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Stockbridge and Canonmills

Stockbridge and Canonmills are two districts of immediately north of . 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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  • Type: Suburb with 7,000 residents
  • Description: suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Stockbridge” and “Stockbridge, Edinburgh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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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.

Garden
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The is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction.

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 New Town and Old Town.

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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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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".

Suburb
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The is an affluent district of , , which along with the rest of the and forms central Edinburgh, and Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Stockbridge and Canonmills

Latitude
55.95797° or 55° 57′ 29″ north
Longitude
-3.20934° or 3° 12′ 34″ west
Population
7,000
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
9C7RXQ5R+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 35784400
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
9168473
Wiki­data ID
Q7617942
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Stockbridge and Canonmills” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սթոքբրիջ”
  • Basque: “Stockbridge”
  • Belarusian: “Стокбрыдж”
  • French: “Stockbridge”
  • Hebrew: “סטוקברידג’ וקנונמילס”
  • Hebrew: “סטוקברידג‘”
  • Hebrew: “סטוקברידג’”
  • Italian: “Stockbridge e Canonmills”
  • Latvian: “Stokbridža”
  • Polish: “Stockbridge”
  • Portuguese: “Stockbridge”
  • Russian: “Стокбридж”
  • Slovenian: “Stockbridge”
  • Spanish: “Stockbridge, Edinburgh”
  • Spanish: “Stockbridge”
  • Swedish: “Stockbridge, Edinburgh”
  • Swedish: “Stockbridge”
  • Turkish: “Stockbridge, Edinburgh”
  • Turkish: “Stockbridge”
  • Welsh: “Stockbridge, Caeredin”
  • Welsh: “Stockbridge”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Stockbridge and Canonmills”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.