Visit East Craigs Places

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

  

East Craigs Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about East Craigs

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East Craigs history

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“Craigs” is an old Broad Scots word for rocks, derived from Celtic, and it is named in contradistinction to nearby “West Craigs”. Corstorphine Hill was formerly known as “Corstorpine Craigs” East Craigs is the oldest building in the area, with a semi-octagonal stairwell added c.1800. Craigmount High School was built in 1970 to alleviate pressure on surrounding secondary schools.

You can visit East Craigs places with Walkfo East Craigs to hear history at East Craigs’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo East Craigs has 62 places to visit in our interactive East Craigs 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 East Craigs, 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 East Craigs places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to East Craigs & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 62 audio facts unique to East Craigs places in an interactive East Craigs map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit East Craigs Places Map
62 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best East Craigs places to visit

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

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.

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.

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