Hanover Street

Hanover Street is a bus stop in , . Hanover Street is situated nearby to the government office , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and Scottish National Gallery.

is a historic castle in , Scotland. 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. is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Hanover Street.

Art gallery
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. is situated 840 feet south of Hanover Street.

Photo: Schatir, Public domain.
The is a Victorian Gothic to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the in Havana. is situated 780 feet east of Hanover Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Old 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.

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".

Neighborhood
The , also known as the Moray Feu, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the . Built on an awkward and steeply sloping site, it has been described as a masterpiece of urban planning.

Hanover Street

Latitude
55.95306° or 55° 57′ 11″ north
Longitude
-3.19687° or 3° 11′ 49″ west
Open location code
9C7RXR33+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 502531511
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­platform
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