5 Local Spots in Edinburgh Tourists Don't Know About
5 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Dean Village
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Five minutes' walk from the West End's Georgian crescents, the ground drops away into a steep wooded gorge and you're standing in a twelfth-century milling village that feels like it belongs in the Cotswolds, not the capital of Scotland.
Grassmarket
Grassmarket, The Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2HS, United Kingdom
From 1660 until 1784, this sunny square in the shadow of the castle was Edinburgh's principal killing ground.
Portobello Beach
60 Promenade, Portobello/Craigmillar Ward, Edinburgh, EH15 2BS, United Kingdom
Edinburgh has a beach, and it was named after a battle in Panama.
Stockbridge
Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH4
This neighbourhood got its name in the most literal way possible: timber planks laid across the Water of Leith as a "stock bridge" for people to cross.
The Meadows
Melville Drive, Edinburgh EH9 1ND
Like Princes Street Gardens to the north, the Meadows was once a loch.
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