Cavalry Park Community Woodland

Cavalry Park Community Woodland is a forest in , . Cavalry Park Community Woodland is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the neighborhood .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Abbey.

Peak
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Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in , , which form most of , described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".

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is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in , 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.

Museum
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The in , Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and East Edinburgh.

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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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The east of is a collection of neighbourhoods bounded by Holyrood Park, , the coast, and the separate town of . It's a sprawl of residential and industrial districts, and the only two parts of interest to visitors are Portobello beach resort and the hamlet of Duddingston.

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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.

Cavalry Park Community Woodland

Latitude
55.9374° or 55° 56′ 15″ north
Longitude
-3.1426° or 3° 8′ 33″ west
Open location code
9C7RWVP4+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 266673129
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Craigmillar and Duddingston Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cavalry Park and Mutual Artists.

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