West Port, Edinburgh

West Port

Main Point, the historic junction of the three roads (2nd l. to r.) to Biggar, Glasgow and Stirling
Former name(s)	Wester Portsburgh
Length	0.2 mi (0.32 km)
Coordinates	55°56′47″N 3°12′00″W / 55.94639°N 3.20000°W / 55.94639; -3.20000
west end	Main Point
east end	Grassmarket

The West Port is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town, just south of Edinburgh Castle. It runs from Main Point (the junction of Bread Street, Lauriston Street, East Fountainbridge and High Riggs) to the southwest corner of the Grassmarket.

The street takes its name from the westernmost of the "ports" or gates in the Flodden Wall. The gate stood at the Grassmarket and opened onto the suburb of Portsburgh until it was demolished in the 1780s.^[1]