High Street, Edinburgh

E349708

historic thoroughfare street

High Street in Edinburgh is the historic main thoroughfare of the Royal Mile in the Old Town, lined with notable medieval buildings, shops, and landmarks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
High Street, Edinburgh canonical	4
High Street on the Royal Mile	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic thoroughfare ⓘ street ⓘ
connectsTo	Abbey Strand (via Royal Mile sequence) ⓘ Canongate ⓘ Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle ⓘ surface form: Castlehill (via Royal Mile sequence) Lawnmarket ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	High Street, Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: High Street on the Royal Mile
hasBuilding	City Chambers, Edinburgh ⓘ John Knox House ⓘ surface form: John Knox House (at eastern end of High Street section of Royal Mile) St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral Tron Kirk ⓘ
hasEvent	Edinburgh Festival Fringe ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh Festival Fringe street performances Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo audience flows ⓘ
hasFunction	ceremonial route ⓘ commercial street ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
hasLandmark	Heart of Midlothian mosaic ⓘ Mercat Cross, Edinburgh ⓘ Parliament Square, Edinburgh ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature	closes and wynds leading off the street ⓘ
hasNearbyInstitution	Court of Session ⓘ surface form: Court of Session (via Parliament House off High Street) City Chambers, Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh City Chambers St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral
hasOfficialName	High Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSectionType	main thoroughfare ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod	medieval era ⓘ
knownFor	historic architecture ⓘ landmarks ⓘ medieval buildings ⓘ shops ⓘ tourism ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Edinburgh ⓘ Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh Royal Mile ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf	Edinburgh Old Town street pattern ⓘ Royal Mile ⓘ surface form: Royal Mile, Edinburgh
pavementMaterial	stone setts / cobbles ⓘ
streetType	cobbled street ⓘ
touristArea	Royal Mile ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf	Old and New Towns of Edinburgh ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canongate → westernConnection → High Street, Edinburgh ⓘ

Lawnmarket, Edinburgh → connectsTo → High Street, Edinburgh ⓘ

Parliament Square, Edinburgh → adjacentTo → High Street, Edinburgh ⓘ

High Street, Edinburgh → hasAlternativeName → High Street, Edinburgh ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Street on the Royal Mile

Am Mìle Rìoghail → passesThrough → High Street, Edinburgh ⓘ