Princes Street
About Princes Street
Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east.
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... The monarch will travel directly from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles rather than process down Princes Street...
First pictures inside Edinburgh store Jenners after fire
... The structure of the Princes Street building was not damaged and the well-known grand hall was untouched by the blaze...
Edinburgh Festival fireworks to end after 40 years
... " People buy tickets to watch the event from Princes Street Gardens, which sits under Edinburgh Castle...
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... Mr Martin was one of five firefighters taken to hospital after emergency services were called to the building on Princes Street on Monday morning...
Firefighter seriously injured in Jenners blaze in Edinburgh
... Eyewitnesses told BBC Scotland about the response of emergency services on Princes Street...
New year: Fireworks and street parties as UK celebrates start of 2023
... " Fireworks lit up Edinburgh s Castle and The Pet Shop Boys headlined the event in Princes Street Gardens...
Royals feeds penguins as Jubilee celebrations continue
... The main highlight in Edinburgh will be an open-air concert in West Princes Street Gardens on Sunday...
Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party to return with reduced capacity
... Artists, who have yet to be announced, will perform on the Ross Bandstand to a crowd of 3,500, with the show streamed to the Princes Street audience...
Edinburgh Festival fireworks to end after 40 years
By Angie BrownBBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter
The annual fireworks display which traditionally signals The End of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) is set to end after 40 Years .
The 45-minute show from Edinburgh Castle , which began in 1982, usually attracts More Than 250,000 spectators.
Organisers said The World famous event would not run this summer as it had no sponsor.
And an EIF spokeswoman said they were looking into staging a large-scale event to replace future displays.
The fireworks did not take place in 2020 or 2021 due to Covid restrictions.
Organisers said the pandemic had also led to the cancellation of the display Last Year , which was the 75th anniversary of The Festival .
An EIF spokeswoman said: " The International Festival won't be staging the fireworks this year.
" The fireworks have always been dependent on a major sponsor, and we do not have one to support The Event this year.
" We will be speaking with The Other August festivals and The City of Edinburgh Council to see what form a large-scale closing event might take in The Future , that would replace the fireworks. "
People buy tickets to watch The Event from Princes Street Gardens, which sits under Edinburgh Castle .
Huge crowds also watch from Princes Street , which is not ticketed, and other vantage points across The City .
The fireworks usually accompany a live performance from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a bandstand in Princes Street Gardens, which is aired on radio.
There are usually about 400,000 fireworks in the display, using four tonnes of explosives synchronised to music from The Orchestra .
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