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Easter Howgate

Easter Howgate is a settlement in Midlothian, Scotland, UK, on the A702, two miles north of Penicuik.

Easter Howgate
Easter Howgate · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Easter Howgate is a settlement in Midlothian, Scotland, UK, on the A702, two miles north of Penicuik.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Easter Howgate

7 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.

  1. 01
    Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin

    Rosslyn Chapel, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness with a ground-breaking ceremony in 1456.

    3.5 km · chapel in Roslin, Midlothian · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Roslin Castle

    Roslin Castle is a partially ruined castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located around 9 mi south of Edinburgh, on the north bank of the North Esk, only a few hundred metres from the famous Rosslyn Chapel.

    3.6 km · castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Caerketton Hill

    Caerketton Hill is a hill in the Pentland Hills range of Scotland. Standing at 478 m, it is at the northeast end of the approximately 25 km long chain of hills on the border between the council areas of the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian.

    2.3 km · hill in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Castle Law

    Castle Law is a hill south west of Fairmilehead in the Pentland Hills in Midlothian, Scotland. It is best known for the Iron Age hill fort on its slopes.

    1.2 km · hill in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Glencorse Reservoir

    Glencorse Reservoir is a reservoir in Midlothian, Scotland, two miles west of Glencorse, in the Pentland Hills. It is retained by an earth dam, and it was built between 1820 and 1824 by James Jardine to provide water for the mills of Auchendinny, Milton Bridge and Glencorse, and to supply drinking water to the citizens of Edinburgh.

    2.4 km · lake in Midlothian, Scotland, UK, outflows to Glencorse Burn · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Wallace's Cave

    Wallace's Cave is situated in Roslin Glen, in Midlothian, Scotland beside the River North Esk. It is also known as Hawthornden Castle Cave, after the nearby castle.

    4 km · cave in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Old Pentland Cemetery

    Old Pentland Cemetery is a cemetery in Old Pentland, near Loanhead in Midlothian, Scotland. A category B listed building, the cemetery dates back to the early 17th century.

    3.2 km · cemetery in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Easter Howgate

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 14 km · Glasgow (GLA), 76 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 94 km
Stations
Auchendinny railway station, 2.4 km · Rosslyn Castle railway station, 3.5 km · Esk Bridge railway station, 3.5 km
  • Glasgow → Easter Howgate
    65 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £7–9
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Easter Howgate
    97 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £11–15
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Easter Howgate
    142 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £18–24
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Easter Howgate

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 Easter Howgate. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextMost onward routes involve connecting via Edinburgh, but another day trip is to take the train south from Eskbank to Tweedbank.

From Wikivoyage: Dalkeith, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    125 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

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  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

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  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

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  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

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If you know how people move in Easter Howgate – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Easter Howgate

Easter Howgate is 10 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Roslinvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK2.8 km
  • Bilstonvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK2.3 km
  • Auchendinnyvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK2.3 km
  • Hillendvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK2.8 km
  • Milton Bridgehuman settlement in Midlothian, Scotland, UK1.8 km
  • GlencorseScottish parish in Midlothian, Scotland, UK1.5 km