Welcome to Visit Newcraighall Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Newcraighall
Visit Newcraighall places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Newcraighall places to visit. A unique way to experience Newcraighall’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Newcraighall as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Newcraighall Walkfo Preview Newcraighall is a South-Eastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. A former mining village, its prosperity was based on the Midlothian coalfields. The village had a church, a Co-op and a miners’ club (demolished after a fire on 15 July 2009) When you visit Newcraighall, Walkfo brings Newcraighall places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Newcraighall Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Newcraighall
Visit Newcraighall – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 77 audio plaques & Newcraighall places for you to explore in the Newcraighall area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Newcraighall places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Newcraighall with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Newcraighall places with Walkfo Newcraighall to hear history at Newcraighall’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Newcraighall has 77 places to visit in our interactive Newcraighall 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 Newcraighall, 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 Newcraighall places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Newcraighall & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Newcraighall tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Newcraighall
Best Newcraighall places to visit
Newcraighall has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Newcraighall’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Newcraighall’s information audio spots:
Moredun Moredun is a district in the south-east of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of Liberton, while Craigour is situated just to its north. The estate of Gut-tres or Goodtrees was the family home of James Stewart. It was acquired in 1923 to convert into a convalescent home for ex-servicemen.
Musselburgh Links Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course, is one of the oldest golf courses in the world. It is currently a publicly owned course, administered by East Lothian Council. The course has nine holes and is a par 34.
Pinkie House Pinkie House is located in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The house dates from the 16th century, was substantially enlarged in the early 17th century. It is not far from the site of the disastrous Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, fought in 1547.
River Esk, Lothian The River Esk (Brythonic: Isca (water), Scottish Gaelic: Easg (water) is also called the Lothian Esk. It initially runs as two separate rivers: the North Esk and the South Esk.
Inveresk Lodge Garden Inveresk Lodge Garden is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. The lodge lies about 10 km south-east of Edinburgh, and for over a century was one of the Wedderburn family’s homes.
Inveresk Roman Fort Inveresk Roman Fort is an archaeological site within the grounds of St Michael’s Church in East Lothian, Scotland. The Roman fort is located in the churchyard grounds of the church in the village of Invereresk.
Newhailes House Newhailes House is a Palladian style country house which stands in 80 acres of parkland in East Lothian, Scotland. Originally named Whitehills, it is a Category A listed building which is now occupied by the National Trust for Scotland.
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.
Portobello Swim Centre Edinburgh’s only authentic and publicly available turkish bath, one of three remaining in Scotland. The salt water baths were completed in 1901. It has been given Category A listed building status by Historic Environment Scotland.
Portobello Open Air Pool Portobello Open Air Pool was opened on 30 May 1936 at a cost of £90,000. The pool was opened at the cost of a total of £80,000 at the time.
Visit Newcraighall plaques
12 plaques hereNewcraighall has 12 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Newcraighall 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 Newcraighall using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Newcraighall plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Newcraighall audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Newcraighall allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Newcraighall’s 77 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Newcraighall freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Newcraighall Map App
Our visit Newcraighall map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Newcraighall & 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 Newcraighall tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Newcraighall centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Newcraighall area at LONG:-3.0888, LAT:55.934469.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Newcraighall, 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 Newcraighall / surrounding areas
● Moredun ● Ferniehill ● Craigour ● Fernieside ● Little France ● The Drum, Edinburgh ● Royal Hospital for Children and Young People ● Centre for Regenerative Medicine ● Euan MacDonald Centre ● Edinburgh Obstetrical Society ● Edinburgh BioQuarter ● Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh ● Craigmillar Castle ● Musselburgh Links ● Musselburgh Racecourse ● Pinkie House ● 1889 Open Championship ● 1877 Open Championship ● 1880 Open Championship ● 1874 Open Championship ● 1886 Open Championship ● 1883 Open Championship ● Inveresk ● River Esk, Lothian ● Inveresk Lodge Garden ● Musselburgh ● Brunton Theatre ● Inveresk Roman Fort ● Fisherrow ● Whitecraig
● Musselburgh Athletic F.C. ● Marine Gardens ● Portobello Power Station ● Craigentinny TMD ● Craigentinny ● Portobello Library, Edinburgh ● Mountcastle, Edinburgh ● Craigentinny Marbles ● Portobello Toddler Hut ● Portobello, Edinburgh ● George Cinema, Portobello ● St John the Evangelist RC Church, Portobello ● South Portobello ● Northfield, Edinburgh ● Portobello Pier ● Brunstane ● Braid Burn ● Duddingston House ● Bingham, Edinburgh ● Joppa, Edinburgh ● Duddingston ● Sheep Heid Inn ● Duddingston Kirk ● Duddingston Loch ● Fort Kinnaird ● Niddrie, Edinburgh ● Eastfield, Edinburgh ● Craigmillar ● Queen Margaret University ● Newhailes House ● Smeaton House ● Edinburgh University A.F.C. ● Newcraighall ● Midlothian Coalfield ● Lothian ● Shawfair ● Greendykes ● Millerhill Marshalling Yard ● Millerhill Recycling and Energy Recovery Centre ● Danderhall ● Robin Chapel ● Portobello Swim Centre ● Musselburgh Tolbooth ● Portobello Open Air Pool ● Portobello Town Hall
Getting to / around Newcraighall – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Newcraighall using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Newcraighall places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Newcraighall Public Transport Stations
Newcraighall Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Inveresk railway station
Musselburgh railway station (1847)
Fisherrow railway station
Portobello railway station (NBR)
Portobello railway station (E&DR)
Joppa railway station
Brunstane railway station
Duddingston & Craigmillar railway station
Musselburgh railway station
Newhailes railway station
Newcraighall railway station
Cairney railway station
Shawfair railway station
Niddrie railway station
Millerhill railway station
Joppa railway station, E&DR
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Local Newcraighall historians & Newcraighall tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Newcraighall? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Newcraighall’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 Newcraighall 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 Newcraighall 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 Newcraighall 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-Newcraighall’ web pages (for example: www.visitNewcraighall.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