Dumbiedykes

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Dumbiedykes is a residential area in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland.

It 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 area was originally densely populated and poverty stricken, but since the 1960's the majority of the tenement buildings and council flats have been completely demolished and the tenants moved to the new estates in Craigmillar and the Inch, Liberton with only Dumbiedykes Road still containing council owned buildings.

The rest of the area has received a regeneration building modern flats, student residents and University of Edinburgh sports facilities and is now a popular area to live in due to its closeness to the centre of Edinburgh and the Scottish Parliament.[1]

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Coordinates: 55°56′56.28″N, 3°10′40.44″W