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EdinburghPrinces Street GardensWhen the New Town of Edinburgh was planned there were to be no buildings on the southern side, between Princes Street and the castle. So the Princes Street Gardens were developed in the valley where the Nor’ Loch used to be, originally as private gardens for residents, but from 1876 as a public park. Running from Waverley Bridge at the eastern end to St. John’s and St. Cuthbert's Churches at the western end, the gardens are bisected by the Mound, which allows access to the Old Town. An Act of Parliament was passed in 1816 to protect the site from commercial development. In 1846 a controversial decision was made to extend the railway through the gardens, however this made less obvious with a cutting made to hide the tracks from view. The only buildings within the gardens are the Scott Monument, which was built in 1846, and a number of statues and monuments. |
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