- Abbeyhill
Abbeyhill is a suburb of
Edinburgh , the capital ofScotland .As with many other city suburbs, the area has varying definitions. Generally it may be taken to mean the part of town lying between
Holyrood Park (and perhapsThe Palace of Holyroodhouse itself) to the south,Meadowbank to the east;Calton Hill andLeith to the north; and the yards of Waverley Station to the west. It is in the locale of the recently constructed newScottish Parliament building, contains a number of old churches and other historic sites, and looks onto the Palace of Holyroodhouse.Abbeyhill is one of the oldest parts of the city, which takes its name from the ruined
Holyrood Abbey , a major historical religious site. It originally featured a royal road from central Edinburgh to its port,Leith . However, in the late 19th century, the Botanical Gardens at the east end ofPrinces Street were relocated, and a new thoroughfare, Leith Walk, was constructed to provide that link.The suburb is largely composed of residential streets such as Waverley Park and Milton Street, featuring
tenement flats which date from the late 19th Century andcolony houses on the north side of London Road. It is not a major retail or commercial area, with Meadowbank Retail Park and some small local shops centred around London Road, but is very close to city centre facilities.
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