Lauriston Castle
Lauriston Castle is a 16th-century tower house with 19th-century extensions overlooking the Firth of Forth, in Edinburgh, Scotland. It lies on Cramond Road South, between Cramond, Davidson's Mains, and Silverknowes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: 16th-century tower house in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Lauriston Castle, Cramond Road South, Edinburgh”
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh and Cramond Tower.
The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh
Golf course
The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh is a Scottish golf club, which holds claim to be the oldest golfing society in the world, with references to it being instituted in 1735 dating from 1834. The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh is situated 1 mile southwest of Lauriston Castle.
Cramond Tower
Castle
Photo: Mrabbits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cramond Tower is a fifteenth-century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Cramond Tower is situated 1 mile northwest of Lauriston Castle.
Edinburgh, Davidson’s Mains, Quality Street, United Free Church
Church
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edinburgh, Davidson’s Mains, Quality Street, United Free Church is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Lauriston Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silverknowes and Davidson’s Mains.
Silverknowes
Suburb
Silverknowes is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying to the northwest of the city. The district contains over 2000 homes, ranging in size from bungalow to semi-detached housing, much of it built during the mid-twentieth century.
Davidson’s Mains
Suburb
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Davidson's Mains is a former village and now a district in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is adjacent to the districts of Barnton, Cramond, Silverknowes, Blackhall and Corbiehill/House O'Hill.
Barnton
Suburb
Photo: Sandy Gemmill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the north-west of the city, between Cramond and Corstorphine Hill and west of Davidsons Mains. Part of the area was traditionally known as "Cramond Muir" in reference to Cramond to the north.
Lauriston Castle
- Categories: tower house, local authority museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Lauriston Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell de Lauriston”
- Chinese: “勞瑞斯頓城堡”
- Dutch: “Lauriston Castle”
- French: “château de Lauriston”
- French: “Château de Lauriston”
- German: “Lauriston Castle”
- Japanese: “ローリストン・キャッスル”
- Japanese: “ローリストン城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Lauriston”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Lauristan”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Lauriston”
- Portuguese: “Lauriston Castle”
- Slovenian: “grad Lauriston”
- Slovenian: “Lauriston Castle”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Lauriston”
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