Royal Terrace is a grand street in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the north side of Calton Hill within the New Town and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1995, built on the south side of a setted street, facing the sloping banks of London Road Gardens, formerly Royal Terrace Gardens, with views looking north towards Leith and the Firth of Forth.
View of the western end of Royal Terrace, from London Road Gardens, formerly Royal Terrace Gardens
A section of Royal Terrace at the west end of the street, with six Ionic columns. This contains two townhouses: number 4 with the central entrance and two bays to the left, and number 3 with the right two bays and an entrance in the un-colonnaded section to the right (just out of view).
Panorama of Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, reaching from Carlton Terrace in the east (extreme left), to Greenside Church in the west (extreme right) — this is probably the longest Georgian terrace in Europe, a straight, continuous structure measuring 360 metres from east to west.
40 Royal Terrace, the first house to be built in 1821–1822, an example of a two-storey townhouse (with basement and attic) in a section without Greek columns
Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
A view of Calton Hill with some of its many monuments, seen from the Salisbury Crags
View over Edinburgh, with the Dugald Stewart Monument in the foreground
Thistles on Calton Hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, 2023
Washerwomen on Calton Hill (1825)