The New Town is defined here as the area shown in light brown on the map to the right, with some small exceptions:
to the north, a line along St. Stephen Street, Fettes Row, Royal Crescent, and Bellevue Crescent, then along East London Street
This includes Royal Crescent, Scotland Street and Bellevue Crescent, which are omitted from the map area
to the west, Queensferry Street and Great Stuart Street, through Moray Place up Gloucester Street
All buildings on Randolph Crescent, Ainslie Place, and Moray Place have been included.
to the east, Annandale Street (south of the East London Street roundabout) to Elm Row/Leith Walk, then along Royal Terrace to where Carlton Terrace Brae meets Regent Road
This encompasses the Gayfield Square area and all of the structures on Calton Hill, as well as the very southern end of Leith Walk. It does not, however, include the buildings around Montgomery Street to the north of London Road
to the south, the southern edge of Princes Street Gardens, Waverley Station, then along Regent Road
This includes all structures in Princes Street Gardens and the lower parts of the Mound, with a boundary running approximately along Market Street, and includes Waverley Station as well as the Balmoral Hotel and the old Post Office building at the north end of North Bridge. At the west, it includes St Cuthbert's Church, and at the eastern end includes all buildings on Calton Hill to the north of Regent Road, including the old Royal High School.
Listed buildings
Notes
^Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference (where provided) is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey. • "Guide to National Grid". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 12 December 2007. • "Get-a-map". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
^Historic Environment Scotland assign a unique alphanumeric identifier to each designated site in Scotland, for listed buildings this always begins with "LB", for example "LB12345".
References
^Scott McCulloch (6 October 2014). "Crowne Plaza Edinburgh launched following £7.2m refurbishment". The Daily Record. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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