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Rosewell

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Rosewell

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

    Chapel in Roslin, Midlothian

    1.6 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Roslin Castle

    Castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

    1.5 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Dalhousie Castle

    Castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

    3.5 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Hawthornden Castle

    Castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

    1.2 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Mavisbank House

    House in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

    2.5 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church, Bonnyrigg

    Church in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

    3.4 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Wallace's Cave

    Cave in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

    1.1 km · 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.

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Getting to Rosewell

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 18 km · Glasgow (GLA), 81 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 98 km
Stations
Auchendinny railway station, 3.9 km · Bonnyrigg railway station, 3.3 km · Rosewell and Hawthornden railway station, 700 m · Rosslyn Castle railway station, 1.8 km
  • Glasgow → Rosewell
    70 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–10
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Rosewell
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £12–16
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Rosewell
    137 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £15–20
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Rosewell

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 Rosewell. 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

    129 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    141 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    168 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    233 km

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

Around it

Next door to Rosewell

Rosewell is 12 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Roslinvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK2.2 km
  • Bonnyriggtown in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.4 km
  • Loanheadtown in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.1 km
  • Bilstonvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.3 km
  • Lasswadevillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.8 km
  • Auchendinnyvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.5 km