Neighbourhood in Edinburgh
Canongate
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Days out & attractions in Canongate
Days out around Canongate – viewpoints, hills, museums, parks and more, including 14 in Canongate itself. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
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🌄 Viewpoints
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⛰️ Hills & peaks
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🏛️ Museums
Museum of Edinburgh
Canongate · 0.1 miles
The People's Story Museum
Canongate · 0.1 miles
Museum of Childhood
Old Town · 0.1 miles
Surgeons' Hall Museums
Pleasance · 0.6 miles
Talbot Rice Gallery
Pleasance · 0.6 miles
National Museum of Scotland
Old Town · 0.6 miles
Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF
Mo-Su 10:00-17:00; Jan 01 12:00-17:00; Dec 25 off; Dec 26 12:00-17:00
Museum on the Mound
Old Town · 0.6 miles
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🌳 Parks & gardens
Calton Hill
Greenside · 0.1 miles
Offering extensive panoramas of Edinburgh, Calton Hill stands just beyond the east end of Princes Street and forms part of the city’s UNESCO World Heritage area. The elevated ground hosts a collection of prominent structures, including the National Monument, the Nelson and Dugald Stewart monuments, the former Royal High School, and memorials to Robert Burns, the Political Martyrs and other historic figures. The southern slope accommodates St Andrew’s House, the headquarters of the Scottish Government, while the Scottish Parliament Building and Holyrood Palace lie close to the hill’s base. The site is identified on OpenStreetMap as a park, with Greenside recorded as the nearest settlement. The hill’s name appears in a 1456 charter as “Cragingalt”, suggesting an origin linked to a crag or a small wood. Archaeological hints point to a possible prehistoric hill-fort and historic quarrying activity on the eastern side. In the mid-15th century James II granted the surrounding low ground for tournaments and archery practice, and the area later served as an open-air theatre venue. A Carmelite monastery was established at Greenside in 1518, later converted into a leper hospital after the Reformation. Ownership passed from the Logan family to the Elphinstone barony, and the western portion was sold to Edinburgh in 1725, with the eastern side retained by Heriot’s Trust. Calton remained a burgh of barony until its formal incorporation into the city under the 1856 Municipality Extension Act.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
East Princes Street Gardens
Old Town · 0.6 miles
Jan 01-Mar 24: 07:00-18:00; Mar 25-Apr 21: 07:00-19:00; Apr 22-May 26: 07:00-20:00; May 27-Aug 25: 07:00-22:00; Aug 26-Sep 22: 07:00-20:00; Sep 23-Oct 27: 07:00-19:00; Oct 28-Dec 31: 07:00-18:00
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🗿 Monuments & memorials
Susanna MacIver Inscription
Old Town · 0.6 miles
Inscription about Mrs Susanna MacIver (1770s) who had a cookery school here and created the first ever printed recipe for haggis in Scotland
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🖼️ Galleries
Dovecot Gallery
Pleasance · 0.6 miles
Fruitmarket
Old Town · 0.6 miles
Inspace
Southside · 0.6 miles
Crichton Street 1, EH8 9AB
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📸 Landmarks & sights
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Holyrood · 0.1 miles
A royal residence at the foot of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, opposite the city’s iconic castle, serves as the official Scottish home of the United Kingdom monarch. The palace borders the historic Holyrood Abbey and its grounds lie within Holyrood Park, offering visitors access to the State Apartments, the 16th-century chambers once used by Mary, Queen of Scots, and the King’s Gallery, which since 2002 displays works from the Royal Collection. Opening times are published on the palace’s listing, and the site remains a venue for state occasions, official entertaining and, each summer, a week of residence by the reigning monarch. The complex originated alongside the abbey founded in 1128 by King David I, a site that hosted medieval parliaments and the 1328 Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton. A Gothic palace was erected by James IV between 1501 and 1505, forming a quadrangle that included a chapel, great hall and royal apartments. James V’s additions from 1528 to 1536 introduced the surviving tower that now bears his name. The building suffered damage during the English assaults of the 1540s, after which Mary of Guise oversaw repairs. Following the Reformation, the abbey fell into partial ruin while the palace continued as a royal dwelling. Today, the historic apartments and state rooms are open to the public except when members of the royal family are in residence, and the palace also hosts the Lord High Commissioner during the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Scott Monument
Old Town · 0.6 miles
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second largest monument to a writer in the world.
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🛝 Playgrounds
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from Canongate.
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