Royal Mile
The Royal Mile is a series of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Royal Mile is a series of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. The term originated in the early 20th century and has since entered popular usage.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Royal Mile
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.
- 01University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
400 m · public university in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age.
1 km · castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.
500 m · combined museum in Edinburgh · Wikipedia - 04National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is one of Scotland's National Collections. It is one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom.
400 m · legal deposit library of Scotland · Wikipedia - 05Murrayfield 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.
3.6 km · rugby stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Giles' Cathedral
St Giles' Cathedral, also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is one of three cathedrals in Edinburgh, Scotland. The existing building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century; significant alterations were undertaken in the 19th and 20th centuries, including the addition of the Thistle Chapel.
400 m · Church of Scotland cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Arthur's Seat
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano. It is the main peak of a group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park.
1.6 km · mountain in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Tynecastle 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.
3.2 km · Football stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Easter Road
Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. The stadium currently has an all-seated capacity of 20,421, which makes it the sixth-largest football stadium in Scotland.
1.8 km · football stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland.
900 m · monastery ruins in Holyrood, City of Edinburgh, 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.
Getting to Royal Mile
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 12 km · Glasgow (GLA), 78 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 100 km
- Stations
- Edinburgh Waverley railway station, 300 m · Haymarket railway station, 2.1 km
- Glasgow → Royal Mile67 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £7–9
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Royal MileTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Royal MileTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- 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 Royal Mile
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 Royal Mile. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNorth Sea ferries no longer sail to Rosyth, so sailing from the continent means travelling via Newcastle, Hull, Harwich or the Channel ports.
- Get inFerries from Northern Ireland dock at Cairnryan, near Stranraer on the west coast.
- Get aroundIt passes through New Town along Princes Street and Shandwick Place to Haymarket, then takes an off-road track through the western suburbs.
- Go nextHere are some highlights within a day trip.
From Wikivoyage: Edinburgh, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
- 01129 km
- 02139 km
- 03165 km
- 04222 km
- 05225 km
If you know how people move in Royal Mile – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Royal Mile
- Edinburghcapital city of Scotland, UK400 m
- Old Townname popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh500 m
- New Towncentral area of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK1 km
- Stockbridgesuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK1.8 km
- Court of the Lord Lyoncourt in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK500 m
- West Endsuburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK1.8 km