Double Dykes Plantation

Double Dykes Plantation is a deciduous forest in , . Double Dykes Plantation is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh and Cramond Tower.

Golf course
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.

Castle
Photo: Mrabbits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a fifteenth-century tower house in the village of to the north-west of , Scotland.

Peak
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is a low ridge-shaped hill rising above the western suburbs of , . Although there has been residential and commercial development on its lower slopes, especially in the south and west, most of the hill is occupied by a local nature reserve, consisting of extensive broadleaf woodland, accessible to the public.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Edinburgh and Stockbridge and Canonmills.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The west of is the area you traverse coming from the airport or Glasgow towards city centre. It's a modern low-rise tract of suburbs, retail and light industry that could be on the edge of any British city, but it has accommodation, the zoo, and Murrayfield rugby stadium.

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are two districts of immediately north of . The main tourist draw here is the Royal Botanic Garden. There's also an eclectic variety of independent shops and some great places to eat and drink.

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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.

Double Dykes Plantation

Latitude
55.9727° or 55° 58′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.2904° or 3° 17′ 26″ west
Open location code
9C7RXPF5+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 308589069
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Barnton and Cramond.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bruntsfield Links and East Wood.

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