Flags fly for World Heritage Day

Flags will be flown from each level of the Scott Monument

Fifty flags of World Heritage Site countries are to be flown from the Scott Monument.

Friday's spectacle, to coincide with the firing of the One O'Clock Gun, marks World Heritage Day.

Volunteers will carry flags to the four levels of the monument and at the sound of the gun will display them from its viewing galleries.

City culture leader Deidre Brock said: "The Scott Monument will be full of colour for 15 minutes."

She added: "So it really will be worth stopping to look up right after the One O'Clock Gun.

"Flags will fly from the bottom right to the top so people will be able to see from some distance, in fact it's worth a visit after the event because a climb to the top offers some of the best panoramic views in the city."

The display will be followed by a public seminar at the Storytelling Centre on the value the World Heritage status brings to the city with speakers including director of Edinburgh World Heritage Adam Wilkinson, Edinburgh City Council leader Jenny Dawe and John Graham, chief executive of Historic Scotland.