We asked our readers: “If you could choose to live in any Edinburgh street, where would you choose?” And they didn’t disappoint, with hundreds of readers telling us which Edinburgh street they would most like to live on.
While some of the city’s most famous streets made the list including Canongate in the Old Town, and many of the choices were aspirational city centre streets full of expensive homes, there were some unexpected choices in there from other areas of Edinburgh.
5. Royal Terrace
Royal Terrace was also popular with our readers, a grand street on the north side of Calton Hill within the New Town and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1995, built on the south side of a setted street, facing the sloping banks of London Road Gardens, formerly Royal Terrace Gardens, with views looking north towards Leith and the Firth of Forth. | Google Maps
6. Canongate
Many of our readers aspire to live in this historic street at the bottom of the Royal Mile in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. Including Cathie Taylor Waldien, who said: "The Canongate for me. So many happy memories." | Google Maps
7. Gladstone Terrace
Many of our readers chose this leafy street in Newington as the Edinburgh street they most wanted to live on. Situated next to the Meadows and in walking distance of the city centre and all of its attractions, this street is popular with locals looking for a great place to live in the city. | Google Maps
8. Inverleith Place
The average sold price for a property in Inverleith Place in the last 12 months is £1,306,000, with some of our readers choosing the road which links Royal Botanic Gardens, Inverleith Park and Goldenacre Playing Fields, with Heriot's Rugby Club at the end of the road, as the Edinburgh street they most want to live on. | Google Maps