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Dunbar's Close Garden
Dunbar's Close Garden, another view

Nature · Canongate, Royal Mile · Edinburgh

Dunbar's Close Garden

Clipped hedges, a bench, the Mile's noise gone.

‹ Edinburgh
When it fits
Best in the afternoon · about 20 min
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Where it is

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Straight-line distances: Canongate Kirkyard 48 m · Museum of Edinburgh 110 m · Oink (Canongate) 129 m. Not travel times.

Why Aura
A walled garden laid out in 17th-century style behind a Canongate close, free and nearly always empty.
Local gemQuietRomanticBudget
TodayHours to re-checkHours not in OpenStreetMap
Visit lengthAbout 20 min
WeatherOutdoorsUsed by the rain swap in Live
EffortEasy
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  • When it fits: Aura editorial estimate.
  • Today: Hours not in OpenStreetMap
  • Visit length: Aura estimate
  • Effort: Aura estimate
  • Tags are Aura editorial judgement.

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If it rains

Museum of EdinburghCanongate, Royal Mile · The city's own story, free, in 16th-century Huntly House on the Canongate; it holds the original 1638 National Covenant.
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Also in this chapter

Arthur's SeatHolyrood Park · The whole city from an extinct volcano; the climb is steep in places.Palace of HolyroodhouseHolyrood · The royal palace at the foot of the Royal Mile.
Calton HillCalton Hill · The classic view back over the castle at dusk.