The Best Attractions In Dalmeny

Harlaxton Manor

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This little-known country manor house is one of the most outrageous houses in Britain. You'd be forgiven for thinking it was a flamboyant statement from the 17th century. It's actually two centuries younger.

Tours in Edinburgh - Scotland

Tours in Edinburgh - Scotland
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Boat tours

From April to October, the Maid of the Forth and Forth Belle set sail for sightseeing trips around the Firth of Forth. Some tours include time ashore on Inchcolm Island, where you can visit the historic abbey. Most leave from Hawes Pier, South Queensferry, just below the magnificent Forth Rail Bridge. You can reach Hawes Pier via the train to Dalmeny, followed by a short walk, or by First bus 43 from Edinburgh bus station.

Bus tours

Edinburgh Bus Tours offers four different hop-on, hop-off tours of the city, all on partially open-topped buses, plus a half-day combined bus and boat tour. Tours depart every 30 minutes (more often in summer) from Waverley Bridge, with tickets valid for 24 hours. The 'City Sightseeing' tour has a recorded commentary in nine languages, plus a special commentary for children; the historic 'Edinburgh Tour' and the vintage bus 'City Tour' have live guides.

Pub tours

The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour is a promenade performance around four historic pubs with links to four famous Scottish poets and novelists -- Robert Ferguson, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Tours leave from the Beehive Inn, in the Grassmarket, every evening from May to September; less frequently in March, April and October; weekly in winter. The route climbs up to the Royal Mile then drops down into the New Town, finishing at Café Royal.

Walking tours

The Cadies & Witchery Tours organises walking tours of the Old Town, mixing history with humour and ghosts with gore. The tours leave from outside the Witchery restaurant, near the castle, and last 75-90 minutes. Mercat Walking Tours operates ghost and history tours daily, including journeys into the depths of Edinburgh's 18th-century underground vaults. Tours last 75-90 minutes and leave from the Mercat Cross on the High Street.

Excursions from Edinburgh
Melrose

This beautiful Scottish Borders town lies on the banks of the River Tweed beneath the Eildon Hills, 64km (40 miles) south of Edinburgh. The ruined 12th-century abbey is said to be the burial place of Robert the Bruce's heart. Nearby Abbotsford was home to writer Sir Walter Scott; the Borders' literary tradition continues in a book festival held in Melrose each June. Melrose is the home of rugby sevens, with an annual tournament in April attracting top southern-hemisphere teams.

National Museum of Flight

Scotland's Flight Museum is situated on a former naval and RAF airfield 32km (20 miles) east of Edinburgh. The first east-to-west crossing of the Atlantic by airship set off from this base in 1919. The museum has a large collection of military aircraft and interesting examples of early civilian aircraft. You can board and explore Scotland's Concorde and the UK's only Boeing 707, then have fun with buttons, dials and flight simulators in the hands-on galleries.

North Berwick

The seaside town of North Berwick, 41km (25 miles) east of Edinburgh, is worth exploring for its glorious beaches, golf courses and views from local hill Berwick Law. The Scottish Seabird Centre allows a unique opportunity to view the birds and animals of the Firth of Forth without disturbing them and runs boat trips to the Bass Rock, home to over 150,000 gannets. Nearby Tantallon Castle was the last great medieval castle built in Scotland, in the 1350s.

South Queensferry

The picturesque village of South Queensferry lies just northwest of Edinburgh and enjoys a spectacular location tucked beneath the epic Forth Bridge. This is one of the most outstanding legacies of Victorian engineering, a triple cantilever iron red monster that vaults trains across the Firth of Forth with a majesty that has withstood the ravages of time. It is accompanied today by an attractive road bridge, a 1960s creation, and both are visible from all over the town. The historic cobbled High Street has traditional pubs and excellent restaurants. South Queensferry can be reached by train from Waverley or Haymarket stations to Dalmeny, followed by a short walk to Hawes Pier.

The Queensferry Museum delves into some of the rich history of 'The Ferry' - including the Battle of Britain's first dogfight which was fought above the town and the Burry Man, a pagan creation that still walks the local streets once a year.
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Dalmeny Hotel, Lytham St. Anne`s, England, United Kingdom

Dalmeny Hotel, Lytham St. Anne`s, England, United Kingdom
19-33 South Promenade, Lytham St. Anne`s, England, FY8 1LX, United Kingdom
Lytham St. Anne's beachfront hotel with 3 restaurants, spa
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Waddesdon Manor

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A lavish country pile built by 19th century French architect Destailleur, but in the style of his own native chateaux in the Loire Valley. The manor with its exquisite collection of treasures formed the home of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. The Rothschild Family are still very much involved at Waddesdon, but the property is open to the public and managed by the National Trust.

Places to see in ( South Queensferry - UK )

Places to see in ( South Queensferry - UK )

Queensferry, also called South Queensferry or simply The Ferry, is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian. It lies some ten miles to the north-west of Edinburgh city centre, on the shore of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. The prefix South serves to distinguish it from North Queensferry, on the opposite shore of the Forth. Both towns derive their name from the ferry service established by Queen Margaret in the 11th century, which continued to operate at the town until 1964, when the Road Bridge was opened.

A local fair dates from the 12th century. The modern fair, dating from the 1930s, takes place each August and includes the crowning of a local school-girl as the Ferry Fair Queen, a procession of floats, pipe bands, and competitive events such as the Boundary Race. The Fair also has a dedicated radio station, Jubilee1, which in May 2007 was awarded a licence to evolve into a full Public Service Community Station for North and South Queensferry.

Queensferry hosts the strange annual procession of the Burry Man during the Ferry Fair. This unique cultural event is over three hundred years old, and likely pagan in origin. The name 'Burry Man' almost certainly refers to the hooked fruits of the burdock plant - burrs - in which he is covered, although some have suggested that it is a corruption of 'Burgh Man', since the town is traditionally a royal burgh.

St Mary's Episcopal Church, also known as the Priory Church is the town's oldest building, built for the Carmelite Order of friars in the 1450s. It is the only medieval Carmelite church still in use in the British Isles, and is a category A listed building. After the Scottish Reformation of 1560 it served as the parish church until 1635. In 1890 it was reconsecrated for the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Black Castle is a house on the High Street built in 1626. When the original owner, a sea-captain, was lost at sea, his maid was accused of paying a beggar-woman to cast a spell. Both women were burned for witchcraft. Plewlands House is a 17th-century mansion in the centre of the village. It was restored in the 1950s as flats, and is now managed by the National Trust for Scotland. The Tolbooth, on the High Street, dates from the 17th century, with a clock-tower built in 1720.

The Hawes Inn, dating from the 17th century, lies east of Queensferry, almost under the Forth Bridge on its south side. It features in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped. Opposite the Hawes Inn is the pier which served the ferry (from which the town derives its name) until the opening of the Forth Road Bridge. The pier is now used by tourist boats including the ferry to Inchcolm.

South Queensferry Cemetery on Ferrymuir Lane at the south end of the town is unremarkable other than for the very large number of Royal Navy war graves, many for casualties of the Battle of Jutland (1916) who were brought here for burial. It is maintained and operated by the City of Edinburgh Council. It superseded the small graveyard on The Vennel in the centre of town.

Queensferry is served by Stagecoach's 40/40A/40B services which runs from Edinburgh Bus Station via Barnton and Dalmeny and Lothian Buses service 63 which also runs from Riccarton Campus via Sighthill, Gyle, Newbridge and Kirkliston. There is a service 22A from Tesco to Livingston operated by First Scotland East, an early morning service 21B connecting Ferrymuir (Tesco) to Harthill, and an X51 from Dunfermline to Livingston via Kirkliston and Queensferry. Ferry services run from the harbour to the islands within the Firth of Forth, including Inchcolm.

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