Duddingston Loch
Duddingston Loch is a lake, or freshwater loch, in Edinburgh. It is one of the last two remaining natural lochs within the city, the other being Lochend Loch. It is situated to the south of Holyrood Park and lies southwest of the village of Duddingston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arthur’s Seat and Duddingston Kirk.
Arthur’s Seat
Peak
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".
Duddingston Kirk
Church
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Duddingston Kirk is a Parish Church in the Church of Scotland, located adjacent to Holyrood Park in Duddingston Village, on the east side of the City of Edinburgh. Regular services are held at the kirk.
Holyrood Park
Park
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Holyrood Park is a public park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about 1 mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of gorse, providing a wild piece of highland landscape within its 650-acre area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prestonfield and Craigmillar.
Prestonfield
Suburb
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Prestonfield is a primarily residential suburb in the south of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies to the east of the A7 road, as it leaves the city centre, approximately 3 miles south of the centre.
Craigmillar
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Craigmillar is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about 3 miles south east of the city centre, with Duddingston to the north and Newcraighall to the east.
Duddingston
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duddingston is an historic village in the east of Edinburgh, Scotland, next to Holyrood Park. It is a conservation area, not to be confused with the rest of Duddingston, which stretches down towards Portobello.
Duddingston Loch
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Duddingston Loch from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Duddingston Loch” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Duddingston Loch”
- French: “lac de Duddingston”
- French: “Lac de Duddingston”
- German: “Duddingston Loch”
- Swedish: “Duddingston Loch”
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Explore places such as Willowbrae and Newington.
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Highlights include Dunsapie and Nether Hill.
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