Visit Ormiston Places

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

  

Ormiston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ormiston

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Ormiston history

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Ormiston was the home of the poet Elizabeth Douglas (died 1594), wife of Samuel Cockburn of Templehall. Elizabeth Douglas contributed sonnets to a work by William Fowler in 1587. James VI came to Biel to hunt in October 1599. Robert Burns’s nephew, William Begg, became the parish schoolmaster. Isabella Begg née Burns also ran a school here.

You can visit Ormiston places with Walkfo Ormiston to hear history at Ormiston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ormiston has 20 places to visit in our interactive Ormiston 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 Ormiston, 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 Ormiston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ormiston & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 20 audio facts unique to Ormiston places in an interactive Ormiston map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Ormiston Places Map
20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Ormiston places to visit

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

Tranent Tower Tranent Tower is a ruined L-plan tower house dating from the 16th century. The remains are protected as a scheduled monument.

Fa’side Castle Fa’side Castle (Faside Estate) has previously been known as Fawside, Falside, Ffauside, or Fawsyde. The 15th-century keep is located in East Lothian in Scotland. It was restored in the 1980s and is now protected as a category B listed building.

Ormiston Ormiston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, near Tranent, Humbie, Pencaitland and Cranston. The village was the first planned village in Scotland, founded in 1735 by John Cockburn (1685–1758)

Elphinstone Tower (East Lothian) Elphinstone Tower is a ruined 13th–15th century keep, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south east of Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the village.

Winton Castle Winton Castle is a historic building set in a large estate between Pencaitland and Tranent in East Lothian, Scotland. The castle is still a private residence, and is run as an exclusive-use events venue.

Cousland Cousland is a village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Dalkeith and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Ormiston.

Glenkinchie distillery Glenkinchie Distillery is one of the six distilleries in the Lowland region. It is owned by the drinks giant Diageo.

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