Cockburn Street

Many high tenements in the Old Town of Edinburgh were demolished in the mid-nineteenth century to enable Lord Cockburn Street (now known as Cockburn Street to be built.

This curves street leads from Waverley Bridge (above Waverley Station up the hill to join the High Street opposite the Tron Church.

The high building seen on the right, with the washing hanging outside one of the windows, is the back of the Royal Exchange which faces onto the Royal Mile opposite St Giles Cathedral.