Musselburgh
Worth seeing in and around Musselburgh
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.
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- 06The Manor House, Inveresk Village Road, Inveresk
House in Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
700 m · Wikipedia - 07Portobello Baths, 57 Promenade, Portobello, Edinburgh
Building in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
3.8 km · Wikipedia - 08St Michael’s Kirk, Inveresk
Church building and burial ground in Inveresk, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
500 m · Wikipedia - 09
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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.
Getting to Musselburgh
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 20 km · Glasgow (GLA), 87 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 107 km
- Stations
- Musselburgh railway station, 1.7 km · Newcraighall railway station, 2.7 km · Shawfair railway station, 3.7 km · Wallyford railway station, 2.2 km · Brunstane railway station, 3.2 km
- Glasgow → Musselburgh76 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £8–10
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Musselburgh110 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £12–16
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Musselburgh141 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £16–22
- 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 Musselburgh
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 Musselburgh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inLeith was the historic port of arrival for packet ships from London (three days upchucking beats nine days jolting in a stagecoach) but there are nowadays no ferries to Leith, and it's too small for modern cruise liners: these anchor out in the Firth and bring their guests by tender either here or to South Queensferry.
- Get inN16 follows the shore to Newhaven, Granton and Silverknowes, N14 follows Ferry Road to Goldenacre and Muirhouse.
- Get inIt's often congested, but so too is the direct route along Queensferry Road, Telford Road and Ferry Road.
- Get aroundBus 21 goes west along Ferry Rd to Corstorphine and Gogar, and also takes you east to Craigentinny, Portobello beach and Craigmillar.
- Go nextWest further inland on Ferry Road is Goldenacre sports ground and the north access to the Botanic Gardens in Canonmills.
From Wikivoyage: Edinburgh/Leith, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Musselburgh – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Musselburgh
Musselburgh is 9 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Whitecraigvillage in East Lothian, Scotland, UK2.3 km
- Invereskvillage in East Lothian, Scotland, UK600 m
- Wallyfordvillage in East Lothian, Scotland, UK2.4 km
- Newcraighallsuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.6 km
- Brunstanesuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK3.3 km
- Carberryvillage in East Lothian, Scotland, UK3 km