Ardmillan
Ardmillan is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Ardmillan is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. The area developed during the mid to late Victorian era as Edinburgh expanded and many of the present tenement flats and houses date from this era. The area is bisected by the A70 road and its north-west edge is marked by the Shotts railway line. The area has several pubs, small shops, churches and a cemetery.
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Worth seeing in and around Ardmillan
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
2.6 km · public university in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age.
2 km · castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.
2.4 km · combined museum in Edinburgh · Wikipedia - 04National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is one of Scotland's National Collections. It is one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom.
2.4 km · legal deposit library of Scotland · Wikipedia - 05Murrayfield Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium is a rugby union stadium located in the area of the same name in Edinburgh, Scotland. The stadium is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union and serves as its headquarters, and is the national stadium of the Scotland national rugby union team.
1.1 km · rugby stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Giles' Cathedral
St Giles' Cathedral, also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is one of three cathedrals in Edinburgh, Scotland. The existing building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century; significant alterations were undertaken in the 19th and 20th centuries, including the addition of the Thistle Chapel.
2.5 km · Church of Scotland cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Tynecastle Park
Tynecastle Park, also known as Tynecastle Stadium or colloquially as Tynie, is a football stadium in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, which is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Heart of Midlothian. A UEFA category four stadium, it has also hosted Scotland international matches, and been used as a neutral venue for Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup semi-finals.
400 m · Football stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland.
3.8 km · monastery ruins in Holyrood, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Calton Hill
Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
3.3 km · mountain in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh Napier University is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Napier Technical College, the predecessor of the university, was founded in 1964, taking its name from 16th-century Scottish mathematician and philosopher John Napier.
1.7 km · university in Scotland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ardmillan
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 9 km · Glasgow (GLA), 76 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 98 km
- Stations
- Edinburgh Waverley railway station, 2.8 km · Haymarket railway station, 1 km
- Glasgow → Ardmillan38 km · quickest by road, 1h · £4.5–6
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Ardmillan18 km · quickest by road, 30 min · £2–3
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Ardmillan148 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ardmillan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ardmillan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextDay trips out of town are easily made from the railway and bus stations, see Edinburgh#Go next for suggestions.
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Next door to Ardmillan
Ardmillan is 2 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Edinburghcapital city of Scotland, UK2.8 km
- Old Townname popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh2.4 km
- New Towncentral area of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.6 km
- Royal Milesuccession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland2.9 km
- Stockbridgesuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.5 km
- Court of the Lord Lyoncourt in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.9 km