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Edinburgh Statues Guide

Edinburgh has many statues in its streets and and public areas. I have listed the statues you may walk past in the streets or when visiting attractions such as the Portrait Gallery where there are 28 statues on the outside of the building.  All the statues are in memory of people of Edinburgh .

Edinburgh Statues Guide

Statues

Sculptures

Belford Road

Edinburgh

EH4 3DS

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Robert Burns

Bernard Street

Edinburgh

EH6 6PX

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Robert Fergusson's

Canongate Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH8 8BN

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Morocco Land

Canongate Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH8 8BD

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

William Chambers

Chamber Street

Edinburgh

EH1 1JF

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Gladstone

Coates Crescent Gardens

Edinburgh

EH3 8HF

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Robert Louis Stevenson

Corstorphine Road

Edinburgh

EH12 6JQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Thomas Guthrie

East Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 3AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

David Livingstone

East Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2BY

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Lord Provost Adam Black

East Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2DF

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

John Wilson

East Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2DF

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Sir Walter Scott

East Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2EJ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Robert The Bruce

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

Edinburgh

EH1 2NG

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Statues

Duke of York

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

Edinburgh

EH1 2NG

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

William Wallace

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

Edinburgh

EH1 2NG

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Greyfriars Bobby

George IV Bridge

Edinburgh

EH1 2QE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Agricultural Museum

George IV Bridge

Edinburgh

EH1 1EG

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Greyfriars Bobby

George IV Bridge

Edinburgh

EH1 2QE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Thomas Chalmers

George Street

Edinburgh

EH2 3DF  

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Royal Scots Greys

Cavalry Horseman

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2HG

 

Winkle Brown

Statue

Edinburgh Airport

Drop off Departures

Edinburgh

EH12 5DN

 

David Brewster

Statue

West Mains Road

Edinburgh

EH9 3FJ

William Playfair

Chamber Street

Edinburgh

EH1 1JF

 

Arcade Entrance

North Bridge

Edinburgh

EH1 1QN

 

Robert Hunter Bust

Tower Place

Edinburgh

EH6 6QS

Statue

Ghandi in Glasshouse

Balgreen Road

Edinburgh

EH11 3BQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Statues

James Clerk Maxwell

George Street

Edinburgh

EH3 6EZ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

George Heriot

Heriot's School

Edinburgh

EH3 9EQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Alexander and Bucephalus

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1YJ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Bishop Forbes

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Alexander Henderson

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Robert The Bruce

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

James I

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Statues

Gavin Douglas

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

John Knox

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Alexander I

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

David I

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Alexander III

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Adam Smith

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1PN

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

5th Duke of Buccleuch

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1PW

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

King Chares II

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RE

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

James Braidwood

High Street Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 1RF

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Patrick Geddes 

Trunk's Close

Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 2NQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Queen Victoria

Kirkgate

Edinburgh

EH6 7AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

David Hume

Lawnmarket Royal Mile

Edinburgh

EH1 3BQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Statues

William Pitt

George Street

Edinburgh

EH2 2JR

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

King George IV

George Street

Edinburgh

EH2 2PJ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Rattray- Golf

Leith Links

Links Place

Edinburgh

EH6 7JJ

 

Burns – Stevenson - Scott

Writers Museum

Lady Stair’s Close

Lawnmarket

Edinburgh

EH1 2PA

Huang Kuan (Statue)

Confucius (Bust)

Abden House Gardens

Edinburgh

EH16 5HP

Statue

Universal Mother

Balgreen Road

Edinburgh

EH11 3BQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Statues

Giraffes

Leith Street

Edinburgh

EH1 3AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Woman and Child

Lothian Road

Edinburgh

EH3 9AW

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Viscount Melville

Melville Crescent

Edinburgh

EH3 7JA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Black Watch Boar War

Mound

Edinburgh

EH1 1YZ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

K.O.S.B.

North Bridge

Edinburgh

EH1 1TR

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Abraham Lincoln

Old Calton Graveyard

Edinburgh

EH1 3BQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Picardy Place

Edinburgh

EH1 3JT

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

James Young Simpson

Princes Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4AH

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Duke of Wellington

Princes Street

Edinburgh

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statue

George IV 

General Register House 

Princes Street 

Edinburgh

Statues

Horse Rider Eagle

Silvermills

Edinburgh

EH3 5BF

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Statues

Robert Louis Stevenson

Spylaw Street

Edinburgh

EH13 0JT

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Sir John Hope of Hopetoun

St Andrew Square

Edinburgh

EH2 2AZ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Sandy Irvine Robertson O B E

Tower Place

Edinburgh

EH6 6QW

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

King Edward VII

Victoria Park

Edinburgh

EH6 4QA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Hygeia Greek Goddess

Water Of Leith Walkway

Edinburgh

EH3 6TS

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

David Brewster K.R.

West Mains Road

Edinburgh

EH9 3JN

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

The Genius of Architecture 

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2ER

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Scots American War

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 3AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Allan Ramsay

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2ER

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Bum from Orlando

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH1 2EU

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

 

Statues

Wojtec The Bear

West Princes Street Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 3AA

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

Henry Dundas

Statue and Monument

St Andrews Square Gardens

Edinburgh

EH2 2AD

 

Hippocrates – Asclepius - Hygeia

Statues

9 Queen Street

Edinburgh

EH2 1JE

 

Portrait gallery

(Outside 28 statues)

(Many inside)

1 Queen Street

Edinburgh

EH2 1JD

Statue

Dreamer of Peace

Balgreen Road

Edinburgh

EH11 3BQ

City of Edinburgh

Scotland

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