Nor Loch
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The Nor Loch was a man-made loch that formerly lay immediately north of Edinburgh's Old Town. Its site is now occupied by Princes Street Gardens and Waverley Station.
The Old Town with the Nor Loch in the foreground, c. 1690. Part of an engraving by John Slezer
Site of the Nor Loch after draining, c. 1781
East Princes Street Gardens in 2005
Edinburgh Waverley is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second-busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. The station serves as the northern terminus of the
Nor Loch
…or North Loch) was a man-made loch that formerly lay immediately north of Edinburgh's Old Town. Its site is now occupied by Princes Street Gardens and Waverley Station. The depression, along with the parallel one now occupied by the Cowgate, was formed by glacial erosion during the last Ice Age, when the icepack was…
Aerial view of Edinburgh Waverley, looking east
Aberdeen express leaving Edinburgh Waverley in 1957
Platform 15 at the station, 2018
View of the station from Calton Hill