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Holyrood Park is next to the Palace of
Holyroodhouse, at the bottom of the Royal Mile
in Edinburgh / Scotland. The Main
Attractions in the Park are Arthur's Seat
Hill, The Salisbury Crags Cliffs, St
Margaret's Loch, St Anthony's Chapel above the
Loch and Dinsapie Loch on the east side.
Postcode: EH8 8AZ
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The Image top is of St Margaret's Loch about
400 yards round from the Palace of Holyrood
where there is free car parking, a nice scenic
area to lay around with Ducks and Swans.
The second image is of the Main Trail from
St Margaret's Loch up to Arthur's Seat Hill,
about a 50 minute walk / hike to the top.
There are many other Trails from the road
that runs right round the Hill named Dukes Walk
and Queens Drive.
The top section of Arthur's Seat is uneven
rock, a bit tricky when wet, you may need to
use your hands at times for safety.
Arthur's Seat is the remains of a Volcano
that erupted about 340 million years back, with
it named after the legendry King Arthur from
the 500s.
Below Arthur's Seat towards Edinburgh is the
571 ft / 174m Salisbury Crags that give better
views over Edinburgh, a bit dangerous
though.
There is no Ridge between Arthur's Seat and
The Crags, but plenty of Trails down and back
up, so you will be hiking about 1,300 ft if you
visit both.
The Crags give great views over Holyrood
Palace, Our Dynamic Earth Museum, and Holyrood
Parliament Buildings.
This view right from The Crags also shows a
large Pay Car Park next to Holyrood Palace.
This bottom image shows Holyrood Palace
front with the Abbey ruins from the 1100s in
Gothic style to the left.
The Left side of the Palace, the two round
Towers, were built in the 1500s. The matching
Right side Towers and Central Front were built
in the 1760s to give the large Scottish
Baronial entrance look.
The 1760s also saw the building of the large
Renaissance style building behind this front,
so three different styles.
Across from the Palace is the Scottish
Parliament completed in 2004 with kids Paddling
Pools, see the Large Images from the link above
for these.
Holyrood Palace Page
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