Location: Musselburgh
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The 7 Best Sights & Landmarks in Musselburgh, Scotland
Musselburgh (Gaelic: Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, 6 miles (10 km) east of Edinburgh city centre. The population of Musselburgh is 21,900.
Restaurants in Musselburgh
1. Pinkie House
2. Newhailes House & Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 156 reviews
17th century country house on the end of Edinburgh with 80 + acres of unique protected landscape. Also home to Weehailes, our new adventure play-park specially designed for younger children and themed around the Newhailes story. We’re currently undertaking an exciting conservation project to restore several areas of the highly significant 18th century designed landscape, including the flower garden, kitchen garden and formal lawns. Please note that as of February 2019 the stables courtyard and main house will be closed as we undergo building and conservation works to improve our facilities and protect our historic buildings. However Weehailes play-park, our outdoor diner and the wider estate are fully open and accessible.
Reviewed By JaneUK - Wales, United Kingdom
This is a modern and exciting wooden playpen for kids. Plenty here for an hour of play snacks and another hour. All the things kids like zip wires tunnels clamber nets. A smaller toddler area. For parents it is fully enclosed, there is a toilet block with running water just adjacent, there is a pop up food van doing hot drinks, burgers (v), hot dogs, nachos, healthy grown up soup and amazing cake. You can eat at tables with umbrellas with excellent views of the playground. There is also an enclosed greenhouse you can eat in but you dont have views of the play area. It is spotless. If you bring your own food you can use tables just outside and come back in with hand stamp. We went by bus and had a lovely walk by the stream. Managed about 4 hours all in which was amazing vfm. Had 4-14 yo. To be fair 14 yo was really just entertaining the little ones but he enjoyed it nonetheless. If you join NTS you get repeat visits for free. Can't recommend enough.
3. St Michael's Parish Church
4. Fisherrow Harbour
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By Salmo01 - Largs, United Kingdom
Used to visit here as a child back in the 60s. This very quaint harbour has not changed a bit albeit a lot busier. This areas is a must for bird watchers and the like due to the number of the speices in the area. Great views of Fife and Edinburgh from the harbour wall point.
5. David Macbeth Moir Statue
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By Bibcay - Gateshead, United Kingdom
This is a fascinating statue and David Macbeth moir. Fun fact: there is a Wetherspoons named after him. He was a doctor and writer but famous for saving peoples life when other doctors went away frightened.
6. Musselburgh Archer
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By macedonboy - Glasgow, United Kingdom
This art installation was created by Svetlana Kondakova and Maja Quille, to celebrate Musselburgh history. The sculpture depicts a half naked man, an archer from antiquity about to fire an arrow. Bizarrely, the archer is holding neither a bow nor any arrows. There’s a plaque at the foot of the sculpture with an explanation of the sculpture. The sculpture represents three things; a pre-Roman British archer, a symbolic allegory to the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh when the Scots were defeated by the English, and lastly, the Musselburgh Silver Arrow archery competition. That’s a lot for one sculpture to represent! I love the sculpture. The lack of a bow and arrow just adds to the novelty.
