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Tron Kirk is named for the salt-tron (Scots word meaning weighing scales) which were located here into the 18th century. The church was commissioned and built for the High Kirk congregation who were forced to move when Charles I converted St Giles into a cathedral in the mid-17th century.

The building, with both Palladian and Gothic design features, is situated at the junction of High Street with South Bridge. This small community square around the Tron Kirk is known as Hunter’s Square. The Royal Mile’s Tron Kirk has long been the traditional focus in previous years for Edinburgh Hogmanay 2008 celebrations, with people gathering outside the church to bring in the New Year.

In its most recent role, tourists have used the Tron as an Edinburgh Old Town Tourist’s Visitor Information Centre. In 1952 the Tron closed as a church altogether and the building was acquired by Edinburgh City Council, who are located in the Edinburgh City Chambers, nearby on the Royal Mile.

Look up at the Tron Kirk spire, 52 metres high. See if you can spot where the original building joins onto the 1828 reconstruction. A fire in 1824 meant that the original (wooden) spire had to be replaced four years later by a stone spire.

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