Abbeyhill

Abbeyhill is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

As with many other city suburbs, the area has varying definitions. Generally it may be taken to mean the part of town lying between Holyrood Park (and perhaps The Palace of Holyroodhouse itself) to the south, Meadowbank to the east; Calton Hill and Leith to the north; and the yards of Waverley Station to the west. It is in the locale of the recently constructed new Scottish Parliament building, contains a number of old churches and other historic sites, and looks onto the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Abbeyhill is one of the oldest parts of the city, which takes its name from the ruined Holyrood Abbey, a major historical religious site. It originally featured a royal road from central Edinburgh to its port, Leith. However, in the late 19th century, the Botanical Gardens at the east end of Princes Street were relocated, and a new thoroughfare, Leith Walk, was constructed to provide that link.

The suburb is largely composed of residential streets such as Waverley Park and Milton Street, featuring tenement flats which date from the late 19th Century and colony houses on the north side of London Road. It is not a major retail or commercial area, with Meadowbank Retail Park and some small local shops centred around London Road, but is very close to city centre facilities.