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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Inverleith


Visit Inverleith PlacesVisit Inverleith places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Inverleith places to visit. A unique way to experience Inverleith’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Inverleith as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Inverleith is an inner suburb in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the fringes of the central region of the city. The name comes from Scottish Gaelic – Inbhir Lìte, meaning “Mouth of Leith”, as with Inverness, meaning mouth of the River Ness. It is characterised by its wealth of open green space, with numerous playing fields and playing fields. When you visit Inverleith, Walkfo brings Inverleith places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Inverleith Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Inverleith


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With 441 audio plaques & Inverleith places for you to explore in the Inverleith area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Inverleith places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

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Visit Inverleith PlacesYou can visit Inverleith places with Walkfo Inverleith to hear history at Inverleith’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Inverleith has 441 places to visit in our interactive Inverleith 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 Inverleith, 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 Inverleith places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Inverleith & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 441 audio facts unique to Inverleith places in an interactive Inverleith map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Inverleith Places Map
441 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Inverleith historic spots

  Inverleith tourist destinations

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  Inverleith geographic features

Walkfo Inverleith tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Inverleith

  

Best Inverleith places to visit


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

Inverleith photo 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.
Inverleith photo Golfers Land
The Golfers Land is a site on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland dating to around 1681. The site gets its name from the town house of John Paterson, said to have been the teammate of the Duke of Albany in what is often regarded as the first international golf contest.
Inverleith photo The Canongate
The Canongate is the main eastern section of Edinburgh’s Old Town. It began when David I of Scotland authorised Holyrood Abbey to found a burgh separate from Edinburgh between the Abbey and Edinburgh. The burgh gained its name from the route the canons took to Edinburgh. In 1636 the adjacent city of Edinburgh bought the feudal superiority of the canongate.
Inverleith photo Victoria Park, Edinburgh
Victoria Park is a district in north Edinburgh south of Newhaven and lying between Trinity and Leith. The area was given Conservation Area status in March 1998.
Inverleith photo 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.
Inverleith photo 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.
Inverleith photo Stockbridge, Edinburgh
Stockbridge is a suburb of Edinburgh, located north of the city centre. Originally a small outlying village, it was incorporated into the City of Edinburgh in the 19th century. The name is Scots stock brig from Anglic stocc brycg, meaning a timber bridge. The current “Stock Bridge” is a stone structure spanning the Water of Leith.
Inverleith photo 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.
Inverleith photo Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian, it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland’s second-most populous city and the seventh-most in the United Kingdom. It is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the highest courts in Scotland. The city’s Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch.
Inverleith photo St James Quarter
St James Quarter is a retail, lifestyle and residential district in Edinburgh. It is situated in the east end of the New Town. The district is a redevelopment on the site of the St James Centre which closed in October 2016.

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Inverleith has 182 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Inverleith 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 Inverleith using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Inverleith plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.