Cramond Island, Edinburgh

Name: Cramond Island
Address: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

#314 among attractions in Edinburgh

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Cramond Island is one of several islands in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, near Edinburgh. It lies off the foreshore at Cramond. It is 1⁄3 mile long and covers 19.03 acres. The island is part of the Dalmeny Estate, owned by the Rosebery Estates Partnership, and is let to Cramond Boat Club. ()

Alternative names: Area: 19.03 acres (0.0297 mi²)Coordinates: 55°59'35"N, 3°17'24"W

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Cramond Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cramond Kirk, Cramond Roman Fort, Cramond Tower, Inchmickery.

1.1 miS
Church
Cramond Kirk, Edinburgh
29 min walk • Cramond Kirk is a church situated in the middle area Cramond parish, in the north west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of an old Roman fort, parts of the Cramond Kirk building date back to the fourteenth century and the church tower is considered to be the oldest part.
1.1 miS
Museum, Memorial
Cramond Roman Fort, Edinburgh
29 min walk • Cramond Roman Fort is a Roman-Era archaeological site at Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland. The settlement may be the "Rumabo" listed in the 7th-century Ravenna Cosmography.
1.1 miS
Forts and castles
Cramond Tower, Edinburgh
30 min walk • Cramond Tower is a fifteenth-century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
1.4 miNE
Island
Inchmickery, Edinburgh
36 min walk • Inchmickery is a small island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. It is about two miles north of Edinburgh. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic, Innis nam Biocaire, meaning Isle of the Vicars, implying that there may have been an old ecclesiastical or Culdee settlement here, as in nearby Inchcolm.
1.3 miSE
Neighbourhood
Silverknowes, Edinburgh
34 min walk • Silverknowes is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland. Silverknowes lies to the northwest of the city. The district contains over 2000 homes, ranging in size from bungalow to semi-detached housing, much of it built during the mid-twentieth century.