An extinct volcano rising 251 m in Holyrood Park, right in the middle of Edinburgh. The climb from the Palace of Holyroodhouse takes about 45 minutes, steep in places, to a rocky summit with views over the city, the castle and the Firth of Forth.
The Salisbury Crags path is a shorter walk along the cliffs. Go at sunrise or sunset; it's windy at the top. The Scottish Parliament and the Palace of Holyroodhouse are at the foot of the hill.
A fortress on an extinct volcano above Scotland's capital, the home of the Scottish crown jewels (the Honours of Scotland) and the Stone of Destiny.
An award-winning, family-run restaurant in the Scottish Borders countryside, known for game and local produce such as venison, lamb and beef, with a …
A Tudor fort on a rocky outcrop on Holy Island, turned into a holiday home by Edwin Lutyens for Edward Hudson, founder of Country Life magazine.
A group of rocky islands off the Northumberland coast, home to around 200,000 seabirds in summer, including tens of thousands of puffins, and a large…
The Victorian home of the inventor and industrialist Lord Armstrong, and the first house in the world lit by hydroelectricity.
The wall built across northern England by the Emperor Hadrian from 122 AD to guard the Roman Empire's north-west frontier.
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