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Roslin

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Roslin

6 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

    600 m · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Roslin Castle

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

    800 m · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Hawthornden Castle

    Castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

    1.7 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Mavisbank House

    House in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

    2.7 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Old Pentland Cemetery

    Cemetery in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

    3.1 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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 Roslin

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 16 km · Glasgow (GLA), 79 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 97 km
Stations
Auchendinny railway station, 2.4 km · Rosewell and Hawthornden railway station, 2 km · Esk Bridge railway station, 3.7 km · Rosslyn Castle railway station, 1.1 km
  • Glasgow → Roslin
    68 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £7–9
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Roslin
    99 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £11–15
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Roslin
    139 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £17–23
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Roslin

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 Roslin. 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

    127 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    139 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    166 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    231 km

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

Around it

Next door to Roslin

Roslin is 11 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Bilstonvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK1.4 km
  • Auchendinnyvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK1.9 km
  • Poltonvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK2.5 km
  • Hillendvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.7 km