Enterprise Car Club

Enterprise Car Club is in Edinburgh, Scotland. Enterprise Car Club is situated nearby to the university Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, as well as near Edinburgh: New Town Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Edinburgh Castle

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Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, 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. Edinburgh Castle is situated 2,200 feet south of Enterprise Car Club.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Art gallery

National Galleries Scotland: Portrait is an art museum on Queen Street, Edinburgh. Portrait holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. Scottish National Portrait Gallery is situated 720 feet northeast of Enterprise Car Club.

Scott Monument

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The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana. Scott Monument is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Enterprise Car Club.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Old Town.

New Town

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New Town of Edinburgh is 250 years old, in contrast to the Old Town 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.

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".

Silvermills

Neighborhood

Silvermills, once an ancient village, has been part of Edinburgh, Scotland, since 1809. The name most likely comes from mills erected to smelt and refine silver ore which had been found at Hilderstone in 1607, or from alchemical projects of James IV or James V.