castle
St Columba's-by-the-Castle is a congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church in central Edinburgh, Scotland. The church is located close to Edinburgh Castle, on the south slope of Castle Hill, and is protected as a category B listed building. The church was constructed in 1846–1847 in an Early English Gothic style, to designs by architect John Henderson. Stone for the building was brought from the palace of Mary of Guise, 16th-century queen regent of Scotland, on the Royal Mile.
Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh
The Old Tolbooth was an important public building for more than 400 years in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The medieval structure, which was located at the west end of the Luckenbooths on the High Street in the Old Town, was first established in the 14th century by royal charter. Over the years it served a variety of purposes such as housing the Burgh Council, early meetings of the Estates of Scotland and the Court of Session.
Museum on the Mound
The Museum on the Mound is a museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, that focuses on money, coinage and economics. Located in the former Bank of Scotland headquarters building (latterly part of HBOS and now part of Lloyds Banking Group) on The Mound, it opened in 2006. It is open to members of the public, and runs school visits.
Central Library, Edinburgh
Central Library in Edinburgh, opened in 1890, was the first public library building in the city. Today there are 26 public libraries in the Scottish capital but, as the first, the creation of Central Library was funded with £50,000 from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Writers' Museum
Not to be confused with Dublin Writers Museum. Lady Stair's House redirects here; not to be confused with Stair House. The Writers’ Museum, housed in Lady Stair’s House at the Lawnmarket, on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, presents the lives of three of the foremost Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Run by the City of Edinburgh Council, the collection includes portraits, works and personal objects.