Landmark · Canongate, Royal Mile · Edinburgh
Canongate Kirkyard
Trees, headstones, Calton Hill behind.
When it fits
Best in the afternoon · about 25 min
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Where it is
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Straight-line distances: Dunbar's Close Garden 48 m · Museum of Edinburgh 102 m · Oink (Canongate) 176 m. Not travel times.
Why Aura
The churchyard of Canongate Kirk, where Adam Smith and the poet Robert Fergusson are buried: a green pause on the lower Royal Mile that most walkers miss.
Local gemQuietBudget
TodayHours to re-checkHours not in OpenStreetMap
Visit lengthAbout 25 min
WeatherOutdoorsUsed by the rain swap in Live
EffortEasy
Sources and dates (5)
- When it fits: Aura editorial estimate.
- Today: Hours not in OpenStreetMap
- Visit length: Aura estimate
- Effort: Aura estimate
- Tags are Aura editorial judgement.
Why, feel, tags and tips are Aura editorial. Hours and positions come from OpenStreetMap; prices only when read from a named source on a date. Ratings and reviews are not shown: no provider is connected in this build, and under EEA terms Google ratings may appear only inside Google’s own place card.
- Atlas Obscura: Canongate Kirkyard · guide · read 27 Sept 2026
- OpenStreetMap relation/1110957 · osm · read 27 Sept 2026
If it rains
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