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