Cockburn Street, Edinburgh
in Edinburgh, United KingdomCategory: Attraction
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40 Cockburn St, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 1PB, UK Print route »
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Cockburn Street is a picturesque street in Edinburgh's Old Town, created as a serpentine link from the Royal Mile to Waverley Station in 1856. It is named after the Scottish lawyer, judge and literary figure Henry, Lord Cockburn who was influential in urging his fellow citizens to remain vigilant in ensuring that early-Victorian expansion, e.g. improvements such as Cockburn Street, did not irrevocably damage or obliterate the built heritage and environment.The street contains a series of small specialist shops.
