Princes Street Gardens are two adjacent public parks in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. The Gardens were created in the 1820s following the long draining of
East Princes Street Gardens in 2005, looking north-east from The Mound, showing the Scott Monument (l), Balmoral Hotel (c) and Waverley Station (r) with the North Bridge behind it
Princes Street Gardens and Edinburgh Castle
The original Ross Bandstand in West Princes Street Gardens, in or before 1906
The Ross Bandstand of 1935 that the Ross Development Trust have proposed to replace
Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1
Princes Street Gardens
…expansion northwards difficult. The water was habitually polluted from sewage draining downhill from the Old Town. The gardens run along the south side of Princes Street and are divided by The Mound, on which the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy buildings are located. East Princes Street Gardens…
Aerial view of Princes Street
View of Princes Street from Calton Hill.
Princes Street by Alexander Nasmyth, 1825
Princes Street, looking East, c. 1910–1915.