Edinburgh Dungeon

The Edinburgh Dungeon is an underground tourist attraction in Edinburgh's city centre, on Market Street, which uses live actor shows and interactive rides to show various historical events from Scottish history in a scary fun style, with audience interaction and special effects, theatrical sets and performance.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: haunted attraction in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Edinburgh Dungeons” and “The Edinburgh Dungeon”
  • Address: 31 Market Street, Edinburgh
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station and Edinburgh Castle.

Railway station
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Edinburgh Waverley is the principal railway station serving , Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after . The station serves as the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, 393 miles 13 chains from , although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh.

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is a historic castle in , Scotland. It stands on , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Edinburgh Dungeon.

Library
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The is one of Scotland's National Collections. It is one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom. As well as a public programme of exhibitions, events, workshops, and tours, the has where visitors can access the collections. is situated 930 feet south of Edinburgh Dungeon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and New Town.

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is the original settlement of . At its core is the Royal Mile, the long street descending east from Castle Crag to Holyrood Palace. This medieval city was cramped for space so it built higher and higher, and stank higher still, hence its nickname of "Auld Reekie".

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of is 250 years old, in contrast to the settled for over a thousand years. It was laid out on a grid pattern in the late 18th century with elegant Georgian townhouses, and the intervening loch was drained to become Princes Street Gardens.

Neighborhood
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is the marketing name given to the mixed use redevelopment of the former site, in , . It was master-planned by architect Foster + Partners and takes its name from the fact it is a quarter mile from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile and measures a quarter mile from corner to corner.

Edinburgh Dungeon

Latitude
55.95108° or 55° 57′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.19088° or 3° 11′ 27″ west
Open location code
9C7RXR25+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2973367148
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q55076772
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In Other Languages

“Edinburgh Dungeon” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Edinburgh Dungeon”

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