Silvermills

Silvermills, once an ancient village, has been part of since 1809. The village is most likely to have taken its name from mills erected to smelt and refine silver ore which had been found at Hilderstone in in 1607 or, alternatively, from some of the alchemical projects of James IV or James V.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Stephen’s Theatre, Edinburgh and Edinburgh Castle.

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Saint Stephen's Theatre is a former Church of Scotland church located in the Northern of , , at the corner of Saint Stephen Street and Saint Vincent Street, now a theatre and event venue.

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockbridge and Canonmills and New Town.

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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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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.

Suburb
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is a district of , the capital of . It lies to the south east of the at , east of and west of , in a low hollow north of Edinburgh's New Town.

Silvermills

Latitude
55.95933° or 55° 57′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.20429° or 3° 12′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C7RXQ5W+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3965255757
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q7516742
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In Other Languages

“Silvermills” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Silvermills”

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