Welcome to Visit Greendykes Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Greendykes
Visit Greendykes places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Greendykes places to visit. A unique way to experience Greendykes’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Greendykes as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Greendykes Walkfo Preview Greendykes is the 4th most deprived area in Scotland in the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2006. It was originally a council scheme, consisting mostly of low-rise flats but also two 15-storey tower blocks. Affordable housing is being provided through a joint venture known as PARClife between the city council and EDI. When you visit Greendykes, Walkfo brings Greendykes places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Greendykes Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Greendykes
Visit Greendykes – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 140 audio plaques & Greendykes places for you to explore in the Greendykes area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Greendykes places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Greendykes with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Greendykes places with Walkfo Greendykes to hear history at Greendykes’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Greendykes has 140 places to visit in our interactive Greendykes 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 Greendykes, 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 Greendykes places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Greendykes & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Greendykes tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Greendykes
Best Greendykes places to visit
Greendykes has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Greendykes’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Greendykes’s information audio spots:
Moredun Moredun is a district in the south-east of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of Liberton, while Craigour is situated just to its north. The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home of James Stewart. It was acquired in 1923 to convert into a convalescent home for ex-servicemen.
Newhailes House Newhailes House is a Palladian style country house which stands in 80 acres of parkland in East Lothian, Scotland. Originally named Whitehills, it is a Category A listed building which is now occupied by the National Trust for Scotland.
Lothian Lothian is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills. The principal settlement is the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, while other significant towns include Livingston, Linlithgow, Bathgate, Queensferry, Penicuik, Musselburgh, Prestonpans, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington. Historically, it was a province under the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia, the northern part of the later kingdom of Northumbria.
Gilmerton Gilmerton is a suburb of Edinburgh, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the city centre. The toponym “Gilmerton” is derived from a combination of Scottish Gaelic: Gille-Moire and Old English: ton meaning “settlement” or “farmstead” Versions of the name are recorded from the middle of the 12th century.
Portobello Swim Centre Edinburgh’s only authentic and publicly available turkish bath, one of three remaining in Scotland. The salt water baths were completed in 1901. It has been given Category A listed building status by Historic Environment Scotland.
Edinburgh Geographical Institute Edinburgh Geographical Institute was founded as a map publisher by famed Scottish geographer and cartographer John George Bartholomew in 1888. The Institute was established in 1888 as a publisher of maps and maps.
Portobello Open Air Pool Portobello Open Air Pool was opened on 30 May 1936 at a cost of £90,000. The pool was opened at the cost of a total of £80,000 at the time.
Buccleuch (parish), Edinburgh Buccleuch Parish, commonly known as the South Side, is a district in south Edinburgh. It was built as an expansion to the Old Town in the 18th century. The area lies between Newington and Newington.
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 is an oil painting by the Anglo-Swiss artist David Morier (c.1705-1780) It depicts a scene during the 1746 Battle of Culloden.
Visit Greendykes plaques
17 plaques hereGreendykes has 17 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Greendykes 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 Greendykes using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Greendykes plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Greendykes audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Greendykes allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Greendykes’s 140 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Greendykes freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Greendykes Map App
Our visit Greendykes map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Greendykes & 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 Greendykes tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Greendykes centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Greendykes area at LONG:-3.1269444444444, LAT:55.929166666667.
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Things to do & visit in Greendykes / surrounding areas
● Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh ● Sciennes ● Alexander Russell Simpson ● Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities ● Orthodox Chapel of St Andrew ● Archers’ Hall ● Ellen’s Glen House ● Liberton Hospital ● Gilmerton Cove ● Alnwickhill ● Moredun ● Ferniehill ● Craigour ● Liberton, Edinburgh ● Fernieside ● Little France ● The Drum, Edinburgh ● The Inch, Edinburgh ● Royal Hospital for Children and Young People ● Centre for Regenerative Medicine ● Euan MacDonald Centre ● Edinburgh Obstetrical Society ● Edinburgh BioQuarter ● Liberton Tower ● Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh ● Inch House, Edinburgh ● Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science ● Craigmillar Castle ● Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre ● HECToR
● Contaminated Land Assessment and Remediation Research Centre ● Bridgend Farmhouse Community Project ● King’s Buildings ● FloWaveTT ● Cameron Toll ● Lochend House ● Lochend, Edinburgh ● Holyrood Abbey Church ● Abbeyhill Junction ● Old Meadowbank ● New Meadowbank ● Meadowbank, Edinburgh ● Meadowbank Stadium ● Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital ● Ss Ninian and Triduana’s Church, Edinburgh ● Holyrood Abbey ● Restalrig ● Holyrood Palace ● Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh ● 2003 European Cross Country Championships ● 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ● Scottish Parliament ● Queensberry House ● St Margaret’s Well, Edinburgh ● Dynamic Earth (Edinburgh) ● Jock’s Lodge ● Dumbiedykes ● Piershill ● Holyrood Park ● The Pleasance ● Marine Gardens ● Portobello Power Station ● Craigentinny TMD ● Craigentinny ● Portobello Library, Edinburgh ● Mountcastle, Edinburgh ● Craigentinny Marbles ● Portobello Toddler Hut ● Portobello, Edinburgh ● George Cinema, Portobello ● St John the Evangelist RC Church, Portobello ● South Portobello ● Northfield, Edinburgh ● Portobello Pier ● Brunstane ● Braid Burn ● Duddingston House ● Bingham, Edinburgh ● Joppa, Edinburgh ● Duddingston ● Sheep Heid Inn ● Duddingston Kirk ● Duddingston Loch ● Arthur’s Seat ● Fort Kinnaird ● Niddrie, Edinburgh ● Eastfield, Edinburgh ● Craigmillar ● Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh ● Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh ● The Pleasance (street) ● Murder of Lord Darnley ● Southside Community Centre ● Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh ● Queen Margaret University ● Newhailes House ● UK Astronomy Technology Centre ● Reid Memorial Church ● Blackford, Edinburgh ● Newington Cemetery ● Edinburgh University A.F.C. ● Prestonfield, Edinburgh ● Mayfield, Edinburgh ● Mayfield Salisbury Church ● Newcraighall ● Battle of Boroughmuir ● Burgh Muir ● St Columba’s Catholic Church, Edinburgh ● Salisbury Green ● Newington, Edinburgh ● Parole Board for Scotland ● Edinburgh Synagogue ● Longmore House ● Royal Commonwealth Pool ● Pollock Halls of Residence ● St Leonard’s Hall ● Midlothian Coalfield ● Lothian ● Shawfair ● Greendykes ● Millerhill Marshalling Yard ● Millerhill Recycling and Energy Recovery Centre ● The Grange, Edinburgh ● Gilmerton ● Danderhall ● Scottish Parliament Building ● Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland ● Royal Observatory, Edinburgh ● Summerhall ● Robin Chapel ● Portobello Swim Centre ● Prestonfield House ● Edinburgh Geographical Institute ● Portobello Open Air Pool ● Buccleuch (parish), Edinburgh ● Portobello Town Hall ● An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 ● Dumbie House
Getting to / around Greendykes – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Greendykes using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Greendykes places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Greendykes Public Transport Stations
Greendykes Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Abbeyhill railway station
Meadowbank Stadium railway station
Piershill railway station
Jock’s Lodge railway station
Portobello railway station (NBR)
Portobello railway station (E&DR)
Joppa railway station
Brunstane railway station
Duddingston & Craigmillar railway station
St Leonards railway station (Scotland)
Musselburgh railway station
Newhailes railway station
Newington railway station (Edinburgh)
Blackford Hill railway station
Newcraighall railway station
Cairney railway station
Shawfair railway station
Niddrie railway station
Millerhill railway station
Joppa railway station, E&DR
Gilmerton railway station
A772 road
East Preston Street Burial Ground
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Local Greendykes historians & Greendykes tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Greendykes? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Greendykes’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 Greendykes 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 Greendykes 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 Greendykes 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-Greendykes’ web pages (for example: www.visitGreendykes.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 Greendykes places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Greendykes places to visit. A unique way to experience Greendykes’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Greendykes as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Greendykes places with Walkfo Greendykes to hear history at Greendykes’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Greendykes has 140 places to visit in our interactive Greendykes 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 Greendykes, 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 Greendykes places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Greendykes & the surrounding areas.
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