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Visit Blackhall, Edinburgh places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Blackhall, Edinburgh places to visit. A unique way to experience Blackhall, Edinburgh’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Blackhall, Edinburgh as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Blackhall, Edinburgh Walkfo Preview Blackhall is a suburb in the north west of the Scottish capital city Edinburgh. It is a mainly residential area with amenities including a library and small number of shops. When you visit Blackhall, Edinburgh, Walkfo brings Blackhall, Edinburgh places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Blackhall, Edinburgh – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 253 audio plaques & Blackhall, Edinburgh places for you to explore in the Blackhall, Edinburgh area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Blackhall, Edinburgh places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Blackhall, Edinburgh etymology
The “Black-” in the placename could derive either from the Anglian blaec or Scots blac meaning simply black. The “-hall” ending is from the halh or Scots haugh meaning land beside or in the bend of a river. The local school, Blackhall Primary School, has been extended and parts rebuilt.
Blackhall, Edinburgh geography / climate
Most of the housing in the neighbourhood was constructed in the inter-war period. The recent housing boom has seen new development on the north east slope of Corstorphine Hill.
Why visit Blackhall, Edinburgh with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Blackhall, Edinburgh places with Walkfo Blackhall, Edinburgh to hear history at Blackhall, Edinburgh’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Blackhall, Edinburgh has 253 places to visit in our interactive Blackhall, Edinburgh 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 Blackhall, Edinburgh, 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 Blackhall, Edinburgh places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Blackhall, Edinburgh & the surrounding areas.
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Best Blackhall, Edinburgh places to visit
Blackhall, Edinburgh has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Blackhall, Edinburgh’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Blackhall, Edinburgh’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.
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.
West Register House The building was constructed between 1811 and 1814 as St George’s Church on Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Scotland. It was designed by Robert Reid after a similar but more intricate design by Robert Adam, who designed the square’s surrounding terraces. The facade centres on an Ionic portico, above which rises a substantial green copper dome on a tall, peristyle drum.
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.
Visit Blackhall, Edinburgh plaques
108 plaques hereBlackhall, Edinburgh has 108 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Blackhall, Edinburgh 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 Blackhall, Edinburgh using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Blackhall, Edinburgh plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Blackhall, Edinburgh allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Blackhall, Edinburgh’s 253 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Blackhall, Edinburgh freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Blackhall, Edinburgh Map App
Our visit Blackhall, Edinburgh map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Blackhall, Edinburgh & 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 Blackhall, Edinburgh tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Blackhall, Edinburgh centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Blackhall, Edinburgh area at LONG:-3.253075, LAT:55.958786111111.
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Things to do & visit in Blackhall, Edinburgh / surrounding areas
● Leamington Lift Bridge ● Bruntsfield Links ● Gilmore Place drill hall ● Lochrin ● Holy Corner ● Fountainbridge ● Greenhill, Edinburgh ● King’s Theatre, Edinburgh ● Burghmuirhead ● The Cameo, Edinburgh ● Merchiston Tower ● Church Hill, Edinburgh ● Tollcross, Edinburgh ● Scottish Widows ● Forest Café ● Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital and Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion ● Dalry, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh International Conference Centre ● Palladium Theatre, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh Filmhouse ● Sacred Heart, Edinburgh ● Haymarket, Edinburgh ● Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion ● Usher Hall ● Ardmillan ● Royal Lyceum Theatre ● Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh ● Gorgie-Dalry ● 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 ● 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 Scots Dragoon Guards Museum ● The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland ● Grassmarket ● Shandon, Edinburgh ● The Dunstane ● Nor Loch ● St Columba’s-by-the-Castle ● Scottish American Memorial ● Rose Theatre, Edinburgh ● Witches’ Well, Edinburgh ● Ramsay Garden ● The Witchery by the Castle ● Charlotte Chapel (Edinburgh) ● Charlotte Square ● Camera Obscura, Edinburgh ● Myreside Stadium ● First of May Bookshop ● The Hub, Edinburgh ● Magdalen Chapel, Edinburgh ● Scottish Land Court ● Haymarket TMD ● French Institute for Scotland ● Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh ● Underbelly (venue) ● The Georgian House, Edinburgh ● General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland ● Church of Scotland ● Bute House ● Gorgie ● The Mound ● Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo ● Church of Scotland offices ● Myreside Cricket Ground ● National Library of Scotland ● North British Distillery ● The John Murray Archive ● Dean Bridge ● Writers’ Museum ● Makars’ Court ● The Oxford Bar ● Gladstone’s Land ● Lady Stair’s Close ● Scottish National Gallery ● Advocates Library ● John Dowie’s Tavern ● Northern Lighthouse Board ● 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 ● Wester Broom ● Parkhead, 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 ● Barnton Quarry ● East Craigs ● Blackhall, Edinburgh ● Powderhall ● Powderhall Stadium ● Craigroyston F.C. ● Bellevue, Edinburgh ● York Place, Edinburgh ● Bellevue Chapel ● Old Logie Green ● Edinburgh Bus Station ● New Register House ● Multrees Walk ● Dundas House ● New Logie Green ● Royal Gymnasium Ground ● Scottish National Portrait Gallery ● Hotel Indigo Edinburgh ● Warriston Cemetery ● St Andrew Square, Edinburgh ● Occupy Edinburgh ● Melville Monument, Edinburgh ● Waverley Mall ● Canonmills ● Warriston ● Waverley Bridge ● Edinburgh Dungeon ● Scott Monument ● Fruitmarket Gallery ● John Watson’s Institution ● Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ● Modern Two (Dean Gallery) ● Dean Village ● Dean Gardens, 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 ● New Town, Edinburgh ● 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 ● Cramond Tower ● Madelvic Motor Carriage Company ● Braepark, Edinburgh ● Barnton, Edinburgh ● Cramond Kirk ● Bughtlin ● Cramond ● Comely Bank ● River Almond, Lothian ● Trinity, Edinburgh ● Goldenacre Sports Ground ● Trinity Chain Pier ● 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 ● Tynecastle Park ● Polwarth, Edinburgh ● Centre for the Study of World Christianity ● Centre for Theology and Public Issues ● Central Library, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh Zoo ● Corstorphine ● South Gyle ● Murrayfield Stadium ● St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church ● Jenners ● Dean Cemetery ● Lauriston Castle ● Ainslie Park ● Cramond Roman Fort ● Inverleith ● Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ● The Dyvours Club ● Drumsheugh Baths Club ● West Register House ● Statue of David Livingstone, Edinburgh ● Romanes & Paterson ● Saughton Park ● Inverleith Sports Ground ● St. Kentigern’s Church, Edinburgh (Union Canal)
Getting to / around Blackhall, Edinburgh – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Blackhall, Edinburgh using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Blackhall, Edinburgh places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Blackhall, Edinburgh Public Transport Stations
Local Blackhall, Edinburgh historians & Blackhall, Edinburgh tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Blackhall, Edinburgh? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Blackhall, Edinburgh’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 Blackhall, Edinburgh 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 Blackhall, Edinburgh 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 Blackhall, Edinburgh 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-Blackhall, Edinburgh’ web pages (for example: www.visitBlackhall, Edinburgh.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
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Visit Blackhall, Edinburgh places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Blackhall, Edinburgh places to visit. A unique way to experience Blackhall, Edinburgh’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Blackhall, Edinburgh as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Blackhall, Edinburgh places with Walkfo Blackhall, Edinburgh to hear history at Blackhall, Edinburgh’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Blackhall, Edinburgh has 253 places to visit in our interactive Blackhall, Edinburgh 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 Blackhall, Edinburgh, 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 Blackhall, Edinburgh places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Blackhall, Edinburgh & the surrounding areas.
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