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Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games
Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay Route

Day 7 - Edinburgh

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Baton Route

Edinburgh will be celebrating the arrival of the Baton on Wednesday, 12 June 2002.

Return to the Full Route Details here.

Did you know...

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland with a population of around 454,000.

Edinburgh is situated on top of what used to be a series of volcanoes. They are very ancient and now extinct!

Edinburgh is divided into two - the Old Town and the New Town.

Edinburgh is famous for holding two main festival events each year; the Military Tattoo and the Fringe Festival.

Famous Edinburghers include Sean Connery (actor), Alexander Graham Bell (inventor) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (writer).

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