New Town, Edinburgh

New Town, Edinburgh
UNESCO World Heritage Site
	Edinburgh's New Town, viewed from Edinburgh Castle
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Part of	Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Criteria	Cultural: (ii)(iv)
Reference	728
Inscription	1995 (19th Session)
Coordinates	55°57′22.49″N 3°11′56.14″W / 55.9562472°N 3.1989278°WCoordinates: 55°57′22.49″N 3°11′56.14″W / 55.9562472°N 3.1989278°W

The New Town is in the central area in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] Together with the Old Town, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.

It was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850. It kept much of its original neoclassical and Georgian period architecture. It is most famous for Princes Street. It faces the Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town.

Edinburgh's New Town, viewed from Edinburgh Castle. Princes Street and the Princes Street Gardens are visible in the foreground.

New Town, Edinburgh Media

Map of the city, showing the New Town (mid brown), the Old Town, and the West End, with the World Heritage Site indicated by the red line.
Plan for the New Town by James Craig (1768)
View of the First New Town from Edinburgh Castle, largely obscured by modern shopping developments
Thistle Court, the first building in the New Town
Montage image of Robert Adam's north side of Charlotte Square. Bute House, official residence of the First Minister of Scotland, is in the centre.
Surviving Georgian buildings in Princes Street
Great King Street. Part of the northern extension to the original New Town
Moray Place. Part of the western extension to the original New Town
William Henry Playfair's plan for Edinburgh's Eastern New Town approved at a meeting on 27 September 1819, engraving by Wiliiam Home Lizars. Note that the orientation of the plan is with north on the left side, so Calton Hill is on the right.
The Old Royal High School on Calton Hill