The New Town & Princes Street Gardens

A gentle walk from the Gothic rocket of the Scott Monument out across the gardens and into the ordered streets of the Georgian New Town, taking in monuments to a bear, a physicist and a fictional detective.

The walk, stop by stop

1. 1
   Scott Monument

   Monument· George Meikle Kemp· Edinburgh

   Begin beneath the largest monument to a writer in the world.

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2. 2
   Wojtek the Soldier Bear

   Sculpture· Alan Beattie Herriot· Princes St Gardens

   Into Princes Street Gardens to meet Wojtek, the bear who served with Polish forces at Monte Cassino.

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3. 3
   James Clerk Maxwell statue

   Sculpture· Alexander Stoddart· George Street

   Up to George Street for the seated bronze of the great physicist.

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4. 4
   Sherlock Holmes

   Sculpture· Gerald Ogilvie Laing· New Town

   Finish near Picardy Place, birthplace of Conan Doyle.

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