...lion, ARTHUR'S SEAT(251m). Situated within HOLYROOD PARK, Arthur's Seat is an extinct volcano - the largest of a number which gave this region its shape. Holyrood Park, extending to about 650 acres, must be the largest area of unmanicured wild parkland at the centre of any European city. The park is also known as the Queen's Park, because it is owned by the monarch, although almost always open for the public to enjoy. It is well worth a visit as ...
proxam 23.08.2002
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Advantages: Fabulous views, fresh air Disadvantages: Windswept normally
...miss the Museum of Childhood), Holyrood Palace and the Dynamic Earth, stretch your legs and venture into Holyrood Park and up Arthur’s Seat, the volcanic plug towering over the scene of the new Scottish Parliament building (site!). From here you can see the tops of the Forth Road and Rail Bridges to the west, the whole of the Forth Estuary including the Bass Rock to the east, the Pentland Hills to the south and the whole panorama of Scotland’s world-class ... ...any strength left, make your way to the Commonwealth Pool for a swim, workout or ride down the flumes; it’s right next to the hill. If exhaustion has set in then a wander past the bird sanctuary at Duddingston Loch to the ancient Sheep’s Heid pub in quaint Duddingston Village will soon restore your flagging spirits. The food’s first class too. ...
stufree 14.07.2000
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Advantages: unique park Disadvantages: windy, unlpleasant in winter
Holyrood park streches itself around the edge of Edinburgh's Salisbury Crag and Arthur's Seat to the east of the centre of the city. Edinburgh is a notoriously hilly town, built and rebult over a very long time and Holyrood park is a part of that process and of the city as important as any of the buildings.
The 'crags' dominate the skyline of this architecturally rich and bewildiering city snaking up and under steep hills. The park itself stretches ... ...up arounf Holyrood Park palace. As a city park that part of it is unexceptional yet still rewarding. Less crowded than The Meadows in the heart of the city that part of the park is mostly simple mown lawns running up to the Palace behind the redeveloped Holyrood road which now has the Scottish parliament, Dynamic Earth Exhibit and other new sites changing the area and making it safer.
While the flat parkland is unexceptional the size and scale of ...
Hicks 23.06.2000
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