Duddingston
Duddingston is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland; comprising a neighbourhood, conservation area and the historic Duddingston Village.
Duddingston is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland; comprising a neighbourhood, conservation area and the historic Duddingston Village. The area is situated at the foot of Arthur’s Seat, within Holyrood Park and beside Duddingston Loch. First recorded in the 12th century, the area developed from an early medieval settlement into a centre for coal mining, salt production and weaving; today it is defined by its well-preserved historic core around Duddingston Kirk. Other landmarks include the Sheep Heid Inn, Dr Neil’s Garden and Jock Tamson’s Gairden, the latter for which Monty Don is a patron.
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Worth seeing in and around Duddingston
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.
3.5 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.
2.8 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.
2.9 km · legal deposit library of Scotland · 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.
2.9 km · Church of Scotland cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Arthur's Seat
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano. It is the main peak of a group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park.
1 km · mountain in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Easter Road
Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421, which makes it the sixth-largest football stadium in Scotland.
2.5 km · 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.
2 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.
2.7 km · mountain 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 Duddingston
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 14 km · Glasgow (GLA), 81 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 102 km
- Stations
- Edinburgh Waverley railway station, 2.9 km
- Glasgow → Duddingston70 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £8–10
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Duddingston19 km · quickest by road, 33 min · £2–3
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Duddingston145 km · quickest by road, 3h · £17–23
- 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 Duddingston
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 Duddingston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNorth Sea ferries no longer sail to Rosyth, so sailing from the continent means travelling via Newcastle, Hull, Harwich or the Channel ports.
- Get inFerries from Northern Ireland dock at Cairnryan, near Stranraer on the west coast.
- Get aroundIt passes through New Town along Princes Street and Shandwick Place to Haymarket, then takes an off-road track through the western suburbs.
- Go nextHere are some highlights within a day trip.
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If you know how people move in Duddingston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Duddingston
Duddingston is 3 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Edinburghcapital city of Scotland, UK2.9 km
- Old Townname popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh2.9 km
- New Towncentral area of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Royal Milesuccession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland2.6 km
- Portobellocoastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland, UK2.4 km
- University of Edinburgh Medical Schoolmedical school in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.3 km