Royal Mile

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historic thoroughfare street tourist attraction

The Royal Mile is Edinburgh’s historic main thoroughfare, running through the Old Town from Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and lined with notable buildings, shops, and attractions.

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Label Occurrences
Royal Mile canonical 53
Royal Mile, Edinburgh 4
Royal Mile area 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic thoroughfare ⓘ
street ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
category Streets in Edinburgh ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Edinburgh ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Scotland ⓘ
city Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh
connects Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbolic heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town ⓘ
hasFeature cobbled sections ⓘ
narrow closes and wynds ⓘ
tenement buildings ⓘ
hasLandmark Canongate Kirk ⓘ
John Knox House ⓘ
Scottish Parliament vicinity ⓘ
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral
hasNameInScots The Ryal Mile ⓘ
hasNameInScottishGaelic Am Mìle Rìoghail ⓘ
hasPart Abbey Strand ⓘ
Canongate ⓘ
Castlehill ⓘ
High Street ⓘ
Lawnmarket, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Lawnmarket
heritageStatus part of Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalEra medieval origin ⓘ
knownFor Edinburgh Festival events ⓘ
historic buildings ⓘ
pubs and restaurants ⓘ
street performers ⓘ
tourist shops ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
length approximately 1.8 kilometres ⓘ
approximately one Scots mile ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
managedBy City of Edinburgh Council ⓘ
near Arthur’s Seat ⓘ
Calton Hill ⓘ
partOf Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh Old Town
partOfRoute historic processional route between castle and palace ⓘ
primaryUse pedestrian and local traffic ⓘ
terminus Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Holyroodhouse forecourt
touristRegion Lothian ⓘ

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

Edinburgh → hasLandmark → Royal Mile ⓘ
Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region → hasCulturalAttraction → Royal Mile ⓘ
Edinburgh Castle → accessedVia → Royal Mile ⓘ
Thistle Chapel → locatedIn → Royal Mile ⓘ
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh → locatedOn → Royal Mile ⓘ
subject surface form: Canongate Kirkyard
Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh → associatedWith → Royal Mile ⓘ
subject surface form: Canongate Kirkyard
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh → locatedOn → Royal Mile ⓘ
Princes Street Gardens → near → Royal Mile ⓘ
central Scotland → hasCulturalAttraction → Royal Mile ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Scotland
Old Town of Edinburgh → knownFor → Royal Mile ⓘ
Old Town of Edinburgh → hasPart → Royal Mile ⓘ
Parliament House, Edinburgh → adjacentTo → Royal Mile ⓘ
Canongate → partOf → Royal Mile ⓘ
Canongate → terminusOf → Royal Mile ⓘ
Canongate → touristRoute → Royal Mile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Mile walking route
Holyrood Abbey → locatedAt → Royal Mile ⓘ
Holyrood Park → near → Royal Mile ⓘ
Scottish Parliament Building → nearby → Royal Mile ⓘ
Holyrood → adjacentTo → Royal Mile ⓘ
Waverley Station → near → Royal Mile ⓘ
Half Moon Battery → overlooks → Royal Mile ⓘ
Lawnmarket, Edinburgh → partOf → Royal Mile ⓘ
Grassmarket → near → Royal Mile ⓘ
Esplanade → near → Royal Mile ⓘ
Canongate Kirk → locatedOn → Royal Mile ⓘ
Canongate parish → encompasses → Royal Mile ⓘ
Canongate parish → locatedOn → Royal Mile ⓘ
Parliament Square, Edinburgh → locatedOn → Royal Mile ⓘ
High Kirk of Edinburgh → locatedOn → Royal Mile ⓘ
Kirk Session of St Giles’ → associatedWith → Royal Mile ⓘ
Old Town → knownFor → Royal Mile ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
this entity surface form: the Royal Mile
Old Town → hasPart → Royal Mile ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Old Town → mainThoroughfare → Royal Mile ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Central → contains → Royal Mile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Mile area
Cowgate → locatedNear → Royal Mile ⓘ
John Knox House → locatedIn → Royal Mile ⓘ
John Knox House → street → Royal Mile ⓘ
John Knox House → partOf → Royal Mile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Mile historic streetscape
Museum of Edinburgh → locatedOn → Royal Mile ⓘ
Queensberry House, Edinburgh → locatedIn → Royal Mile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Mile, Edinburgh
Queensberry House, Edinburgh → locatedOn → Royal Mile ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Royal Mile between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace
Castlehill → partOf → Royal Mile ⓘ
Parliament Hall → near → Royal Mile ⓘ
Signet Library (adjoining complex) → near → Royal Mile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Mile, Edinburgh
The Hub → locatedIn → Royal Mile ⓘ
Royal Lyceum Theatre → locatedIn → Royal Mile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Mile area
Waverley railway station (nearby) → nearby → Royal Mile ⓘ
subject surface form: Waverley railway station
The Mound, Edinburgh → near → Royal Mile ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Royal Mile
People’s Story Museum → locatedIn → Royal Mile ⓘ
White Horse Close → partOf → Royal Mile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Mile area