South Queensferry - Dalmeny

Distance	Approximate Time	Height Gain	OS Map
8.45 kms	02:00 (hrs:mins)	60 metres	Explorer 350: Edinburgh

Description

A level walk passing through a country estate that juts out into the Forth Estuary, thus combining seashore and country. Easy going underfoot; you could just about get around with a buggy if you were prepared to lift it at a couple of places. Some walking on minor roads, but there is pavement throughout. There are better views out to sea when the trees are bare, lots of daffodils in the spring and lovely mix of specimen trees in the summer.

Access Info

By car; leave Edinburgh on A90. After leaving the built-up area, take the second exit onto the B924, signposted Dalmeny. Follow signs to the village and drive to the west end (past the war memorial). Where the road swings round to the left into Standingstone Road, carry straight on into the cul-de-sac and park opposite Wester Dalmeny Farmhouse. Public transport - there are regular First Bus services (service 43 and X43) to Dalmeny Village and South Queensferry from Waverley Steps on Princes Street in Edinburgh. There are also regular train services from Waverley Station in Edinburgh to Dalmeny.

Additional Info

Dalmeny Village has a delightful small church (Norman doorway). Dalmeny House is home to the Earls of Rosebury and can be visited in the summer season (furniture, tapestries, paintings, small golf course). South Queensferry is a historic town that used to be the jumping-off point for travellers to the north of Scotland; there are still boat trips out to Inchcolm Island (birds, ruined abbey). As well as a museum and harbour, it can offer toilets (open even in winter), cafes, restaurants and pubs, of which the most famous is the Hawes Inn, featured in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped . Glorious views and the Forth Rail and Road Bridges, as well as down the estuary and back to Edinburgh. And all this within the boundaries of the City of Edinburgh.