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    Holyrood Park (also called the King's Park or Queen's Park depending on the reigning monarch's gender) is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about...
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  • in Edinburgh Holyrood Palace, formally the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh Holyrood Park, a royal park in central Edinburgh Holyrood Academy, Chard...
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    and official entertaining. The palace adjoins Holyrood Abbey, and the gardens are set within Holyrood Park. The King's Gallery was converted from existing...
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    residence of the monarch in Scotland. The ruins of Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Park, an expansive royal park to the south and east of the palace. The Queen's...
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    Scots: Scots Pairlament Biggin) is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction...
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    peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain...
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    Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland. During the 15th century...
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    Duddingston is a historic village in the east of Edinburgh, Scotland, next to Holyrood Park. The estate wherein Duddingston Village now lies was first recorded...
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    an older road to Haddington which still skirts the north side of the Holyrood Park. As with many other parts of the city, the area has varying definitions...
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    the south of Holyrood Park and lies southwest of the village of Duddingston. Duddingston Loch is on the southern side of Holyrood Park, to the south...
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    is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by Holyrood Park. The site housed Edinburgh's...
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    School is a Roman Catholic secondary school situated on the edge of Holyrood Park, near Arthur's Seat beside Duddingston Village, in Edinburgh. It is...
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    Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (category Parks and commons in Edinburgh)
    Edinburgh botanic garden was founded in 1670 at St. Anne's Yard, near Holyrood Palace, by Robert Sibbald and Andrew Balfour. It is the second oldest botanic...
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  • John Huntar was a Scottish farmer who kept livestock in Holyrood Park for Mary, Queen of Scots. Huntar was a burgess of the Canongate, a district of Edinburgh...
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  • "Fast and Furious 9: Production crew to set up camp at Edinburgh's Holyrood Park for filming in September". Archived from the original on August 30,...
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  • was originally called Holyrood Park. In 1910 it was renamed Venable Park, after the recently-deceased president of the city park board, Richard M. Venable...
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  • never speak to her again. They reached a point on the north edge of Holyrood Park then highly distant from any house. Here he slit her throat and left...
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    and 26 July 2009, as part of Homecoming 2009. The event was held at Holyrood Park, Scotland, and attracted around 47,000 people from all over the world...
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  • areas, in the west of the postcode area. It spreads eastwards around Holyrood Park to take in areas like Abbeyhill and Mountcastle; being in east Edinburgh...
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  • completing nine laps. The men's road race on the first weekend will start at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh on a 271.1-kilometre (168.5-mile) route, heading towards...
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  • Javed Born (1989-09-04)4 September 1989 Leeds, UK Died 2 September 2021(2021-09-02) (agedĀ 31) Holyrood Park CauseĀ of death Murder - pushed from height...
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    Park and Duddingston Loch in Holyrood Park are the only remaining natural lochs in the city while St. Margaret's and Dunsapie Lochs, also in Holyrood...
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  • C. Kings Park, Boscombe Kings Park, Western Australia, in Perth King's Park, in Winnipeg (Fort Richmond area) Another name for Holyrood Park in Edinburgh...
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    Court Gardens, Green, and Road Hampton Court Park Richmond Park and Richmond Green Bushey Park Holyrood Park Crown Lands Act The citation of this Act by...
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    Hollywood Sign (category Griffith Park)
    Conservative Party ran a billposter campaign depicting the Salisbury Crags of Holyrood Park with the message "FOLLYROOD" (in the style of the Hollywood Sign), with...
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    was relocated to Holyrood Park off Queen's Drive in Edinburgh from Restalrig in 1860. It is one of seven wells located in the park. St Margaret's Well...
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    to Holyrood Park in 1983. Fringe Sunday was held on the second Sunday of the Fringe when companies performed for free. Having outgrown even Holyrood Park...
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    Queens Museum of Art. In Scotland naumachia were staged on a loch in Holyrood park in 1562 for the wedding of Lord Fleming and on the Water of Leith in...
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    abolished the Royal Parks Constabulary in England. In Scotland, the powers were transferred to Historic Scotland (with security in Holyrood Park being provided...
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    Calton Hill (category Parks and commons in Edinburgh)
    The Scottish Parliament Building and other prominent buildings such as Holyrood Palace lie near the foot of the hill. Calton Hill is also the location...
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