Visit Colinton Places

Welcome to Visit Colinton Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Colinton

  

Colinton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Colinton

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Colinton history

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Colinton was originally sited within a steep-sided glen on a convenient fording point on the Water of Leith. The village was the location for mills producing textiles, snuff, and paper. The nearby 15th century Colinton Castle, in the grounds of Merchiston Castle School, was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell during his invasion of Scotland.

You can visit Colinton places with Walkfo Colinton to hear history at Colinton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Colinton has 88 places to visit in our interactive Colinton 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 Colinton, 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 Colinton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Colinton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 88 audio facts unique to Colinton places in an interactive Colinton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Colinton Places Map
88 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Colinton historic spots	Colinton tourist destinations	Colinton plaques	Colinton geographic features
Walkfo Colinton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Colinton

  

Best Colinton places to visit

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Colinton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Colinton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Colinton’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.

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.

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.

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