Princes Street

Summary

Princes Street is a street^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of street entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Princes Street is located in City of Edinburgh^[3].
• Princes Street is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Princes Street's image is recorded as Princes Street - aerial - 2025-04-19.jpg^[5].
• Princes Street's image is recorded as 00 2315 Edinburgh - Schottland.jpg^[6].
• Princes Street's instance of is recorded as street^[7].
• George IV of the United Kingdom is named after Princes Street^[8].
• Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany is named after Princes Street^[9].
• Princes Street's location is recorded as Edinburgh^[10].
• Princes Street's postal code is recorded as EH2 3AA^[11].
• Princes Street's Commons category is recorded as Princes Street^[12].
• Princes Street's OS grid reference is recorded as NT251737^[13].
• Princes Street's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.951313888889, 'lon': -3.2008777777778}^[14].
• Princes Street's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026cqn^[15].
• Princes Street's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[16].
• Princes Street's Open Plaques subject ID is recorded as 6074^[17].
• Princes Street's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7303815^[18].
• Princes Street's different from is recorded as Princes Street^[19].
• Princes Street's connects with is recorded as North Bridge^[20].
• Princes Street's connects with is recorded as Waverley Bridge^[21].
• Princes Street's connects with is recorded as The Mound^[22].
• Princes Street's connects with is recorded as Hanover Street^[23].
• Princes Street's connects with is recorded as Lothian Road^[24].
• Princes Street's TOID is recorded as 4000000006295345^[25].
• Princes Street's Gazetteer for Scotland place ID is recorded as features/featurefirst1155^[26].
• Princes Street's historic county is recorded as Midlothian^[27].

Body

Geography

Princes Street is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. It is located in City of Edinburgh^[3].

Designation and Status

Princes Street's instance of is recorded as street^[7].

History and Context

Things named after include George IV of the United Kingdom^[8], an art collector^[28], 1762–1830^[29], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[30], awarded the Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit^[31] and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany^[9], a military personnel^[32], 1763–1827^[33], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[34], awarded the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa^[35].

Why It Matters

Princes Street ranks in the top 5% of street entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]