Kingsknowe

Worth seeing in and around Kingsknowe

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.

1. 01
   Heriot-Watt University

   Heriot-Watt University is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and was subsequently granted university status by royal charter in 1966.

   3.7 km · university in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Murrayfield 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.

   3.1 km · rugby stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Tynecastle 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 km · Football stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Edinburgh 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.

   2.2 km · university in Scotland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Edinburgh 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.

   2.8 km · zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Edinburgh Rugby Stadium

   The Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, officially known as the Hive Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby union stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the home of Edinburgh Rugby, one of Scotland's two professional rugby clubs.

   2.9 km · rugby stadium · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Corstorphine Hill

   Corstorphine Hill is a low ridge-shaped hill rising above the western suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland. Although there has been residential and commercial development on its lower slopes, especially in the south and west, most of the hill is occupied by a local nature reserve, consisting of extensive broadleaf woodland, accessible to the public.

   3.8 km · hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Merchiston Tower

   Merchiston Tower, also known as Merchiston Castle, was probably built by Alexander Napier, the 2nd Laird of Merchiston, around 1454. It serves as the seat for Clan Napier.

   3.5 km · castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Peter's Church

   St Peter's Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in the Morningside district of Edinburgh, Scotland, within the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The parish church, designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, was built from 1906 to 1907, and the nave was extended from 1928 to 1929.

   3.8 km · church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Riccarton

    Riccarton is an area in Edinburgh's Green Belt, in Scotland. It is mainly undeveloped, with much farmland and few houses.

    3.9 km · locality to the south-west of Edinburgh, the site of Heriot-Watt University's main campus · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kingsknowe

Airports

Edinburgh (EDI), 8 km · Glasgow (GLA), 73 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 94 km

Stations

South Gyle railway station, 3.1 km · Kingsknowe railway station, 200 m · Edinburgh Park railway station, 3 km · Slateford railway station, 1.5 km · Wester Hailes railway station, 1.4 km

• Glasgow → Kingsknowe

  10 km · quickest by road, 35 min · £1.5–2
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Kingsknowe

  38 km · quickest by road, 51 min · £4–6
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Kingsknowe

  148 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £18–24
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