Visit Dalkeith Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Dalkeith

  

Dalkeith Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Dalkeith

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Dalkeith history

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In 1650, Oliver Cromwell’s army came to Dalkeith Castle. The government of the country was based out of the castle. In 1831, a railway line that transported coal, minerals, and agricultural produce. Two decades later, in 1853, a Corn Exchange, at the time the largest indoor grain market in Scotland, was built.

Dalkeith etymology

Dalkeith is understood to be a Cumbric name. It is cognate with Welsh ddôl ‘meadow, plateau, valley’ + coed ‘wood’

You can visit Dalkeith places with Walkfo Dalkeith to hear history at Dalkeith’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Dalkeith has 40 places to visit in our interactive Dalkeith 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 Dalkeith, 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 Dalkeith places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Dalkeith & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 40 audio facts unique to Dalkeith places in an interactive Dalkeith map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Dalkeith Places Map
40 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Dalkeith places to visit

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

National Mining Museum Scotland The National Mining Museum Scotland was created in 1984 to preserve the physical surface remains of Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland. The colliery, sunk by the Lothian Coal Company in 1890, came into production in 1894. It was nationalised in 1947 and closed in 1981.

Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church is located to the south of the town of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The current arrangement dates from 1975, when the two churches were united. The church’s tower is unusually tall for a comparatively small church and its design was copied for Kilconquhar Parish Church in Fife.

St David’s Church, Dalkeith St David’s Church was founded in 1854 by Cecil Chetwynd Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian. It was designed by Joseph Hansom and is a category A listed building.

Carberry Tower Carberry Tower is a historic house in East Lothian, Scotland. The house is situated off the A6124 road, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Musselburgh. It is protected as a Category B listed building.

Melville Castle Melville Castle is a three-storey Gothic castellated mansion situated less than a mile (2 km) west-south-west of Dalkeith, Midlothian, near the North Esk.

Lothian Lothian is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills. The principal settlement is the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, while other significant towns include Livingston, Linlithgow, Bathgate, Queensferry, Penicuik, Musselburgh, Prestonpans, North Berwick, Dunbar, and Haddington. Historically, it was a province under the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia, the northern part of the later kingdom of Northumbria.

Cousland Cousland is a village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Dalkeith and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Ormiston.

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