Abbeyhill Big hills, great sandwiches, exciting galleries and historic pubs all await in Abbeyhill
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aking its name from the nearby ruins of Holyrood Abbey, Abbeyhill is one of the oldest parts of the capital. A mostly residential area made up of classic Edinburgh tenement flats, you’ll find the
super quaint Abbeyhill colonies here. The colonies are perhaps now best known for the annual Colony of Artists festival (17-18 Sep) where locals turn their homes into mini exhibition spaces, opening them up to the general public.
Casting the net a little wider, our Abbeyhill section borders the New Town – where you’ll find the start of the city’s main LGBTQI+ thoroughfare – and the boundary of Leith, halfway down Leith Walk.
