Useful Links

Here are some links that we hope you will find helpful when planning your trip. If you would like any further information, please don’t hesitate to ask us.

Events

Year of Homecoming Scotland 2014

Homecoming Scotland 2014 offers a year-long programme of events celebrating the very best of Scotland’s food and drink, our fantastic active and natural resources as well as our creativity, culture and ancestral heritage, and the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn.

Commonwealth Games: Glasgow & Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh

23 July to 3 August 2014

Travel

Travel Directions to Pilrig House

Go to: http://www.theaa.com/route-planner  and enter your departure point and Pilrig House’s address: 30 Pilrig House Close, Edinburgh EH6 5RF. It will provide you with step-by-step instructions of a direct route, or you can select a journey that includes places to visit en route.

An alternative route planner website: www.rac.co.uk/web/routeplanner

FOR CAR SAT-NAV SYSTEMS: Enter postcode EH6 5RF

Maps

Travel Reporting Updates

Motorway and A/B Road information updated every 5 minutes:

Rail

Airlines

Edinburgh Airport, Arrivals and Departures

Getting from Edinburgh Airport to Pilrig House

At Edinburgh International Airport there is a taxi rank directly outside the main entrance. An airport cab here will cost in the region of £22 (12 miles).

Please give the address 30 Pilrig House Close (off Bonnington Rd) to the driver.

Local Weather

Getting Around

Bus travel

An Edinburgh Pass gives you entry to over 35 top attractions, so is very cost-effective if you want to do a lot of sightseeing.

Or enjoy an informative open-top bus tour of Edinburgh with the Royal Edinburgh Ticket, which allows you to hop on and off the bus to visit the different attractions:

Local Car-Hire Firms

  • Enterprise – 67 Salamander Street, Leith. T: +44 (0) 131 555 0555
  • Arnold Clark – 20B-20D Seafield Rd East, Edinburgh. T: +44 (0) 131 657 9120

Edinburgh Cycle Hire

  • The Leith Cycle Company, 169 Leith Walk, Edinburgh. T: +44 (0) 131 467 7775 www.leithcycleco.com
  • Edinburgh Cycle Hire and Safaris, 29 Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh. T: +44 (0) 131 556 5560

Edinburgh Attractions

Helpful websites

The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

Mary King’s Close

Edinburgh Museums and Galleries

Edinburgh Castle

Holyrood Palace

Royal Yacht Britannia

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Bonnington House Sculpture Garden: 'Jupiter Art Land'

What’s On

Sculptures and Monuments in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Photographs

Heritage

Glorious Gardens 

Edinburgh Restuarant Guides

...and Tastes of Scotland

Edinburgh And Scotland Tours

Book Your Own Personal Day-Tour Guide

Recommended Blue Badge, Award-Winning Tour Guide: Barbara Millar
As well as highly individual tours listed on her website, Barbara has tailored fabulous tours especially for Pilrig House guests, and at a reduced rate. On booking, Debbie will send you information on these day-long tours, including price and previous guest photos and reviews. Barbara can even tailor a tour to include places you particularly want to visit - perhaps somewhere your ancestors once lived, or a place of special significance to you. Her website: www.morethangolftours.com

Edinburgh Tour Companies

The following tour companies are all 4- or 5-star graded by the
Scottish Tourist Board – 3 Princes St. Tel: 0845 22 55 121:

Edinburgh And Lothian Walks

Haunted Edinburgh

...ghosts, ghouls, graveyards, torture and terror – above and below the ground...

Other Outdoor Pursuits

The National Trust for Scotland Discover Ticket

Unrestricted access to over 100 of Scotland's top attractions:

Seaplane Scenic Tours of Scotland

Helicopter Tours of Edinburgh & Scotland

Trike Tours

Wildlife Photography in the Highlands

Falconry (and Archery)

Scenic Rail Journeys In Scotland

In summer, you can take the Jacobite Steam Train on the West Highland Line from Fort William to Mallaig:

Edinburgh Festivals

Golf

Pilrig House is only around 10 minutes’ walk from Leith Links – supposedly where the Rules of Golf originated. See www.leith-rules-golf.co.uk.

See our Golf page for additional information about courses and events

Genealogy

To trace your Scottish roots/ancestry, you will want to visit:

The National Register of Archives for Scotland in Edinburgh
H M Register House
Edinburgh EH1 3YY
(at the east end of Princes St – around a 15-minute walk from Pilrig House)

T: + 44 (0)131 535 1403/5
F: + 44 (0)131 535 1430
E: nra@nas.gov.uk
W: www.nas.gov.uk/nras

It is worth booking time here in advance – it is very cheap and the service is free once you gain admission. It will help with your search if you bring as many relevant birth/death/marriage certificates, or copies, with you.

Useful Genealogy Websites

Other Useful Archive Sites in Edinburgh

  • www.nms.ac.uk - National Museum of Scotland
  • www.nls.uk - National Library of Scotland
  • www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libraries - Edinburgh Central Library
  • www.scotsgenealogy.com - Scottish Genealogy Library
  • Family History Centre – The Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (Mormons)  T: +44 (131) 337 3049
  • Scottish National Portrait Gallery Archives (for anyone with a famous ancestor)  Email: portraitarchive@nationalgalleries.org
  • Scottish United Services Museum Library (regimental histories and biographies of armed forces personnel; index of First World War Medal Roll covers virtually anyone who served).

Edinburgh Reading

Edinburgh Authors You May Enjoy

A Guide to Edinburgh’s Authors and Books

Edinburgh, first City of Literature, boasts some of the world’s most famous and well-loved authors

Further Afield

The French Connection

Debbie's brother Christopher and his French wife, Elodie, own this beautiful house with stunning pool and outstanding facilities in the south of France - in 'Plan De La Tour', a charming village, close to St Maxime, and a hop across the water from there to St Tropez. Only an hour's drive from Nice Airport.

London Lettings

London for Less

Lets Abroad

www.wheretoeat.co.uk/uk/1339/edinburgh/restaurants

Pilrig House Apartments
30 Pilrig House Close
Edinburgh EH6 5RF
Scotland, UK

T: (UK): 0131 554 4794   (International): +44 (131) 554 4794
M: (UK): 07788 113886   (International): +44 (7788) 113886

Email: pilrighouse@aol.com