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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Warriston


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

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Warriston is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies east of the Royal Botanic Garden in Inverleith. The name derives from a local mansion house demolished in 1966. In 1600 John Kincaid was murdered by his wife, Jean Livingstone, her two female servants, and his stable hand. When you visit Warriston, Walkfo brings Warriston places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Warriston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Warriston


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With 441 audio plaques & Warriston places for you to explore in the Warriston area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Warriston places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

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Visit Warriston PlacesYou can visit Warriston places with Walkfo Warriston to hear history at Warriston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Warriston has 441 places to visit in our interactive Warriston 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 Warriston, 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 Warriston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Warriston & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 441 audio facts unique to Warriston places in an interactive Warriston map you can explore.”

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441 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

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

  

Best Warriston places to visit


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

Warriston 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.
Warriston 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.
Warriston 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.
Warriston 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.
Warriston 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.
Warriston 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.
Warriston 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.
Warriston 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.
Warriston 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.
Warriston 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 Warriston plaques


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Warriston has 181 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Warriston 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 Warriston using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Warriston plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.