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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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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: central area of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Edinburgh New Town” and “New Town, Edinburgh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and National Library of Scotland.

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is a historic castle in , . It stands on , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.

Library
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The is one of Scotland's National Collections. It is one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom. As well as a public programme of exhibitions, events, workshops, and tours, the has reading rooms where visitors can access the collections.

Art gallery
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The National is the national art gallery of . It is located on in central , close to . The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Stockbridge and Canonmills.

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is the original settlement of . 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".

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are two districts of immediately north of New Town. The main tourist draw here is the Royal Botanic Garden. There's also an eclectic variety of independent shops and some great places to eat and drink.

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is the historic port of the capital of Scotland, north of city centre on the shore of the Firth of Forth. It's now only a minor port and has lost much of its industry, to be replaced by retail, bistros and cobbled wharves.

New Town

Latitude
55.95546° or 55° 57′ 20″ north
Longitude
-3.199° or 3° 11′ 56″ west
Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)
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: “Ciutat Nova dEdimburg”
  • 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”
  • Vietnamese: “New Town, Edinburgh”
  • Vietnamese: “New Town”
  • “Am Baile Ùr”
  • “Baile Ùr Dhùn Èideann”
  • “Edinburgh New Town”
  • “New Town”
  • “New Town - Am Baile Ùr”

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