Princes Street

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Princes Street is Edinburgh’s main shopping and thoroughfare street, famed for its views of Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town across Princes Street Gardens.

Observed surface forms (2)


Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf shopping street
street
thoroughfare
adjacentTo Princes Street Gardens
category Shopping districts and streets in Scotland
Streets in Edinburgh
city Edinburgh
country United Kingdom
function main shopping street of Edinburgh
major traffic artery in Edinburgh
governingBody City of Edinburgh Council
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasFeature bus lanes
department stores
hotels
offices
restaurants
retail stores
tram tracks
views over Princes Street Gardens
hasPostalCodeArea EH1
EH2
hasPublicTransport Edinburgh Trams
Lothian Buses
hasSide north side built-up with shops
south side facing Princes Street Gardens
hasViewOf Edinburgh Castle
Old Town of Edinburgh
surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
isInTimeZone Europe/London
isTouristAttraction true
knownFor panoramic city views
shopping
views of Edinburgh Castle
views of the Old Town
languageUsed English
locatedIn Edinburgh
Scotland
United Kingdom
namedAfter George III’s sons (the princes)
near Balmoral Hotel
Scott Monument
Waverley Station
surface form: Waverley railway station
orientation east–west
partOf Edinburgh
surface form: Edinburgh city centre

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

Edinburgh Waverley adjacentTo Princes Street
Princes Street Gardens adjacentTo Princes Street
Charlotte Square, Edinburgh borderedBy Princes Street
this entity surface form: Princes Street (to the south via connecting streets)
Princes Street entrance connectsTo Princes Street
Princes Street entrance faces Princes Street
Edinburgh Trams hasStation Princes Street
Register House, Edinburgh locatedAt Princes Street
this entity surface form: Princes Street, Edinburgh
Calton Hill locatedNear Princes Street
Princes Street Gardens locatedOn Princes Street
Scott Monument locatedOn Princes Street
Regent Road, Edinburgh runsParallelTo Princes Street