Kirking Nine to Five

By the time we had made the walk into the city centre from Leith, we had warmed sufficiently, and turning onto the Royal Mile, we made our way towards the unmissable gothic beauty that is St. Giles Cathedral capped with its crown steeple. Sure, it doesn’t have the height and pure pointiness of The Hub, but it has more delicate tracery and artistic stonework than you can poke a stick at. This church, which sits pride of place along the famed thoroughfare between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood House, has been in residence here since the 14th century, although a church on this site was likely first founded in the 12th century. As with most it grew over time, being expanded up until the 16th century, and later, in the 19th and 20th, it underwent some alterations. Despite its multi-era renovations, it still holds onto its medieval good looks, and a good thing too. Its longevity has seen it go from being a Catholic to a Protestant place of worship, and like many large community spaces, has served multiple uses, at one point being partitioned off so that part could be used as a prison, and yet another part used as a meeting place for the Parliament of Scotland. These days though, it sits as a simple parish church and tourist attraction. <a href="https://returndateunknown.medium.com/kirking-nine-to-five-16f4c8efeae4">Visit Now</a>