Useful Links

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

Travel Directions to Pilrig House

Go to: www.theaa.com and, under the heading ‘Travel’ click on ‘Route Planner’ – then fill in 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 how to get here – you can also select a journey which includes places you may want to visit en route, or the most direct route!  Or, see: www.rac.co.uk/web/routeplanner

FOR CAR SAT-NAV SYSTEMS: Always insert the postcode as provided above.

Map Websites

Rail

Airlines

Edinburgh Airport – Arrivals and Departures

Getting From Edinburgh Airport to Pilrig House

We have negotiated a fixed price of £25 with the carbon-neutral cab firm EdinaCARS (click to prebook) to collect you at the airport and bring you direct to Pilrig House. You can book a saloon car or a people carrier - the price is the same. You will be met at the airport, when the cab driver will greet you, holding up a board with your name on it.

Local Weather

Recommended Blue Badge, Award-Winning Tour Guide: Barbara Millar

  • www.morethangolftours.com
    As well as the wonderful and highly individual tours listed on her website, Barbara can also tailor a tour to include the places you particularly want to visit - perhaps somewhere your ancestors once lived, or a place of special significance to you...
    15% Discount Awarded to all Guests of Pilrig House!

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:

And for:

Sea Plane Scenic Tours of Scotland

Helicopter Tours of Edinburgh & Scotland

Trike Tours

You can even hire a personal ‘trike’ to take two people around Scotland. See: www.triketoursscotland.com

Scenic Rail Journeys in Scotland

West Highland Line - Voted (2008) 'The World's Greatest Train Ride' (Glasgow to Mallaig):

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

Special Days Out - Scotland

Falconry (and Archery)

Edinburgh Restaurant Guides/Recommendations

Edinburgh Attractions

The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Museums & Galleries

Edinburgh Castle

Holyrood Palace

Royal Yacht Britannia

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Bonnington House Sculpture Garden: 'Jupiter Art Land' (open May 2010)

What’s On

Buying an Edinburgh ‘Pass’ in Advance of Your Stay

If you intend to do a lot of sightseeing over the period of your stay, an Edinburgh Pass will be very cost-effective.
See: www.visitscotland.co.uk or www.edinburgh.org for details.
You can buy an Edinburgh Pass online at: www.edinburghpass.com

Edinburgh Festivals

Local Car Hire Firms:

  • Enterprise, 67 Salamander Street, Leith. T: +44 (0) 131 555 0555
  • Condor, 12 Gordon Street, Leith. T: +44 (0) 131 554 8000

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/home.htm

Edinburgh Photographs

History of Leith

Heritage

Glorious Gardens

Tastes of Scotland

Genealogy

Book Your Own Personal Genealogist to Research Your Family Tree

Jo Graham (FSA Scot) Member of the Association of Professional Genealogists & of the Scottish Genealogy Society
E: info@ourscots.com
T: 00 44 (0)131 654 2530
W: www.scottishgenealogist.co.uk

If trying to trace your Scottish roots/ancestry when you visit Edinburgh, 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-min. walk from Pilrig House).
Tel: 0131-535 1403/5
Fax: 0131-535 1430
Email: nra@nas.gov.uk
Website: 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)
    Tel: 0131-337 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 Cycle Hire

  • The Leith Cycle Company, 169 Leith Walk  T: 0131-467 7775  www.leithcycleco.com
  • Edinburgh Cycle Hire and Safaris  T: 0131-556 5560

London Lettings

London for Less

Lets Abroad

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