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Clan Walker Accommodation near
Holyrood Park, Arthur's Seat and the Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh
We are in a superb location, just a
short 5 minute walk from Holyrood Park and Arthur's Seat
Accommodation– Guest house
located near the city centre. Bed and Breakfast, b & b accommodation in the
capital of Scotland, situated only around 1 mile from Edinburgh Castle. Our
location is the Newington area on the South Side of the city and not far from
the busy and famous Royal Mile. Close at hand are numerous attractions, good
restaurants and the Festival theatre, Queens Hall / Kings Hall as well as the
Edinburgh University Pollock Halls of Residence and The Royal Commonwealth
Swimming Pool and
The
Royal College of Surgeons. We have great views of Arthur's Seat and
Holyrood Park from the rooms at the front of our house.
Arthur's Seat
Arthur's Seat is the main peak of the group of hills which form most of Holyrood
Park, a remarkably wild piece of highland landscape in the centre of the city of
Edinburgh, about a mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. The hill rises above
the city to a height of 251 m (823 feet), provides excellent panoramic views of
the city, is quite easy to climb, and is a popular walk. Though it can be
climbed from almost any direction, the easiest and simplest ascent is from the
East, where a grassy slope rises above Dunsapie Loch.
Many claim that its name is a derivation of a myriad of legends pertaining to
King Arthur, such as the reference in Y Gododdin. However it has also been
claimed that the name is a corruption of the phrase "Archer's Seat" on the
supposition that the rock was a significant point of city defence in the Middle
Ages.
View of
Arthur's Seat from Room 5
Holyrood Park
Holyrood Park is a royal park in central
Edinburgh, Scotland. It is regarded as a microcosm of Scottish scenery, with a
stunning array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of
whin packed into its landscape. The park includes Holyrood Palace, Arthur's
Seat, the Salisbury Crags, St Margaret's Loch, Dunsapie Loch, Duddingston Loch,
St Margaret's Well, St Antony's Well and St Anthony's Chapel. It was also called
King's Park and now Queen's Park.
The main route through the Park is closed on Sundays to motor vehicles
Salisbury Crags
The Salisbury Crags are a series of 150 foot
cliffs at the top of a subsidiary spur of Arthurs Seat which rise in the middle
of Holyrood Park. Below the foot of the cliffs is a large and steep talus slope
falling to the floor of Holyrood Park with a track known as the Radical Road
running in the space between the two. This track was given its name after it was
paved in the aftermath of the Radical War of 1820, using the labour of
unemployed weavers from the west of Scotland at the suggestion of Walter
Scott.[2]
The cliffs are formed from steep dolerite and columnar basalt and have a long
history of rock climbing on their faces starting from the earliest days of the
sport and leading to a number of traditional climbing and sport climbing routes
being recorded. In recent years the Park Police (previously under the auspices
of the Royal Estate and now Historic Scotland, who have taken over management of
the park) have attempted to regulate access to the cliffs for climbing. One now
needs to apply for a permit,free of charge, at the education centre to the east
of the park in order to be allowed to climb. There is still some activity,
though most of it is bouldering rather than free climbing. The finest areas are
in the two quarries, although it is only in the south quarry that climbing is
still permitted at this time. The South Quarry contains the Black Wall, a well
known bouldering testpiece in the Edinburgh climbing scene. On a somewhat less
cheerful note, the Crags are a popular suicide spot.
Events in
Holyrood Park 2008
IAAF World Cross Country
Championships
IAAF World Cross Country
Championships is the most important competition in international Cross country
running. Held annually and organised by International Association of Athletics
Federations, it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the International
Cross Country Championships.
Traditionally, the World Cross Country Championships consisted of four races:
one each for men (12km) and for women (8km); and one each for junior men (8km)
and for junior women (6km). Scoring was done for individuals and for national
teams. In the team competition, the finishing positions of the top six scorers
from a team of up to nine are summed for the men and women, respectively, and
the low score wins. For the junior races, the top three from a team of up to
four are scored.
The year 1998 saw the introduction of two new events at the World Cross Country
Championships, a short race for men and a short race for women. The last time
these 4km races were held was 2006, and there are no public plans to bring them
back.
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