Midhope Castle, South Queensferry
#3 among attractions in South Queensferry
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Facts and practical information
Midhope Castle is a 16th-century tower house in Scotland. It is situated in the hamlet of Abercorn on the Hopetoun estate, About 4 kilometres to the west of South Queensferry, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. It is a Category A listed building. ()
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Midhope Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge, Blackness Castle, Deep Sea World.
3.9 miE Iconic suspension bridge for trafficForth Bridge, Edinburgh
99 min walk • Spanning the Firth of Forth, the Forth Bridge stands as a testament to Victorian engineering and is one of Scotland's major landmarks, located just outside of Edinburgh. This cantilever railway bridge, completed in 1890, is often hailed as an industrial marvel of its...
3.3 miELandmark with sweeping, scenic viewsForth Road Bridge, Edinburgh
84 min walk • The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and at the time was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States.
1.5 miNWShip-shaped castle from the 1400sBlackness Castle, Linlithgow
38 min walk • Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress, near the village of Blackness, Scotland, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth. It was built, probably on the site of an earlier fort, by Sir George Crichton in the 1440s.
3.9 miEAquarium with underwater tunnel and sharksDeep Sea World, North Queensferry
100 min walk • Deep Sea World is an aquarium located in the village of North Queensferry, in Fife, Scotland. It is host to a collection of large sand tiger sharks, also known as ragged toothed sharks or grey nurse sharks, and various other species of shark.
3.5 miEMonasteryPriory Church, Edinburgh
89 min walk • The Priory Church of St Mary of Mount Carmel, commonly called the Priory Church or St Mary's Episcopal Church, is a congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church located in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
3 miEBridgeQueensferry Crossing, Edinburgh
76 min walk • The Queensferry Crossing is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry.
1.3 miWMuseum, Historical place, Forts and castlesHouse of the Binns, Linlithgow
32 min walk • The House of the Binns, or simply the Binns, is a historic house in West Lothian, Scotland, the seat of the Dalyell family. It dates from the early 17th century, and was the home of Tam Dalyell until his death in January 2017.
1 miE17th-century mansion on a vast estateHopetoun House, South Queensferry
26 min walk • Hopetoun House is a country house near South Queensferry owned by the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, a charity established in 1974 to preserve the house and grounds as a national monument, to protect and improve their amenities, and to preserve the furniture, paintings...
3 miSEForts and castlesNiddry Castle
77 min walk • Niddry Castle is a sixteenth-century tower house near Winchburgh, West Lothian, Scotland. It is situated near the Union Canal, and between two large oil shale bings, or waste heaps.
1.8 miSEForts and castlesDuntarvie Castle
45 min walk • Duntarvie Castle is a ruined Scots Renaissance house in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres north of Winchburgh and 9 kilometres east of Linlithgow, close to the M9 motorway.
3.1 miEHistorical place, Event space, Forts and castlesDundas Castle, Edinburgh
79 min walk • Dundas Castle is a 15th-century castle, with substantial 19th-century additions by William Burn, in the Dalmeny parish of West Lothian, Scotland.