City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

City Guide to Edinburgh, Scotland

Beyond Edinburgh


Hope Rooms

Hope Rooms
34 Forth Street
North Berwick EH39 4JD

North Berwick's public function rooms used for local events such as fetes and coffee mornings.

The Hope Rooms also host film screenings and the North Berwick Youth Cafe meets here.

Hopetoun House

Hopetoun House
South Queensferry
Near Edinburgh EH30 9SL
Hopetoun Southside

Palatial stately home near South Queensferry overlooking the Firth of Forth (just West of the Forth Bridges), with large rambling grounds. Hopetoun is held under private charitable trust, but remains the stately home of the Earl of Hopetoun.

Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway

Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
Bo'ness Station Union Street
Bo'ness EH51 9AQ

Working passenger steam trainline, not far from Edinburgh, that is run by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. Since Bo'ness station opened in 1981, the line has been gradually extended and stations built by the volunteer-led Society as a showcase of traditional steam rail travel. Railway buildings and infrastructure capture the setting of an earlier era in train travel. The train runs along the shores of the Forth, across the Avon Viaduct.

Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle
Castle Wynd
Stirling FK8 1EJ
Stirling Castle front

One of Scotland's most spectacular castles, steeped in history of the Scottish people. William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and Mary Queen of Scots passed this way once.

Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Theatre Royal, Glasgow
282 Hope Street
Glasgow G2 3QA

The home of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, this major Victorian theatre in Glasgow hosts drama, dance, comedy, opera, musical and children’s theatre.

Traquair House

Traquair House Innerleithen EH44 6PW

Scotland's oldest inhabited house, with large grounds including a maze. Traquair House is 29 miles (an hour's drive) from Edinburgh.

Isle of May

Isle of May Reserve Isle of May
Isle of May

The Isle of May National Nature Reserve is a long rocky island with sheer cliffs and caves at the mouth of the Firth of Forth. It is home to thousands of grey seals, the fourth largest breeding group in the UK, who feed in the rich kelp forests surrounding the island.

Tower Mill, Heart of Hawick

Heart of Hawick Tower Mill Kirkstile
Hawick TD9 0AE

A derelict spinning mill and Category ‘A' listed building built over a river.

National Museum of Flight

National Museum of Flight
East Fortune Airfield
East Fortune EH39 5LF

East Fortune airfield saw action in two world wars. It now brings the story of aviation from the First World War to the present day through exhibitions inside and outside the airfield's hangars.

Knockhill Sport Centre and Racing Circuit

by Dunfermline KY12 9TF
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Scotlands National Racing Circuit is KnockHill near Dunfermline in Fife.

Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston

Edinburgh EH28 8NB

Large multi-purpose venue on the outskirts of Edinburgh that is best-known as the venue for the annual agricultural jamboree the Roy

Knockengorroch Farm

Knockengorroch Farm
Carsphairn
Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire DG7 3TJ
Dusk at Knockengorroch

Fondly known as "The Knock," this rolling, windswept corner of West coast farmland is the venue twice a year for two music fests, the

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

Finnieston Quay
Glasgow G3 8YW

The SECC in Glasgow is one of Scotland's largest venues for big-name concerts, consumer shows, and conferences.