Welcome to Visit Chesser Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Chesser
Visit Chesser places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Chesser places to visit. A unique way to experience Chesser’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Chesser as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Chesser Walkfo Preview Chesser is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of the Water of Leith. It is named after John William Chesser, who was elected Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1919 and died in office in 1921. When you visit Chesser, Walkfo brings Chesser places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Chesser Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Chesser
Visit Chesser – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 206 audio plaques & Chesser places for you to explore in the Chesser area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Chesser places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Chesser with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Chesser places with Walkfo Chesser to hear history at Chesser’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Chesser has 206 places to visit in our interactive Chesser map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Chesser, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Chesser places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Chesser & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 206 audio facts unique to Chesser places in an interactive Chesser map you can explore.”
Walkfo Chesser tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Chesser
Best Chesser places to visit
Chesser has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Chesser’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Chesser’s information audio spots:
Holy Corner Holy Corner is a colloquial name for a small area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is part of Burghmuirhead, itself part of the lands of Greenhill. Holy Corner lies between Bruntsfield and Morningside.
Dean Village Dean Village (from dene, meaning ‘deep valley’) is a former village immediately northwest of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was known as the “Water of Leith Village” and was a successful grain milling area for more than 800 years.
Moray Estate The Moray Estate in Edinburgh was an exclusive early 19th century building venture. Built on an awkward and steeply sloping site, it is a masterpiece of urban planning. It has accommodated the rich and famous from its outset.
Torphin Torphin is an almost entirely non-residential area in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies just south of Juniper Green, on the opposite side of the Water of Leith, and sits both east and west of the Edinburgh City Bypass. The west side is largely rural, sporting a small number of mid-20th Century bungalows and one of Edinburgh’s many golf courses.
Merchiston Merchiston is a residential area around Merchiston Avenue in the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The area is known as Merchiston, or Merchiston in the north-east of Edinburgh.
Corstorphine Corstorphine is a village and parish to the west of Edinburgh, now considered a suburb of that city. The actual “High Street” itself is no longer the main street, an anomaly shared with central Edinburgh. Famous residents include Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, Bible translator Alexander Thomson and Scottish Renaissance author Helen Cruickshank.
Drumsheugh Baths Club The Drumsheugh Baths Club is a private swimming club founded in 1882 in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in the 1882 and is now based in the city of Edinburgh.
West Register House The building was constructed between 1811 and 1814 as St George’s Church on Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Scotland. It was designed by Robert Reid after a similar but more intricate design by Robert Adam, who designed the square’s surrounding terraces. The facade centres on an Ionic portico, above which rises a substantial green copper dome on a tall, peristyle drum.
Saughton Park Saughton Park is a public park in Edinburgh, Scotland. It includes formal gardens, specimen trees, exotic plant greenhouses, playing fields, an athletics track and a skateboard park. The skatepark was constructed in 2010 and is the largest in Scotland.
St. Kentigern’s Church, Edinburgh (Union Canal) St. Kentigern’s Church is a former Episcopalian church in Viewforth, Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built in 1897 and was designed by John More Dick Peddie. The church closed in 1941 after which it was used as a nursery and garage.
Visit Chesser plaques
75 plaques hereChesser has 75 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Chesser plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Chesser using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Chesser plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Chesser audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Chesser allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Chesser’s 206 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Chesser freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Chesser Map App
Our visit Chesser map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Chesser & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Chesser tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Chesser centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Chesser area at LONG:-3.2486277777778, LAT:55.928625.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Chesser, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Chesser / surrounding areas
● Leamington Lift Bridge ● Bruntsfield Links ● Gilmore Place drill hall ● Lochrin ● Holy Corner ● Fountainbridge ● Greenhill, Edinburgh ● King’s Theatre, Edinburgh ● Burghmuirhead ● Bruntsfield Hospital ● The Cameo, Edinburgh ● Merchiston Tower ● Church Hill, Edinburgh ● Tollcross, Edinburgh ● Scottish Widows ● Forest Café ● Gillis Centre ● Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital and Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion ● Dalry, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh International Conference Centre ● Palladium Theatre, Edinburgh ● Dominion Cinema ● Edinburgh Filmhouse ● Sacred Heart, Edinburgh ● Haymarket, Edinburgh ● St Peter’s Church, Edinburgh ● Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion ● Usher Hall ● Ardmillan ● Royal Lyceum Theatre
● Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh ● Gorgie-Dalry ● Falcon Hall ● Marchmont ● Edinburgh Dental Institute ● Traverse Theatre ● Digital Curation Centre ● Lauriston Building ● West End, Edinburgh ● Lauriston ● Caley Picture House ● Castle Terrace Car Park ● St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) ● Quartermile ● LOVE Gorgie Farm ● Edinburgh town walls ● The Meadows, Edinburgh ● Astley Ainslie Hospital ● West Coates ● Scottish National War Memorial ● Castle Rock (Edinburgh) ● Edinburgh Castle ● St Cuthbert’s Church, Edinburgh ● Dance Base ● National War Museum ● Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian ● St Margaret’s Chapel, Edinburgh ● St John’s, Edinburgh ● St Catherine’s Argyle Church ● Royal Edinburgh Hospital ● Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum ● The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland ● Portsburgh ● Grassmarket ● Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh ● Masson Hall ● Edinburgh University Press ● Shandon, Edinburgh ● The Dunstane ● Nor Loch ● St Columba’s-by-the-Castle ● Scottish American Memorial ● Rose Theatre, Edinburgh ● Witches’ Well, Edinburgh ● Ramsay Garden ● The Witchery by the Castle ● Charlotte Chapel (Edinburgh) ● Charlotte Square ● Alexander Russell Simpson ● Myreside Stadium ● Scottish Land Court ● Morningside, Edinburgh ● Haymarket TMD ● French Institute for Scotland ● Jordan Burn ● The Georgian House, Edinburgh ● Bute House ● Gorgie ● Church of Scotland offices ● Myreside Cricket Ground ● North British Distillery ● Dean Bridge ● Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh ● The Oxford Bar ● Northern Lighthouse Board ● Carrick Knowe ● Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland ● Saughton ● Stenhouse, Edinburgh ● St Joseph’s RC Church, Edinburgh ● Forrester, Edinburgh ● Corstorphine Hospital ● Broomhouse, Edinburgh ● Corstorphine Old Parish Church ● Nils Olav ● Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C. ● HM Prison Edinburgh ● Balgreen ● Sighthill Stadium ● Wester Broom ● Parkhead, Edinburgh ● Longstone, Edinburgh ● Chesser ● Sighthill, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh Corn Exchange ● Corstorphine Hill ● Slateford Aqueduct ● Bankhead, Edinburgh ● Murrayfield Ice Rink ● Westfield, Edinburgh ● Slateford ● Kingsknowe ● Gogarloch ● Scottish Rugby Union ● Murrayfield ● Wester Hailes ● Craigcrook Castle ● Wester Hailes Education Centre ● The Calders ● Craigievar Estate ● Drumbrae ● Meggetland Sports Complex ● Clermiston ● Ravelston Garden ● Ravelston ● Edinburgh United F.C. ● Clovenstone ● Roseburn ● Scott Russell Aqueduct ● Craigcrook ● Baberton ● Craiglockhart Castle ● Craiglockhart ● Barnton Quarry ● Dovecot Studios ● Craigmillar Park Church ● Blackhall, Edinburgh ● John Watson’s Institution ● Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ● Modern Two (Dean Gallery) ● Dean Village ● Dean Gardens, Edinburgh ● Craig House, Edinburgh ● Moray Estate ● Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary’s Chapel) No. 1 ● Blackford Pond ● Redford Barracks ● Colinton ● Colinton Parish Church ● Firrhill ● Redford, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh City Hospital ● Oxgangs high rise flats ● Greenbank, Edinburgh ● Oxgangs ● Comiston ● Hunter’s Tryst ● Bonaly ● Torphin ● Juniper Green ● Woodhall House, Edinburgh ● Hermitage of Braid ● Blackford Hill ● James Clerk Maxwell Foundation ● Western General Hospital ● Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre ● MRC Human Genetics Unit ● Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh ● Craigleith, Edinburgh ● Comely Bank ● Braid Hills ● UK Astronomy Technology Centre ● Reid Memorial Church ● Blackford, Edinburgh ● Merchiston ● Bruntsfield ● Union Canal (Scotland) ● Barclay Viewforth Church ● Warrender Baths ● Tynecastle Park ● Polwarth, Edinburgh ● The Grange, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh Zoo ● Corstorphine ● South Gyle ● Murrayfield Stadium ● Craiglockhart Hydropathic ● Dean Cemetery ● Royal Observatory, Edinburgh ● Drumsheugh Baths Club ● West Register House ● Wester Hailes Baptist Church ● Saughton Park ● St. Kentigern’s Church, Edinburgh (Union Canal)
Getting to / around Chesser – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Chesser using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Chesser places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Chesser Public Transport Stations
Chesser Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Dalry Road railway station
Haymarket railway station
Edinburgh Princes Street railway station
Merchiston railway station
Morningside Road railway station
Murrayfield railway station
Craiglockhart railway station
Saughton railway station
Corstorphine railway station
Pinkhill railway station
Balgreen Halt railway station
South Gyle railway station
Kingsknowe railway station
Slateford railway station
Gorgie East railway station
Edinburgh Park railway station
Wester Hailes railway station
Hailes Halt railway station
Craigleith railway station
Colinton railway station
Juniper Green railway station
Currie railway station
Blackford Hill railway station
Princes Street Gardens
Princes Street
Rose Street
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Local Chesser historians & Chesser tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Chesser? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Chesser’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Chesser place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Chesser Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Chesser destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Chesser’ web pages (for example: www.visitChesser.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Chesser places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Chesser places to visit. A unique way to experience Chesser’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Chesser as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Chesser places with Walkfo Chesser to hear history at Chesser’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Chesser has 206 places to visit in our interactive Chesser map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Chesser, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Chesser places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Chesser & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Chesser?