Edinburgh New Town

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
gptkb:city
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:Edinburgh_Old_Town
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Georgian
Neoclassical
gptkbp:area 1.03 km²
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1767
gptkbp:country gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:James_Craig
gptkbp:developmentPhases gptkb:First_New_Town
gptkb:Second_New_Town
gptkb:Third_New_Town
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:City_of_Edinburgh_Council
gptkbp:heritageDesignation gptkb:nature_reserve
gptkbp:heritageStatus Outstanding Universal Value
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edinburgh New Town
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Georgian_architecture
planned city layout
gptkbp:latitude 55.955
gptkbp:location gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkbp:longitude -3.197
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Charlotte_Square_townhouses
gptkb:Register_House
gptkb:St_Andrew's_and_St_George's_West_Church
gptkb:Royal_Scottish_Academy
gptkb:National_Gallery_of_Scotland
gptkb:Scottish_National_Portrait_Gallery
gptkb:The_Dome
gptkb:Assembly_Rooms
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe_venues
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:Robert_Louis_Stevenson
gptkb:Sir_Walter_Scott
gptkb:Henry_Cockburn
gptkbp:notableRoute gptkb:George_Street
gptkb:Princes_Street
gptkb:Queen_Street
gptkb:Hanover_Street
gptkbp:notableSquare gptkb:Charlotte_Square
gptkb:St_Andrew_Square
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Edinburgh_World_Heritage_Site
gptkbp:population ~5,000 (approximate, varies by definition)
gptkbp:postalCode gptkb:EH3
EH2
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:Edinburgh_Trams
gptkb:Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria ii
iv
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 1995
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edinburgh_Old_Town
gptkb:City_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5