Drummond Street, Edinburgh

Drummond Street is a street just outside Edinburgh's Old Town, near the famous Royal Mile and Holyrood. The street connects the South Bridge (A7), where it is opposite the Old College, and the Pleasance. The street is paved with granite setts. It is in an area with several University properties and is home to many students as well as pubs and restaurants. NameOriginally called Back Wall as the street was just outside the city wall, it was from the 1850s named after George Drummond. HistoryOne famous former resident is David Bowie who shared a small basement flat in Drummond Street with the mime artist Lindsay Kemp for several months in the early 1970sThe street is the site of the former Drummond Street Surgical Hospital which was built in 1853 by David Bryce. as an addition to the Royal Infirmary in Infirmary Street. The February 1850 Monthly Journal of Medical Science records the plans for building the hospital as follows:

Drummond Street is a street just outside Edinburgh's Old Town, near the famous Royal Mile and Holyrood. The street connects the South Bridge (A7), where it is opposite the Old College, and the Pleasance. The street is paved with granite setts. It is in an area with several University properties and is home to many students as well as pubs and restaurants. NameOriginally called Back Wall as the street was just outside the city wall, it was from the 1850s named after George Drummond. HistoryOne famous former resident is David Bowie who shared a small basement flat in Drummond Street with the mime artist Lindsay Kemp for several months in the early 1970sThe street is the site of the former Drummond Street Surgical Hospital which was built in 1853 by David Bryce. as an addition to the Royal Infirmary in Infirmary Street. The February 1850 Monthly Journal of Medical Science records the plans for building the hospital as follows: