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Visiting Shandon, Edinburgh Walkfo Preview Shandon is three miles west of the centre of Edinburgh. It is bounded by Slateford Road to north, Harrison Road to the east, the Union Canal to the south and the Glasgow-Edinburgh Shotts Line and Suburban rail lines. When you visit Shandon, Edinburgh, Walkfo brings Shandon, Edinburgh places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Shandon, Edinburgh – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 421 audio plaques & Shandon, Edinburgh places for you to explore in the Shandon, Edinburgh area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Shandon, Edinburgh places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Shandon, Edinburgh etymology
Robert Napier (1791–1876) the famous marine engineer built the mansion of West Shandon at Shandon, Dumbartonshire in 1851. There does not seem to be a connection with the Napier family of Merchiston on whose ground the Edinburgh streets were constructed.
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You can visit Shandon, Edinburgh places with Walkfo Shandon, Edinburgh to hear history at Shandon, Edinburgh’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shandon, Edinburgh has 421 places to visit in our interactive Shandon, 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 Shandon, 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 Shandon, Edinburgh places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shandon, Edinburgh & the surrounding areas.
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Best Shandon, Edinburgh places to visit
Shandon, Edinburgh has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shandon, Edinburgh’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shandon, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Shandon, Edinburgh plaques
186 plaques hereShandon, Edinburgh has 186 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Shandon, 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 Shandon, Edinburgh using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Shandon, Edinburgh plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Shandon, Edinburgh audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Shandon, Edinburgh allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Shandon, Edinburgh’s 421 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Shandon, Edinburgh freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Shandon, Edinburgh Map App
Our visit Shandon, Edinburgh map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Shandon, 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 Shandon, Edinburgh tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Shandon, Edinburgh centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Shandon, Edinburgh area at LONG:-3.2294444444444, LAT:55.933055555556.
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Things to do & visit in Shandon, Edinburgh / surrounding areas
● Leamington Lift Bridge ● Bruntsfield Links ● Gilmore Place drill hall ● Lochrin ● Holy Corner ● Fountainbridge ● Greenhill, Edinburgh ● King’s Theatre, Edinburgh ● Burghmuirhead ● Bruntsfield Hospital ● The Cameo, Edinburgh ● Merchiston Tower ● Church Hill, Edinburgh ● Tollcross, Edinburgh ● Scottish Widows ● Forest Café ● Gillis Centre ● Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital and Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion ● Dalry, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh International Conference Centre ● Palladium Theatre, Edinburgh ● Dominion Cinema ● Edinburgh Filmhouse ● Sacred Heart, Edinburgh ● Haymarket, Edinburgh ● St Peter’s Church, Edinburgh ● Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion ● Usher Hall ● Ardmillan ● Royal Lyceum Theatre
● Chalmers Hospital, Edinburgh ● Gorgie-Dalry ● Falcon Hall ● Marchmont ● 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 ● The Meadows, Edinburgh ● Astley Ainslie Hospital ● 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 ● St Catherine’s Argyle Church ● Royal Edinburgh Hospital ● Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum ● The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland ● Portsburgh ● Grassmarket ● Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh ● Masson Hall ● Edinburgh University Press ● Shandon, Edinburgh ● The Dunstane ● Forrest Hill drill hall ● Edinburgh University Library ● Nor Loch ● St Columba’s-by-the-Castle ● Scottish American Memorial ● Rose Theatre, Edinburgh ● Witches’ Well, Edinburgh ● Greyfriars Kirk ● Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh ● Greyfriars Kirkyard ● George Square, Edinburgh ● Ramsay Garden ● Sandy Bell’s ● The Witchery by the Castle ● Charlotte Chapel (Edinburgh) ● Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre ● Reid Concert Hall ● Sciennes ● Charlotte Square ● Camera Obscura, Edinburgh ● Alexander Russell Simpson ● Myreside Stadium ● Bristo Square ● Royal Medical Society ● Bedlam Theatre ● First of May Bookshop ● McEwan Hall ● Greyfriars Bobby Fountain ● The Hub, Edinburgh ● Teviot Row House ● Magdalen Chapel, Edinburgh ● Scottish Land Court ● Morningside, Edinburgh ● Haymarket TMD ● French Institute for Scotland ● Old Town, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh University Students’ Association ● Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh ● Jordan Burn ● George IV Bridge ● Underbelly (venue) ● The Georgian House, Edinburgh ● Metropolitan Community Church of Edinburgh ● Centre for the History of the Book ● General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland ● Church of Scotland ● Bute House ● 40 George Square ● Gorgie ● National Museum of Scotland ● The Mound ● Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo ● Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities ● Church of Scotland offices ● Koestler Parapsychology Unit ● Myreside Cricket Ground ● Informatics Forum ● National Library of Scotland ● North British Distillery ● The John Murray Archive ● Dean Bridge ● Writers’ Museum ● Woodwrae Stone ● Bullion Stone ● Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh ● Makars’ Court ● Potterrow Student Centre ● The Oxford Bar ● Lamont Harp ● National Museums Scotland ● Queen Mary Harp ● Gladstone’s Land ● Lady Stair’s Close ● Scottish National Gallery ● Advocates Library ● John Dowie’s Tavern ● Orthodox Chapel of St Andrew ● Northern Lighthouse Board ● Stay Central Hotel ● Archers’ Hall ● Liberton Tower ● Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science ● Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre ● HECToR ● Contaminated Land Assessment and Remediation Research Centre ● King’s Buildings ● FloWaveTT ● 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 ● Sighthill Stadium ● Parkhead, Edinburgh ● Longstone, Edinburgh ● Chesser ● Sighthill, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh Corn Exchange ● Corstorphine Hill ● Slateford Aqueduct ● Murrayfield Ice Rink ● Westfield, Edinburgh ● Slateford ● Kingsknowe ● Scottish Rugby Union ● Murrayfield ● Wester Hailes ● Craigcrook Castle ● Meggetland Sports Complex ● Ravelston Garden ● Ravelston ● Edinburgh United F.C. ● Clovenstone ● Roseburn ● Craigcrook ● Craiglockhart Castle ● Craiglockhart ● Dovecot Studios ● Craigmillar Park Church ● Blackhall, Edinburgh ● Dugald Stewart Monument ● Calton Hill ● Edinburgh Playhouse ● Forth 1 ● Forth 2 ● National Monument of Scotland ● Lavender Menace Bookshop ● Collective Gallery ● Broughton, Edinburgh ● Whitefoord House ● Edinburgh Astronomical Institution ● City Observatory ● Nelson Monument, Edinburgh ● Outright Scotland ● Golfers Land ● Edinburgh Assay Office ● Scottish Parliament ● Queensberry House ● St Paul’s and St George’s Church ● St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh (Roman Catholic) ● Panmure House (Edinburgh) ● Canongate Kirkyard ● The Bridewell ● Holyrood, Edinburgh ● St Andrew’s House ● Canongate Kirk ● Scottish Poetry Library ● Bellevue, Edinburgh ● Dynamic Earth (Edinburgh) ● The Canongate ● The People’s Story Museum ● Old Calton Burial Ground ● Canongate Tolbooth ● Museum of Edinburgh ● Acheson House ● York Place, Edinburgh ● Waterloo Hotel ● Bellevue Chapel ● Regent Bridge ● St. James Centre ● Edinburgh Bus Station ● General Register House ● National Archives of Scotland ● New Register House ● Multrees Walk ● Dundas House ● General Post Office, Edinburgh ● Centre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh ● Scottish Storytelling Centre ● Balmoral Hotel ● Royal Gymnasium Ground ● Dumbiedykes ● Scottish National Portrait Gallery ● North Bridge, Edinburgh ● John Knox House ● Moubray House ● Hotel Indigo Edinburgh ● Burning of Edinburgh ● Old St. Paul’s, Edinburgh ● Carrubbers Christian Centre ● Royal Mile ● The Glasshouse (hotel) ● Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh) ● St Andrew Square, Edinburgh ● Occupy Edinburgh ● Melville Monument, Edinburgh ● The Scotsman Hotel ● St Patrick’s Church, Edinburgh ● Waverley Mall ● Canonmills ● 57 Gallery ● City Art Centre ● Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation ● Tron Kirk ● Waverley Bridge ● Cleanse the Causeway ● Edinburgh Dungeon ● Scott Monument ● Edinburgh Vaults ● South Bridge, Edinburgh ● Fruitmarket Gallery ● St Cecilia’s Hall ● The Pleasance ● John Watson’s Institution ● Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ● Modern Two (Dean Gallery) ● Dean Village ● Dean Gardens, Edinburgh ● Craig House, Edinburgh ● Moray Estate ● Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary’s Chapel) No. 1 ● New Club, Edinburgh ● Blackford Pond ● Redford Barracks ● Colinton ● Colinton Parish Church ● Firrhill ● Redford, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh City Hospital ● Oxgangs high rise flats ● Greenbank, Edinburgh ● Oxgangs ● Comiston ● Hunter’s Tryst ● Hermitage of Braid ● Blackford Hill ● 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 ● St Giles’ Cathedral ● Parliament of Scotland ● Parliament House, Edinburgh ● Thistle Chapel ● Mercat Cross, Edinburgh ● Parliament Square, Edinburgh ● Edinburgh City Chambers ● Mary King’s Close ● Great Fire of Edinburgh ● New Town, Edinburgh ● Cowgate ● Talbot Rice Gallery ● Drylaw ● Crewe Toll ● Western General Hospital ● Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre ● MRC Human Genetics Unit ● Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh ● Craigleith, Edinburgh ● Comely Bank ● Fairmilehead ● Braid Hills ● Surgeons’ Hall ● Symposium Hall ● Edinburgh Festival Theatre ● Brass Founders’ Pillar ● Royal Public Dispensary of Edinburgh ● University of Edinburgh ● The Royal Oak, Edinburgh ● Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh ● Lady Yester’s Kirk ● The Pleasance (street) ● Edinburgh Central Mosque ● Adam House ● Word Power Books ● Murder of Lord Darnley ● Southside Community Centre ● Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh ● UK Astronomy Technology Centre ● Reid Memorial Church ● Blackford, Edinburgh ● Mayfield, Edinburgh ● Mayfield Salisbury Church ● Battle of Boroughmuir ● Burgh Muir ● St Columba’s Catholic Church, Edinburgh ● Salisbury Green ● Newington, Edinburgh ● Parole Board for Scotland ● Edinburgh Synagogue ● Longmore House ● Royal Commonwealth Pool ● Pollock Halls of Residence ● St Leonard’s Hall ● Raeburn Place ● The Grange Club ● Stockbridge, Edinburgh ● Stockbridge public library ● Inverleith House ● Silvermills ● St Stephen’s Church, Edinburgh ● Merchiston ● Bruntsfield ● Union Canal (Scotland) ● Barclay Viewforth Church ● Warrender Baths ● Tynecastle Park ● Polwarth, Edinburgh ● The Grange, Edinburgh ● Centre for the Study of World Christianity ● Centre for Theology and Public Issues ● Central Library, Edinburgh ● Appleton Tower ● Sheriff Personal Injury Court ● Edinburgh Zoo ● Corstorphine ● Murrayfield Stadium ● Craiglockhart Hydropathic ● Scottish Parliament Building ● Political Martyrs’ Monument ● Edinburgh ● Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway ● St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church ● Jenners ● Dean Cemetery ● Inner House ● Court of Session ● Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland ● Royal Observatory, Edinburgh ● Inverleith ● Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ● Summerhall ● The Dyvours Club ● St James Quarter ● Edinburgh Geographical Institute ● Drumsheugh Baths Club ● 65 Cowgate ● West Register House ● Statue of David Livingstone, Edinburgh ● Wester Hailes Baptist Church ● Romanes & Paterson ● Buccleuch (parish), Edinburgh ● Greenside, Edinburgh ● Saughton Park ● St. Kentigern’s Church, Edinburgh (Union Canal) ● Dumbie House
Getting to / around Shandon, Edinburgh – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Shandon, Edinburgh using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Shandon, Edinburgh places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Shandon, Edinburgh Public Transport Stations
Local Shandon, Edinburgh historians & Shandon, Edinburgh tour guides
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Visit Shandon, Edinburgh places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Shandon, Edinburgh places to visit. A unique way to experience Shandon, Edinburgh’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Shandon, Edinburgh as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Shandon, Edinburgh places with Walkfo Shandon, Edinburgh to hear history at Shandon, Edinburgh’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shandon, Edinburgh has 421 places to visit in our interactive Shandon, 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 Shandon, 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 Shandon, Edinburgh places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shandon, Edinburgh & the surrounding areas.
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