New Town

New Town of is 250 years old, in contrast to the settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.
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  • Suburb
  • …lies at an elevation of around 250 feet (80 metres)
  • Description: central area of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as
    “Edinburgh New Town”
    “New Town, Edinburgh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Scottish National Gallery.
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is a historic castle in , Scotland.
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Art gallery
The National is the national art gallery of .
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Railway station
Edinburgh Waverley is the principal railway station serving , Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Stockbridge and Canonmills.
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is the original settlement of .
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are two districts of immediately north of New Town.
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is the historic port of the capital…

New Town

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Latitude
55.95546° or 55° 57′ 20″ north
Longitude
-3.199° or 3° 11′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C7RXR42+59
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1867328555
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7644904
Wiki­data ID
Q590710

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“New Town” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նոր քաղաք”
  • Asturian: “New Town”
  • Basque: “Edinburgheko Hiri Berria”
  • Basque: “Edinburgoko Hiri Berria”
  • Belarusian: “Новы горад (Эдынбург)”
  • Belarusian: “Новы горад”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat Nova d’Edimburg”
  • Catalan: “New Town”
  • Chinese: “愛丁堡新城”
  • Chinese: “爱丁堡新城”
  • Danish: “New Town”
  • Dutch: “New Town”
  • Esperanto: “Novurbo”
  • Estonian: “New Town”
  • French: “New Town”
  • Hebrew: “העיר החדשה באדינבורו”
  • Hebrew: “העיר החדשה של אדינבורו”
  • Hebrew: “העיר החדשה”
  • Hindi: “न्यू टाउन, एडिनबर्ग”
  • Hindi: “न्यू टाउन”
  • Irish: “Am Baile Ùr”
  • Irish: “Baile Ùr Dhùn Èideann”
  • Italian: “Città nuova di Edimburgo”
  • Japanese: “エディンバラ新市街”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “New Town”
  • Norwegian: “New Town”
  • Persian: “نیو تاون، ادینبرا”
  • Persian: “نیو تاون”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Nova de Edimburgo”
  • Russian: “Новый город”
  • Scots: “New Toun, Edinburgh”
  • Scots: “New Toun”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Am Baile Ùr”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Ùr Dhùn Èideann”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad nueva de Edimburgo”
  • Swedish: “New Town”
  • Turkish: “New Town, Edinburgh”
  • Turkish: “New Town”
  • Ukrainian: “Нове місто (Единбург)”
  • Ukrainian: “Нове місто”
  • Urdu: “نیو ٹاؤن، ایڈنبرا”
  • Vietnamese: “New Town, Edinburgh”
  • Vietnamese: “New Town”
  • “Edinburgh New Town”
  • “New Town - Am Baile Ùr”

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