Welcome to Visit Ravelston Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Ravelston
Visit Ravelston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Ravelston places to visit. A unique way to experience Ravelston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Ravelston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Ravelston Walkfo Preview Ravelston is an affluent area of Edinburgh, Scotland, to the west of the city centre, the east of Corstorphine and Clermiston, the north of Murrayfield and Roseburn. The area is primarily made up of fairly large detached and semi-detached family homes, as well as modern apartments and many bungalows. When you visit Ravelston, Walkfo brings Ravelston places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Ravelston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ravelston
Visit Ravelston – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 366 audio plaques & Ravelston places for you to explore in the Ravelston area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Ravelston places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Ravelston with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Ravelston places with Walkfo Ravelston to hear history at Ravelston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ravelston has 366 places to visit in our interactive Ravelston 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 Ravelston, 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 Ravelston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ravelston & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 366 audio facts unique to Ravelston places in an interactive Ravelston map you can explore.”
Walkfo Ravelston tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Ravelston
Best Ravelston places to visit
Ravelston has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Ravelston’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Ravelston’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.
Barnton, Edinburgh Barnton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an t-Sabhail) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the north-west of the city. Part of the area was traditionally known as “Cramond Muir” in reference to Cramond to the north.
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.
Visit Ravelston plaques
165 plaques hereRavelston has 165 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Ravelston 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 Ravelston using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Ravelston plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Ravelston audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Ravelston allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Ravelston’s 366 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Ravelston freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Ravelston Map App
Our visit Ravelston map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Ravelston & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Ravelston tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Ravelston centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Ravelston area at LONG:-3.2477777777778, LAT:55.953055555556.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Ravelston, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Ravelston / surrounding areas
● Leamington Lift Bridge ● Bruntsfield Links ● Gilmore Place drill hall ● Lochrin ● Holy Corner ● Fountainbridge ● Greenhill, Edinburgh ● King’s Theatre, Edinburgh ● Burghmuirhead ● Bruntsfield Hospital ● The Cameo, Edinburgh ● Merchiston Tower ● Church Hill, Edinburgh ● Tollcross, Edinburgh ● Scottish Widows ● Forest Café ● Gillis Centre ● Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital and Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion ● Dalry, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh International Conference Centre ● Palladium Theatre, Edinburgh ● Dominion Cinema ● Edinburgh Filmhouse ● Sacred Heart, Edinburgh ● Haymarket, Edinburgh ● St Peter’s Church, Edinburgh ● Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion ● Usher Hall ● Ardmillan ● Royal Lyceum Theatre
● Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh ● Gorgie-Dalry ● Falcon Hall ● Marchmont ● Edinburgh Dental Institute ● Traverse Theatre ● Digital Curation Centre ● Lauriston Building ● West End, Edinburgh ● Lauriston ● Caley Picture House ● Castle Terrace Car Park ● St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) ● Quartermile ● LOVE Gorgie Farm ● Edinburgh town walls ● The Meadows, Edinburgh ● West Coates ● Scottish National War Memorial ● Castle Rock (Edinburgh) ● Edinburgh Castle ● St Cuthbert’s Church, Edinburgh ● Dance Base ● National War Museum ● Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian ● St Margaret’s Chapel, Edinburgh ● St John’s, Edinburgh ● Royal Edinburgh Hospital ● Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum ● The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland ● Portsburgh ● Grassmarket ● Masson Hall ● Edinburgh University Press ● Shandon, Edinburgh ● The Dunstane ● Forrest Hill drill hall ● Edinburgh University Library ● Nor Loch ● St Columba’s-by-the-Castle ● Scottish American Memorial ● Rose Theatre, Edinburgh ● Witches’ Well, Edinburgh ● Greyfriars Kirk ● Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh ● Greyfriars Kirkyard ● George Square, Edinburgh ● Ramsay Garden ● Sandy Bell’s ● The Witchery by the Castle ● Charlotte Chapel (Edinburgh) ● Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre ● Reid Concert Hall ● Charlotte Square ● Camera Obscura, Edinburgh ● Myreside Stadium ● Bristo Square ● Royal Medical Society ● Bedlam Theatre ● First of May Bookshop ● McEwan Hall ● Greyfriars Bobby Fountain ● The Hub, Edinburgh ● Teviot Row House ● Magdalen Chapel, Edinburgh ● Scottish Land Court ● Morningside, Edinburgh ● Haymarket TMD ● French Institute for Scotland ● Old Town, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh University Students’ Association ● Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh ● George IV Bridge ● Underbelly (venue) ● The Georgian House, Edinburgh ● Metropolitan Community Church of Edinburgh ● Centre for the History of the Book ● General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland ● Church of Scotland ● Bute House ● 40 George Square ● Gorgie ● National Museum of Scotland ● The Mound ● Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo ● Church of Scotland offices ● Koestler Parapsychology Unit ● Myreside Cricket Ground ● Informatics Forum ● National Library of Scotland ● North British Distillery ● The John Murray Archive ● Dean Bridge ● Writers’ Museum ● Woodwrae Stone ● Bullion Stone ● Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh ● Makars’ Court ● Potterrow Student Centre ● The Oxford Bar ● Lamont Harp ● National Museums Scotland ● Queen Mary Harp ● Gladstone’s Land ● Lady Stair’s Close ● Scottish National Gallery ● Advocates Library ● John Dowie’s Tavern ● Northern Lighthouse Board ● Stay Central Hotel ● Carrick Knowe ● Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland ● Saughton ● Stenhouse, Edinburgh ● St Joseph’s RC Church, Edinburgh ● Forrester, Edinburgh ● Corstorphine Hospital ● Broomhouse, Edinburgh ● Corstorphine Old Parish Church ● Nils Olav ● Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C. ● HM Prison Edinburgh ● Balgreen ● Sighthill Stadium ● Wester Broom ● Parkhead, Edinburgh ● Longstone, Edinburgh ● Chesser ● Edinburgh Corn Exchange ● Corstorphine Hill ● Slateford Aqueduct ● Murrayfield Ice Rink ● Westfield, Edinburgh ● Slateford ● Scottish Rugby Union ● Murrayfield ● Craigcrook Castle ● Craigievar Estate ● Drumbrae ● Meggetland Sports Complex ● Clermiston ● Ravelston Garden ● Ravelston ● Roseburn ● Craigcrook ● Craiglockhart Castle ● Craiglockhart ● Barnton Quarry ● East Craigs ● Dovecot Studios ● Craigmillar Park Church ● Blackhall, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh Playhouse ● Forth 1 ● Forth 2 ● Lavender Menace Bookshop ● Broughton, Edinburgh ● Outright Scotland ● Edinburgh Assay Office ● Powderhall ● St Paul’s and St George’s Church ● St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh (Roman Catholic) ● St Andrew’s House ● Powderhall Stadium ● Craigroyston F.C. ● Bellevue, Edinburgh ● Old Calton Burial Ground ● York Place, Edinburgh ● Waterloo Hotel ● Bellevue Chapel ● Regent Bridge ● St. James Centre ● Old Logie Green ● Edinburgh Bus Station ● General Register House ● National Archives of Scotland ● New Register House ● Multrees Walk ● Dundas House ● General Post Office, Edinburgh ● New Logie Green ● Scottish Storytelling Centre ● Balmoral Hotel ● Royal Gymnasium Ground ● Scottish National Portrait Gallery ● North Bridge, Edinburgh ● John Knox House ● Moubray House ● Hotel Indigo Edinburgh ● Old St. Paul’s, Edinburgh ● Carrubbers Christian Centre ● Royal Mile ● The Glasshouse (hotel) ● Warriston Cemetery ● Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh) ● St Andrew Square, Edinburgh ● Occupy Edinburgh ● Melville Monument, Edinburgh ● The Scotsman Hotel ● St Patrick’s Church, Edinburgh ● Waverley Mall ● Canonmills ● 57 Gallery ● City Art Centre ● Tron Kirk ● Warriston ● Waverley Bridge ● Cleanse the Causeway ● Edinburgh Dungeon ● Scott Monument ● Edinburgh Vaults ● South Bridge, Edinburgh ● Fruitmarket Gallery ● St Cecilia’s Hall ● John Watson’s Institution ● Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ● Modern Two (Dean Gallery) ● Dean Village ● Dean Gardens, Edinburgh ● Craig House, Edinburgh ● Moray Estate ● Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary’s Chapel) No. 1 ● New Club, Edinburgh ● Assembly Rooms (Edinburgh) ● James Clerk Maxwell Foundation ● Museum on the Mound ● International Centre for Mathematical Sciences ● Royal Society of Edinburgh ● Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh ● The Dome, Edinburgh ● The George Hotel (Edinburgh) ● Advocates Close ● Luckenbooths ● St Giles’ Cathedral ● Parliament of Scotland ● Parliament House, Edinburgh ● Thistle Chapel ● Mercat Cross, Edinburgh ● Parliament Square, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh City Chambers ● Mary King’s Close ● Great Fire of Edinburgh ● New Town, Edinburgh ● Cowgate ● Talbot Rice Gallery ● Davidson’s Mains ● Silverknowes ● Martello Court ● Muirhouse ● Drylaw ● Civil Service Strollers F.C. ● Crewe Toll ● Western General Hospital ● Granton Shrimp Bed ● Parkgrove ● Pilton, Edinburgh ● Selex ES ● Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre ● MRC Human Genetics Unit ● Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh ● Craigleith, Edinburgh ● Ferryfield House ● City Park, Edinburgh ● Waterfront Edinburgh ● Caroline Park ● Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd. ● Granton Garden ● Granton, Edinburgh ● The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh ● Madelvic Motor Carriage Company ● Braepark, Edinburgh ● Barnton, Edinburgh ● Bughtlin ● Comely Bank ● Surgeons’ Hall ● Edinburgh Festival Theatre ● Brass Founders’ Pillar ● University of Edinburgh ● The Royal Oak, Edinburgh ● Lady Yester’s Kirk ● Edinburgh Central Mosque ● Adam House ● Word Power Books ● Trinity, Edinburgh ● Goldenacre Sports Ground ● Goldenacre ● Raeburn Place ● The Grange Club ● Stockbridge, Edinburgh ● Stockbridge public library ● Inverleith House ● Silvermills ● St Stephen’s Church, Edinburgh ● HMS Claverhouse ● Merchiston ● Bruntsfield ● Union Canal (Scotland) ● Barclay Viewforth Church ● Warrender Baths ● Tynecastle Park ● Polwarth, Edinburgh ● Centre for the Study of World Christianity ● Centre for Theology and Public Issues ● Central Library, Edinburgh ● Appleton Tower ● Sheriff Personal Injury Court ● Edinburgh Zoo ● Corstorphine ● South Gyle ● Murrayfield Stadium ● Craiglockhart Hydropathic ● Political Martyrs’ Monument ● Edinburgh ● Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway ● St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church ● Jenners ● Dean Cemetery ● Inner House ● Court of Session ● Lauriston Castle ● Ainslie Park ● Inverleith ● Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ● The Dyvours Club ● St James Quarter ● Drumsheugh Baths Club ● 65 Cowgate ● West Register House ● Statue of David Livingstone, Edinburgh ● Romanes & Paterson ● Greenside, Edinburgh ● Saughton Park ● Inverleith Sports Ground ● St. Kentigern’s Church, Edinburgh (Union Canal)
Getting to / around Ravelston – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Ravelston using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Ravelston places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Ravelston Public Transport Stations
Ravelston Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Dalry Road railway station
Haymarket railway station
Edinburgh Princes Street railway station
Merchiston railway station
Morningside Road railway station
Murrayfield railway station
Craiglockhart railway station
Saughton railway station
Corstorphine railway station
Pinkhill railway station
Balgreen Halt railway station
South Gyle railway station
Kingsknowe railway station
Slateford railway station
Gorgie East railway station
Craigleith railway station
Scotland Street railway station
Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Davidson’s Mains railway station
East Pilton railway station
Barnton railway station
Trinity railway station
Granton Road railway station
House o’Hill Halt railway station
Princes Street Gardens
Princes Street
Rose Street
Princes Street Gardens Runestone
East Claremont Street drill hall
Dundonald Street drill hall
Cockburn Street, Edinburgh
George Street, Edinburgh
Chambers Street, Edinburgh
Ferry Road
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Local Ravelston historians & Ravelston tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Ravelston? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Ravelston’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Ravelston place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Ravelston Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Ravelston destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Ravelston’ web pages (for example: www.visitRavelston.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Ravelston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Ravelston places to visit. A unique way to experience Ravelston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Ravelston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Ravelston places with Walkfo Ravelston to hear history at Ravelston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ravelston has 366 places to visit in our interactive Ravelston 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 Ravelston, 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 Ravelston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ravelston & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Ravelston?