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Name: | Arthur's Seat |
Hill number: | 1828 |
Height: | 251m / 823ft |
RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
County/UA: | Edinburgh |
Catchment: | Forth |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,2,Y) |
Grid ref: | NT 27534 72942 |
Summit feature: | rock by trig point |
Drop: | 174m |
Col: | 77m NT270726 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 66 (1:25k) 350 |
Survey: | obvious summit |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 968 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Thronging with tourists on a cool clear sunny day. After Sailsbury Crags on well used path with steps. Trig. Second visit. | Denise | 04/03/2024 |
With Sam & the kids from Waverley station | Gary Heath | 23/02/2024 |
Parked on Royal Park Terrace. Quick bag before long drive home. Very busy. Another to revisit, preferably when more time to explore and include Salisbury Crags | Longwojo | 12/11/2023 |
Parked opposite the Commonwealth Pool, walked along the Innocent Railway Tunnel, up Dunsapie Craig first, then Whinny Hill and finishing on Arthur's Seat. While spending the weekend with Nikko Lim. I had a hypo on Arthur's Seat, so we omitted Salisbury Craig's, the Pipers Path is closed for erosion control works, so had to drop ti the north and return Longside Hunter's Bog. | chillyman8 | 30/09/2023 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 06/08/2023 |
Arthur's Seat, Calton Hill | keithouk | 05/08/2023 |
From Calton Hill - looked too close not to take the opportunity! | MrChris1980 | 02/06/2023 |
Nipped up from Waverley Station in between trains on the way back from the TGOC. Hot and sunny. | alistairpooler | 26/05/2023 |
From Holyrood, anti-clockwise round Queen’s Drive then up steep stepped path almost to summit. Most of final approaches needed use of hands but found one on N side which minimised this. Easy descent to Dunsapie Loch. | peter4lc | 24/05/2023 |
Sixth ascent. I had not been up Salisbury Crags before so went over them first. | KevPalmer | 17/05/2023 |
Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags, started from Edinburgh train station | hummusg | 03/02/2023 |
Date | ryancomet | 03/02/2023 |
FJB, RIB, Bran | HFB | 04/01/2023 |
Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh Castle, Calton Hill, Salisbury Crags, Arthur's Seat, Dunsapie, Blackford Hill, Braid Hills, Easter Craiglockhart Hill & Wester Craiglockhart Hill. 32km, 1200m ascent in total. | JasonStark | 26/11/2022 |
R K from Premier Inn | Richard Tait | 16/11/2022 |
Fine, blustery at top, good views of Edinburgh. With Camber & Bob. | Trotticus | 12/10/2022 |
Got lost several times trying to get out of the city but once we found Holyrood park it was up the steep climb steps and back down the ‘motorway’ path. Slippy rocks at the top as it rained. | Hippy77 | 22/08/2022 |
Evening jog up, pretty windy! | AJH | 17/08/2022 |
Arthur's Seat from GR: NT 27040 73732 | ronaldo333 | 14/08/2022 |
tooo many people, not one to repeat for me. | G0HIO | 11/08/2022 |
From Queen’s Drive. Return via Salisbury Crags | afoster | 08/08/2022 |
With Frances and Chris. I walked in my town shoes - a bit tricky on some of the descents. | langskill | 31/07/2022 |
On AndyB StagDo, from Baxter hostel. | masmith | 30/07/2022 |
On AndyB StagDo, from Baxter hostel. | masmith | 29/07/2022 |
Not for the first time. It was hot. | lenman | 10/07/2022 |
Walked up from Waverley Station, with Terry and Dave. Busy, but great views from the top. | ajd58 | 14/06/2022 |
Started opposite Scottish Parliament, approached the peak via Long Row up the east face. | cjwilliams | 18/05/2022 |
Fifth ascent. Busy as usual up there. | KevPalmer | 17/05/2022 |
Not for the first time... | sambenno | 01/05/2022 |
22nd time. | russell61 | 19/04/2022 |
From the car park next to Duddingston Loch. Footpath up the hill > Dunsapie then footpaths > Arthur's Seat then footpaths > Salisbury Crags. Returned along the road. | JohnR | 15/04/2022 |
After Dunsapie headed up from the car park. Hoaching with folk so took a scrambly route down and didn't meet anyone until I hit the main path. | JAdair97 | 04/01/2022 |
Windy day. Was busier than Princes Street. | colazione | 01/01/2022 |
Jogging from an hotel in West Coates I reached Holyrood park and from there I walked up to the summit. Back by the same way. | Pampuco | 07/11/2021 |
Quick stroll along the valley past Hunters Bog, to the crags then up the steps. Good route to avoid the crowds, steep but short. | WalkingBob68 | 11/10/2021 |
From Willowbrae via Dunsapie Loch, sunny afternoon | N.Morters | 29/09/2021 |
Solo, 14.69km, circular, From Village Hotel through the city. | Shotgun_Surgeon | 22/09/2021 |
Completion of calendar round. First ascended in June 1983. | Gallovidian | 02/09/2021 |
Walked from Duddingston Loch car park NT 282727. Operated SOTA on short wave just below trig point away from the crowds. | G4OBK (Phil) | 26/08/2021 |
With L & R. | Chris Ellis | 21/08/2021 |
Standard route which was a crowded procession however after the summit we took in the other tops with hardly a soul to be seen. | Peterb | 02/08/2021 |
My First entry on Hill Bagging.I walked up with Peter Bowles who i understand is famous on this site. we walked from Edinburgh and Arthurs Seat was very well signposted. the whole route was very well signposted and it is a very busy walk. Once we got to the top we then walked to 3 other peaks before going down. | alanderry1963 | 02/08/2021 |
Early morning ascent to avoid the crowds. Great views. | Jephcote83 | 14/07/2021 |
With F, direct route | TriBoy | 02/05/2021 |
A repeat visit after a gap of several years. Not actually as busy as I expected, but surprised by the general erosion now of many paths and how polished rocks have become | Hirta | 12/04/2021 |
With Frances, lockdown circuit of Arthurs Seat, Dunsapie Loch, Calton Hill, Castle Esplanade and Royal Mile. | langskill | 20/03/2021 |
FJB, Bran | HFB | 13/03/2021 |
with Frances after sitting waiting for otters at Dunsapie Loch but with no luck | langskill | 01/03/2021 |
with Kirsty, David, Archie, Isla | langskill | 27/02/2021 |
Anticlockwise NYD walk from St Leonards. Icy but good. | Thearlaichdubh | 01/01/2021 |