Royal Mile
The Royal Mile is a series of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. The term originated in the early 20th century and has since entered popular usage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Street
- Description: succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland
- Also known as: “The Royal Mile”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include John Knox House and Museum of Childhood.
John Knox House
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John Knox House, popularly known as John Knox's House, is a historic house in Edinburgh, Scotland, reputed to have been owned and lived in by Protestant reformer John Knox during the 16th century.
Museum of Childhood
Museum
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The Museum of Childhood is a museum that houses a collection of children's toys and playthings, situated on the Royal Mile, in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the first museum in the world to specialise in the history of childhood.
Trinity College Kirk
Museum
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Trinity College Kirk was a royal collegiate church in Edinburgh, Scotland. The kirk and its adjacent almshouse, Trinity Hospital, were founded in 1460 by Mary of Guelders in memory of her husband, King James II who had been killed at the siege of Roxburgh Castle that year.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Town and Dumbiedykes.
Old Town
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Old Town is the original settlement of Edinburgh. At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".
Dumbiedykes
Suburb
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Dumbiedykes is a residential area in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It mainly comprises public housing developments. It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by Holyrood Park.
Holyrood
Neighborhood
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Holyrood is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude. Holyrood includes the following sites:…
Royal Mile
- Categories: controlled-access highway and transportation
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Royal Mile from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Royal Mile” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رويال مايل”
- Armenian: “Թագավորական Մղոն”
- Basque: “Royal Mile”
- Catalan: “Royal Mile”
- Chinese: “Royal Mile”
- Chinese: “皇家一英里”
- Czech: “Královská míle”
- Danish: “Royal Mile”
- Dutch: “Royal Mile”
- Esperanto: “Reĝa Mejlo”
- Esperanto: “Royal Mile”
- French: “Royal Mile”
- Galician: “Royal Mile”
- German: “Royal Mile”
- Hebrew: “המייל המלכותי”
- Hungarian: “Royal Mile”
- Irish: “An Míle Ríoga”
- Italian: “Royal Mile”
- Japanese: “ロイヤル・マイル”
- Japanese: “ロイヤル・マイル大通り”
- Polish: “Królewska Mila”
- Polish: “Royal Mile”
- Portuguese: “Milha Real”
- Portuguese: “Royal Mile”
- Russian: “Королевская Миля”
- Scots: “Royal Mile”
- Scots: “Ryal Mile”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Royal Mile”
- Slovenian: “Royal Mile”
- Spanish: “Royal Mile”
- Welsh: “y Filltir Frenhinol”
- Western Armenian: “Թագաւորական Մղոն”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Roxburgh’s Court and Canongate.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Forsyth’s Tea Room and Royal Mile Residence.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Royal Mile”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.