Scottish Storytelling Centre
Located on the Royal Mile, the Scottish Storytelling Centre incorporates historic John Knox House, the 99-seat Netherbow Theatre and the George Mackay Brown Library, and is the headquarters of the Scottish Storytelling Network. It is also home to the Storytelling Café, and is heavily involved in festival events throughout the year.
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4345 High Street
Edinburgh
Scottish Parliament
Designed by Spanish architect Enric Miralles, who died before its completion in 2004, the Scottish Parliament building occupies an architecturally diverse corner of Edinburgh at the foot of the Royal Mile, with Dynamic Earth, the Queen’s Gallery and the Palace of Holyrood House all standing side by side.
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Horse Wynd
Edinburgh
Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange
Just nine miles outside Edinburgh stands the Scottish Mining Museum at Newtongrange. The museum includes massive machinery exhibits and a hands-on Operations Centre as well as interactive displays, reconstructions, sound and visuals to describe the history and technology of coal and the story of the mining communities.
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Lady Victoria Colliery
Newtongrange
Surgeons' Hall Museum
Over the road from the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, the Surgeons' Hall Museum houses one of the largest collections of surgical material in the UK. As well as permanent exhibitions concerning the history of surgery, the museum hosts temporary exhibitions, which in the past have featured wartime surgery and the remains of Burke and Hare.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday (12pm-4pm)
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Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Nicolson Street
Edinburgh
St Triduana's Chapel, Restalrig Collegiate Church
Located in the Restalrig district of Edinburgh, St. Triduana's Chapel is a low hexagonal building lying next to St Margaret's Parish Church. The lower part of the chapel houses the shrine of St Triduana, a Pictish saint famed for healing the blind. The hexagonal vaulted chamber is reputedly unique.
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Restalrig Collegiate Church
Restalrig
Edinburgh
Mid Lothian
St Martin's Kirk, Haddington
The oldest standing building in Haddington today, St Martin's Kirk is thought to have been built in the early 12th century. It holds great architectural and historical interest, not least because of some oversized holes in the stonework and the questionable chancel arch in the east gable.
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Haddington
East Lothian
EH41
Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
Perched on a rocky outcrop at North Berwick Harbour, the Seabird Centre offers remote viewing of a variety of seabirds and wildlife via live cameras installed on islands in the Forth estuary, as well as boat trips out to the islands. There’s also a café with an open air deck for sunny afternoons.
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The Harbour
North Berwick
East Lothian
EH39 4SS
St Giles’ Church of Scotland Cathedral
Dominating the Royal Mile, St Giles’ Cathedral has been one of Edinburgh's religious focal points for approximately 900 years. It is home to some of the finest stained glass windows in Scotland, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, and hosts regular choral and organ performances. Also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh.
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Royal Mile
Edinburgh
St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral
The West End of Edinburgh is home to St Mary’s Cathedral, which was established in the late 19th century. It is the only cathedral in Scotland to maintain a tradition of daily choral services with choristers drawn from its own choir school. Other points of interest are the cathedral’s original organ and bell tower.
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23 Palmerston Place
Edinburgh
Midlothian
St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral
The cathedral started life as a humbler church in 1814 designed by James Gillespie Graham, becoming a cathedral in 1878. It has been extensively expanded several times since then, up to the 1970s. It contains the national shrine to Saint Andrew.
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Cathedral House
61 York Place
Edinburgh
Seton Collegiate Church, Port Seton
South of Port Seton lies the Seton Collegiate Church, whose origins go back to the 13th century. It has a long history of conflict but still stands in good condition with many fascinating details, from the possible tomb of the Second Lord Seton to the cracked bell hung in the tower.
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Port Seton
Cockenzie
Scott Monument
The uppermost viewing platform of the Walter Scott Monument on Princes Street can be reached only by a 287-step series of narrow spiral staircases, but the view from the top is worth it. Completed in 1844, the black soot-stained tower serves as a reminder of why Edinburgh used to be called ‘Auld Reekie.’
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East Princes Street Gardens
Edinburgh
