Pictures of Calton Hill

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The gallery contains photos of and from Calton Hill taken from various vantage points and at different times of the day and year. Click on the thumbnails to see larger sized photographs of Calton Hill. The picture size on average is 80kb.

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See the bottom of the page for links to more information about visiting the Calton Hill, one of Edinburgh's best vantage points.

Edinburgh Castle from Calton Hill on a late December morning
Edinburgh Castle from Calton Hill at sunset during the summer
Calton Hill at Dusk from North Bridge
Edinburgh at Christmas time on a December evening
Balmoral Hotel clock tower, Scott Monument and St Mary's Cathedral from Calton Hill
Edinburgh City Centre on a windy December morning
Calton Hill panorama of Edinburgh City Centre
Calton Hill panorama of Edinburgh City Centre
View of the Old Town from Calton Hill
Close-up picture of Edinburgh Castle, Ramsay Garden and the old Scottish Parliament
Dugald monument with Edinburgh Castle and Calton Hill in the background
Picture taken from near the base of Nelson Monument looking along Princes Street
Old Town buildings, the Hub and the Camera Obscura Outlook Tower from Calton Hill
St Giles Cathedral and Old Town buildings rooftops
Picture of Edinburgh Univeristy dome and the Pentland Hills in the background
The Royal High School with the Edinburgh skyline
Photo taken from behind the Nelson Tower
Sunset on Calton Hill
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Calton Hill While not at the end of Princes Street itself, Calton Hill plays a very big part in the distinctive Edinburgh panorama but also as an excellent viewpoint.

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Photos of Edinburgh City Centre Picture gallery of Princes Street, the gardens, Scott Monument, the Balmoral and Calton Hill.

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Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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