Princes Street Gardens, Gold Ross Fountain, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2HG
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Tony Smith / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5579 x 3086 px | 47.2 x 26.1 cm | 18.6 x 10.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
31 August 2013Location:
Princes St, Edinburgh EH2 2HGMore information:
Princes Street Gardens is a public park in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. The Gardens were created in two phases in the 1770s and 1820s following the long draining of the Nor Loch and building of the New Town, beginning in the 1760s. The loch, situated on the north side of the town, was originally an artificial creation forming part of its medieval defences and made expansion northwards difficult. The water was habitually polluted from sewage draining downhill from the Old Town. In 1846 the railway was built in the valley to connect the Edinburgh-Glasgow line at Haymarket with the new northern terminus of the North British line from Berwick-upon-Tweed at Waverley Station. The gardens run along the south side of Princes Street and are divided by The Mound. East Princes Street Gardens run from The Mound to Waverley Bridge, and cover 8.5 acres (34, 000 m2). The larger West Princes Street Gardens cover 29 acres (120, 000 m2) and extend to the adjacent churches of St. John's and St. Cuthbert's, near Lothian Road in the west. The Gardens are the best known park in Edinburgh, having the highest awareness and visitor figures for both residents and visitors to the city. Various concerts and other events are held at the Ross Bandstand including the Festival Fireworks Concert, Men's Health Survival of the Fittest, and during the city's Hogmanay celebrations.