The booze map is among a variety of 70 cartographic works covering the past 500 years in a new book “Edinburgh, Mapping the City” by Christopher ... as being the Old Town.

When visiting Edinburgh, first-time travelers will be able to easily differentiate between Old Town and New Town. New Town's planned streets, squares and public greens occupy Edinburgh's northern ...

Edinburgh: Mapping the City brings together 71 maps, including the earliest known ... high-density housing in the Old Town. Dr Robert Philip, who recorded these cases, would go on to set up ...

"Edinburgh has been the Scottish capital since the 15th century. It has two distinct areas: the Old Town, dominated by a medieval fortress; and the neoclassical New Town, whose development from the ...

Edward Burns took a walk through Leith using the Ordnance Survey's Town Plan from 173 years ago, taking in the sights, ...

Children under 10: Edinburgh was the first city in the world to open a museum dedicated to the history of childhood.The Museum of Childhood first opened to the public in 1955 and moved to its ...

Where old and modern merge seamlessly: along with medieval alleys, design-forward buildings and a ‘new’ Scottish cuisine. Edinburgh, a charismatic city full of staircases and hills festooned ...

Waverley Bridge could become a vehicle-free plaza and a "centrepiece" bridge could be built for pedestrians and cyclists, connecting the Old Town and the New Town. Image source, City of Edinburgh ...

117 - Old and ... including the maps and names, does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning the history or legal ...

have appreciated Edinburgh as a city of extraordinary visual contrast. The Waverley railway station is located between the Old and New Towns. Both are within easy walking distance of the train ...