The West Port is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town, just south of Edinburgh Castle. It runs from Main Point to the southwest corner of the Grassmarket.
Main Point, the historic junction of the three roads (2nd l. to r.) to Biggar, Glasgow and Stirling
Chalmers' Free Church Experiment
The north side of the West Port
Former Salvation Army Hostel
The Old Town is the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. The area has preserved much of its medieval street plan and many Reformation-era buildings. Together with the 18th/19th-century
West Port, Edinburgh
…The West Port is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town, just south of Edinburgh Castle. It runs from Main Point (the junction of Bread Street, Lauriston Street, East Fountainbridge and High Riggs) to the…
The Old Town seen from Princes Street
Cockburn Street in Edinburgh
Colourful shops on St Mary's Street
Image of the Old Town from Calton Hill taken from page 179 of 'Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes' (1896) by Robert Louis Stevenson. Etchings by A. Brunet-Debaines from drawings by S. Bough and W. E. Lockhart.