Looking to the east  through East Princes Street Gardens towards

The Edinburgh Wheel

Christmas 2011

The Edinburgh Wheel and Santa Train.    Behind the Edinburgh Wheel: Decorated trees and Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Wheel and Scott Monument - December 2011

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs                                                                                             Photograph taken December 24, 2011 at 4.15 pm

 

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East Princes Street Gardens

The Edinburgh Wheel

The Edinburgh Wheel, beside The Scott Monument in East Princes Street Gardens was one of the attractions for Edinburgh's Christmas and New Year celebrations in 2011.

There were also several other fairground rides and an ice skating rink in East Princes Street Gardens.

Some of the illuminated trees in Princes Street Gardens can be seen in the background of this photo.

Santa Train

Santa Train in Princes Street  -  Christmas, 2011 ©

The Santa Train can be seen standing in this photo passing beneath the Edinburgh wheel.  The train gave rides along Princes Street between Jenners and the West End during the Christmas Season, 2011, while Princes Street was closed to all other traffic except cycles until the new tram lines had been re-laid.

In the photo at the top of this page, the train has just left its terminus at Jenners, and is turning to head for the West End.

 

 

Princes Street, Looking East

The Scott Monument

Around Edinburgh

 

 

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