Edinburgh · 55.942° N, 3.190° W
The Meadows
A model built from OpenStreetMap, true to scale on the ground: every mapped path, wall, tree and building footprint around the park.
The 1886 International Exhibition rebuilt on its real site, from the original ground plan, photographs and engravings.
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27.3 haThe Meadows
15.1 haBruntsfield Links
613 mMiddle Meadow Walk
1.79 × 1.15 kmModel extent
3,298 mapped trees and 2,431 buildings. Ground shape from OS Terrain 50 (rising about 28 m from the Meadows to the Grange). Heights of 61 buildings along Lauriston Place are measured from 2010 LiDAR; other heights and all tree sizes are estimated. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. LiDAR: Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Ten (2010), via the Scottish Remote Sensing Portal. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art
6 May – 30 OctOpen in 1886
2.77mVisits
120 ftDome height
383 × 100 mMain building, from the plan
Architects John Burnet & Son with engineer Charles C. Lindsay. Cleared after closing, as an Act of Parliament barred permanent buildings on the Meadows. Footprint traced from the 1886 ground plan and lined up with today's map to within about 5 m; heights other than the dome are estimated from photographs and drawings. The lodge in front of the Grand Entrance is placed from an 1886 photograph. The surrounding city is shown as it is today. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
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