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The Royal Mile, from the Castle to St Giles
Water, a merchant's house and a city piled storey upon storey bring everyday life into the upper Royal Mile.
Everyday Life: Homes, Trades and Markets in Edinburgh: audio walks
How did people live, shop and work in a city stacked high on a ridge, and in its riverside villages?
3 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
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Edinburgh also makes sense at the scale of a doorway, a workshop or a market. These walks turn from the castle skyline to everyday questions: where people fitted in, how they earned a living and how a city organised itself as it grew upwards. By the river, work and housing take on a different shape.
In “Canongate and Holyrood”: The boundary between Edinburgh and the former town of Canongate lets you compare two ways of organising urban life along the Royal Mile.
In “The Royal Mile”: Water, a merchant's house and a city piled storey upon storey bring everyday life into the upper Royal Mile.
In “Dean Village and Water of Leith”: At the bottom of a gorge, a stone's throw from the New Town, there was once a village of millers.
Choose from 3 independent walks in Edinburgh. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Canongate and Holyrood: the other Royal Mile
The boundary between Edinburgh and the former town of Canongate lets you compare two ways of organising urban life along the Royal Mile.
Dean Village and the Water of Leith
At the bottom of a gorge, a stone's throw from the New Town, there was once a village of millers.
Edinburgh, before you go
A stone city built on hills, with a castle above it and weather that keeps changing. Cobbled streets and narrow stairways reward walking, provided your shoes have grip and your coat has a hood.
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