Visit Murrayfield Places

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

  

Murrayfield Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Murrayfield

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Murrayfield history

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The name comes from the estate of Archibald Murray who built Murrayfield House for himself in 1735. Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland was born here the year after its construction. Much of the Murrayfield area was semi-rural up until the early 19th century.

You can visit Murrayfield places with Walkfo Murrayfield to hear history at Murrayfield’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Murrayfield has 391 places to visit in our interactive Murrayfield 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 Murrayfield, 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 Murrayfield places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Murrayfield & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 391 audio facts unique to Murrayfield places in an interactive Murrayfield map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Murrayfield Places Map
391 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Murrayfield places to visit

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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