📌 Viewpoint in New Town, City of Edinburgh
★★★★
Edinburgh has one of the most spectacular cityscapes in the world, and Calton Hill is one of the best places to see it all from. A rocky outcrop right at the heart of the city, the summit is sprinkled with an impressive array of monuments and buildings of its own, including the Collective art gallery in the old City Observatory. If the natural high point of the hill isn’t enough for you, you can pay to ascend a further 143 steps to the top of the telescope-shaped Nelson Monument for even better views.
🌍 Location
📌 Between Regent Road & London Road, 15-min walk northeast of Edinburgh Waverley station
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 263742
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.955780,-3.182446
🚆 Edinburgh Waverley | 🚋 Picardy Place | 🚌 Numerous local buses
🚗 Street parking on Blenheim Place (charge)
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
