Visit Piershill Places

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

  

Piershill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Piershill

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You can visit Piershill places with Walkfo Piershill to hear history at Piershill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Piershill has 400 places to visit in our interactive Piershill 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 Piershill, 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 Piershill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Piershill & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 400 audio facts unique to Piershill places in an interactive Piershill map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Piershill Places Map
400 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Piershill places to visit

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Statue of David Livingstone, Edinburgh The statue of David Livingstone in East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, is a 1876 work by Amelia Robertson Hill. The statue was created by the same artist in 1876 and is now on display in Edinburgh.

Romanes & Paterson Romanes and Paterson is a traditional 19th century shop on Princes Street in Edinburgh. The shop is located in the centre of Edinburgh.

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.

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