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Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian , it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom...
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  • 1. Arthur's Seat Edinburgh
    Arthur's Seat is a mountain peak in Edinburgh, Scotland Arthur's Seat may also refer to: Arthurs Seat, Victoria, locality and hill in Australia Arthur's Seat, a point in the hills of Mahabaleshwar, India Arthur’s Seat, a lookout point in Kandy, Sri Lanka Arthur's Seat, a promontory near Shiel Hill, New Zealand Places named after King Arthur, mostly found in the United Kingdom Arthur Seat , a summit in the Clear Range in British Columbia, Canada, named for the one in Scotland
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  • 2. Edinburgh Zoo Edinburgh
    Edinburgh Zoo, formerly the Scottish National Zoological Park, is an 82-acre non-profit zoological park in Corstorphine, a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The land lies on the south facing slopes of Corstorphine Hill, from which it provides extensive views of the city. Built in 1913, and owned by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, it receives over 600,000 visitors a year, which makes it Scotland's second most popular paid-for tourist attraction, after Edinburgh Castle. As well as catering to tourists and locals, the zoo is involved in many scientific pursuits, such as captive breeding of endangered animals, researching into animal behaviour, and active participation in various conservation programs around the world.Edinburgh Zoo was the first zoo in the world to house ...
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  • 3. Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh
    Princes Street Station was a mainline railway station which stood at the west end of Princes Street, in Edinburgh, Scotland, for almost 100 years. Temporary stations were opened in 1848 and 1870, with construction of the main station commencing in the 1890s. The station was closed completely in 1965 and largely demolished in 1969-70. Only its hotel remains, but it is no longer in railway ownership.
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  • 4. Holyrood Park Edinburgh
    Holyrood is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. Holyrood includes the following sites: The modern Scottish Parliament Building. For this reason Holyrood is often used in contemporary media as a metonym for the Scottish Government. The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The ruins of Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Park, an expansive royal park to the south and east of the palace. Dynamic Earth. A number of residential, light commercial, and government properties.
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  • 6. Midlothian Edinburgh
    Midlothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, UK. It borders Edinburgh, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders council areas. Midlothian was also the name of a historic county formed in the Middle Ages. The county included Edinburgh and was formerly known as Edinburghshire, or more formally as the County of Edinburgh, until 1890. The historic county remains a lieutenancy area and a registration county for which purposes Edinburgh is included. Midlothian Council area was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. Act 1994, with the boundaries of the Midlothian district of the Lothian region. The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government Act 1973, and it consisted of the local government county of Midlothian, minus the burgh of Musselburgh – with the areas...
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  • 7. Portobello Beach Edinburgh
    Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh. It lies in eastern central Scotland, three miles to the east of Edinburgh city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny. Although historically it was a town in its own right and is often still felt to be such, it is officially a residential suburb of Edinburgh. The promenade fronts onto a wide sandy beach.
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  • 9. The Meadows Edinburgh
    Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian , it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdom's second most popular tourist destination, attracting ov...
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  • 10. Dr Neil's Garden Edinburgh
    Timothy John Winter , also known as Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, is an English Sunni Muslim scholar, researcher, writer and academic. He is the Dean of the Cambridge Muslim College, Aziz Foundation Professor of Islamic Studies at both Cambridge Muslim College and Ebrahim College, Director of Studies at Wolfson College and the Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Cambridge University. His work includes publications on Islamic theology and Muslim-Christian relations. In 2003 he was awarded the Pilkington Teaching Prize by Cambridge University and in 2007 he was awarded the King Abdullah I Prize for Islamic Thought for his short booklet Bombing Without Moonlight. He has consistently been included in the 500 Most Influential Muslims list published annually by the Royal Islamic Strategic St...
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  • 12. Dunbars Close Garden Edinburgh
    Dunbar is a coastal town in East Lothian on the south-east coast of Scotland, approximately 30 miles east of Edinburgh and 30 miles from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is a former royal burgh, and gave its name to an ecclesiastical and civil parish. The parish extends around 7 1⁄2 miles east to west and is 3 1⁄2 miles deep at greatest extent, or 11 1⁄4 square miles , and contains the villages of West Barns, Belhaven, East Barns and several hamlets and farms. Its strategic location gave rise to a history full of incident and strife; but Dunbar has become a quiet dormitory town popular with workers in nearby Edinburgh, who find it an affordable alternative to the capital itself. Until the 1960s, the population of the town was little more than 3,500. The town is ...
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  • 13. Cramond Foreshore Edinburgh
    Cramond Island is one of several islands in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, near Edinburgh. It lies off the foreshore at Cramond. It is 1⁄3 mile long and covers 19.03 acres . The island is part of the Dalmeny Estate, owned by the Rosebery Estates Partnership, and is let to Cramond Boat Club.
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