Duddingston Kirk
Duddingston Kirk is a Parish Church in the Church of Scotland, located adjacent to Holyrood Park in Duddingston Village, on the east side of the City of Edinburgh. Regular services are held at the kirk.Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Church of Scotland
- Description: church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Edinburgh, Old Church Lane, Duddingston Parish Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arthur’s Seat and Sheep Heid Inn.
Arthur’s Seat
Peak
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".
Sheep Heid Inn
Pub
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sheep Heid Inn is a public house in Duddingston, Edinburgh, Scotland. There has reputedly been an inn on this site since 1360, although the core of the current building appears to date from the 18th century with later additions and alterations.
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 3,000 feet northwest of Duddingston Kirk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duddingston and Prestonfield.
Duddingston
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duddingston Village is a historic conservation village in east Edinburgh, situated beside Holyrood Park and Duddingston Loch. It is characterised by a high concentration of traditional and period homes and is widely regarded as an affluent area.
Prestonfield
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prestonfield is a primarily residential suburb in the south of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies to the east of the A7 road, as it leaves the city centre, approximately 3 miles south of the centre.
Craigmillar
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Craigmillar is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about 3 miles south east of the city centre, with Duddingston to the north and Newcraighall to the east.
Duddingston Kirk
- Categories: parish church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.94119° or 55° 56′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.14907° or 3° 8′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C7RWVR2+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 29209468OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=church_of_scotlandWikidata ID
Q5311666
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Duddingston Kirk” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه دودينجستون كيرك”
- French: “Duddingston Kirk”
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