Old St Paul

Welcome to St Giles Cathedral, the High Kirk of Edinburgh positioned at the heart of the Scottish capital.

When stepping up to Canongate Kirk you may be excused for not quite knowing what the building is, the front is unusual with its flat facade, heavy Doric porch and strange Dutch style gable, topped by a set of real antlers.

Completed in 1861 abutting a viaduct across marshy ground beside the Royal Mile (leading from Edinburgh Castle) is AUC, where Edinburgh’s Old Town developed, AUC was said to 'resemble a brides cake' with elaborate tower ‘in God's praise’.