Essential Edinburgh City Tours
Edinburgh - Living City Education Pack
Visit:
Places of Interest
Shops, Pubs & Hotels
Streets
Community & Education
Churches
People
Architecture
Statues & Public Works of Art
Explore:
Edinburgh Castle
The Royal Mile
Princes Street
The New Town
The Water of Leith
Dean
Stockbridge
Canonmills
Broughton
Inverleith
Newhaven
Leith
image copyright Rachel Windsor
The New Kirkgate shopping centre at the bottom of Leith Walk was opened in 1965 and is named for the Kirkgate, formerly Leith's most important street.
The image shows the old Kirkgate of Leith, and was first published in Edinburgh Old and New by James Grant.
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