Holyrood Park

Holyrood Park is a public park in central , Scotland about 1 mile to the east of . 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.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Holyrood Park and Arthur’s Seat”, “King’s Park”, “Queen’s Park”, “The Queen’s Park”, “ホリールード・パーク”, and “ホリールード公園”
  • Address: Queens Drive, Edinburgh, EH8 8HG

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Abbey.

Peak
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Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano.

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is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in , Scotland. is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Holyrood Park.

Peak
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holyrood and Dumbiedykes.

Neighborhood
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is an area in , the capital…

Suburb
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is a residential area in the centre of , .

Suburb
is a suburb of in .

Holyrood Park

Latitude
55.94564° or 55° 56′ 44″ north
Longitude
-3.16124° or 3° 9′ 41″ west
Established
1541
Open location code
9C7RWRWQ+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41663265
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q2640532
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Holyrood Park” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Holyrood Park”
  • Bavarian: “Holyrood Park”
  • Catalan: “Parc de Holyrood”
  • Chinese: “荷里路德公園”
  • Chinese: “霍利魯德公園”
  • Chinese: “霍利鲁德公园”
  • Danish: “Holyrood Park”
  • Dutch: “Holyrood Park”
  • French: “Holyrood Park”
  • German: “Holyrood Park”
  • Hebrew: “פארק הולירוד”
  • Italian: “Parco di Holyrood”
  • Japanese: “ホーリールード公園”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Holyrood Park”
  • Piemontese: “Parch Holyrood”
  • Polish: “Park Holyrood”
  • Russian: “парк Холируд”
  • Scots: “Halyruid Pairk”
  • Spanish: “Parque de Holyrood”
  • Ukrainian: “парк Холіруд”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hike to Arthurs Seat and Crow Hill.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Dunsapie Loch and Dunsapie Loch car park.

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