Drylaw
Drylaw is an area in the north west of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, located between Blackhall and Granton.
Drylaw is an area in the north west of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, located between Blackhall and Granton. It forms the community of Drylaw–Telford. Drylaw used to belong to the younger branch of the Foresters of Corstorphine. Formerly the estate of Drylaw House, built in 1718, the home of the Loch family, the area became the site of a major housing scheme in the 1950s designed to rehouse the occupants of Leith. It is on the A902 road. Its name comes from the Scots language and means "hill without a spring".
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Worth seeing in and around Drylaw
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.
- 01Edinburgh 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.
3.3 km · castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02National 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.
3.9 km · combined museum in Edinburgh · Wikipedia - 03National 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.
3.7 km · legal deposit library of Scotland · Wikipedia - 04Murrayfield 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.
2.6 km · rugby stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05St 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.
3.7 km · Church of Scotland cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Tynecastle 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.
3.1 km · Football stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Calton 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.
4 km · mountain in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo, formerly the Scottish National Zoological Park, is an 82-acre non-profit zoological park in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The zoo is positioned on the south-facing slopes of Corstorphine Hill, giving extensive views of the city.
3.1 km · zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular visitor attraction. Founded in 1670 as a physic garden to grow medicinal plants, today it occupies four sites across Scotland—Edinburgh, Dawyck, Logan and Benmore—each with its own specialist collection.
2.1 km · Botanical garden in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Scottish National Portrait Gallery
National Galleries Scotland: Portrait is an art museum on Queen Street, Edinburgh. Portrait holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots.
3.3 km · art museum in Edinburgh, Scotland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Drylaw
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 8 km · Glasgow (GLA), 75 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 98 km
- Stations
- Edinburgh Waverley railway station, 3.7 km · Haymarket railway station, 2.7 km
- Glasgow → Drylaw64 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £7–9
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Drylaw100 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £11–15
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Drylaw151 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · £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 Drylaw
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 Drylaw. 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 Drylaw
Drylaw is 3 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Edinburghcapital city of Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Old Townname popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh3.8 km
- New Towncentral area of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK3 km
- Royal Milesuccession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland4 km
- Cramondvillage in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK3.5 km
- Stockbridgesuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.2 km