Wonderland

Edinburgh


Wonderland is a classic kids-with-their-noses-pressed-against-the-window toy shop that is filled with model aircraft, Lego Star Wars kits, radio-controlled cars and all sorts of other desirable things, but it also caters to the serious train-set and model-making fraternity.


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St Cuthbert's Parish Church was built in the 1890s on a site of great antiquity – there has been a church here since at least the 12th century, and…

2. National War Museum of Scotland

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At the western end of Edinburgh Castle, to the left of the castle tearooms, a road leads down to the National War Museum of Scotland, which brings…

3. Edinburgh Castle

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4. St John's Church

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The western end of Princes St is dominated by the tower of St John's Church; the church is worth visiting for its fine Gothic Revival interior.

5. Princes Street Gardens

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6. Flodden Wall

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7. Grassmarket

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8. Charlotte Square

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