Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Holyrood Park, 640 acres of open space filled with hills, lochs and all manner of bird life. Beautiful place.
Home to human activity from at least the 5th millennium BC, it’s perhaps better known as a royal park - owned by the Kelso and Holyrood Abbeys.
Read MoreHome to human activity from at least the 5th millennium BC, it’s perhaps better known as a royal park - owned by the Kelso and Holyrood Abbeys.
Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
The New Scottish Parliament under construction, on the site of the former headquarters of the Scottish and Newcastle brewery - demolished 1995-1998 for the present buildings. The brewery itself had passed through a number of sets of hands over the years, beginning with Grizel Syme in 1749.
The Parliament was designed by architect Enric Miralles, constructed Jun 1999 - Oct 2004.
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