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Holyrood, Edinburgh

Coordinates: 55°57′06″N 3°10′42″W / 55.95167°N 3.17833°W / 55.95167; -3.17833
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Holyrood
Holyrood is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
Holyrood
Holyrood
Location within the City of Edinburgh council area
Holyrood is located in Scotland
Holyrood
Holyrood
Location within Scotland
OS grid referenceNT267737
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEDINBURGH
Postcode districtEH8, EH99
Dialling code0131
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°57′06″N 3°10′42″W / 55.95167°N 3.17833°W / 55.95167; -3.17833
Brewing was the main local industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Holyrood (/ˈhɒlird/; Scots: Halyruid,[1] Scottish Gaelic: Taigh an Ròid[2]) is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile.

The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude (Scots for 'Holy Cross').

Holyrood includes the following sites:

References

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  1. ^ "Names in Scots - Places in Scotland". scotslanguage.com.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Dennis Lock; Reinhard Wagner (20 May 2016). Gower Handbook of Programme Management. Routledge. pp. 196–. ISBN 978-1-317-12514-3.
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