Duddingston

Duddingston is a district of , Scotland; comprising a neighbourhood, conservation area and the historic Duddingston Village. The area is situated at the foot of Arthur’s Seat, within and beside .
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Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Park.

Peak
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano. It is the main peak of a group of hills in , , which form most of . Robert Louis Stevenson described it as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".

Park
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a public park in central , Scotland about 1 mile to the east of . 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.

School
is a Roman Catholic secondary school situated on the edge of , near beside Duddingston Village, in , Scotland. It is about half a mile a way from Castlebrae Community High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northfield and Mountcastle.

Suburb
is a suburb of , the capital of . It lies east of the city centre and west of Portobello. The area was laid out at low densities as local authority housing but the city employed private architects for its design - Reginald Fairlie and Reid and Forbes.

Suburb
is a suburb of , the capital of Scotland. It is east of the city centre and lies to the north-west of the neighbouring area of . is primarily a residential area, with many early-mid 20th century houses.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , the capital of . It is east of Duddingston, west of Magdalene, south of and north of . The main A1 road skirts to the north.

Duddingston

Latitude
55.94484° or 55° 56′ 41″ north
Longitude
-3.13647° or 3° 8′ 11″ west
Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)
Open location code
9C7RWVV7+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 289347763
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7644899
Wiki­data ID
Q3715916
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Satellite Map

Discover Duddingston from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Duddingston” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Duddingston”
  • Dutch: “Duddingston”
  • French: “Duddingston”
  • Hausa: “Duddingston”
  • Italian: “Duddingston”
  • Urdu: “ڈڈنگسٹن”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lady Nairne and Meadowfield.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Duddingston Forge, Willowbrae Road, Edinburgh and Duddingston Golf Course.

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