St Anthony’s Chapel

St Anthony’s Chapel is a ruins in Edinburgh, Scotland. St Anthony’s Chapel is situated near St Anthony’s Cave, as well as near the spring St Anthony’s Well.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Abbey.

Arthur’s Seat

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 Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park. Robert Louis Stevenson described it as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".

Holyrood Abbey

Photo: LASZLO ILYES, CC BY 2.0.

Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further. Holyrood Abbey is situated 2,200 feet west of St Anthony’s Chapel.

Holyrood Park

Park

Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Holyrood Park is situated 1,900 feet south of St Anthony’s Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meadowbank and Abbeyhill.

Meadowbank

Suburb

Meadowbank is a suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland. It is best known for Meadowbank Stadium, a multi-purpose sports facility that opened as an international sports stadium in 1970.

Abbeyhill

Suburb

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Abbeyhill is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Abbeyhill is one of the oldest parts of the city, taking its name from Holyrood Abbey, a major historic religious site.

Holyrood

Neighborhood

Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Holyrood is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile. The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude. Holyrood includes the following sites:…

St Anthony’s Chapel

Type: Tourist attraction
Categories: tourism, ruins, and historic site
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.95095° or 55° 57′ 3″ north

Longitude

-3.16143° or 3° 9′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C7RXR2Q+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 239893682

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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In Other Languages

“St Anthony’s Chapel” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Capilla de San Antonio”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: St Anthony’s Cave and St Anthony’s Well.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: St Anthony’s Chapel and Meadowbank Car Park.

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