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


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

Visiting Portsburgh Walkfo Preview
Portsburgh was a burgh of barony outside the city walls of Edinburgh, Scotland from 1649 to 1856. It took its name from the West Port (gate) of Edinburgh. It extended from Lochrin in the west to Drummond Street in the east, and from King’s Stables Road to the Meadows in the south. When you visit Portsburgh, Walkfo brings Portsburgh places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Portsburgh Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Portsburgh


Visit Portsburgh – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 481 audio plaques & Portsburgh places for you to explore in the Portsburgh area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Portsburgh places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit Portsburgh with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Portsburgh PlacesYou can visit Portsburgh places with Walkfo Portsburgh to hear history at Portsburgh’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Portsburgh has 481 places to visit in our interactive Portsburgh 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 Portsburgh, 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 Portsburgh places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Portsburgh & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 481 audio facts unique to Portsburgh places in an interactive Portsburgh map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Portsburgh Places Map
481 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Portsburgh historic spots

  Portsburgh tourist destinations

  Portsburgh plaques

  Portsburgh geographic features

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

  

Best Portsburgh places to visit


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

Portsburgh 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.
Portsburgh 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.
Portsburgh 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.
Portsburgh 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.
Portsburgh 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.
Portsburgh 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.
Portsburgh 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.
Portsburgh 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.
Portsburgh 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.
Portsburgh 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.

Visit Portsburgh plaques


Portsburgh Plaques 188
plaques
here
Portsburgh has 188 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Portsburgh 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 Portsburgh using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Portsburgh plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.