Holyrood Park

Holyrood Park is defined by the jagged, rocky silhouette of Arthur’s Seat, an ancient extinct volcano that rises two hundred fifty-one meters above the city. This six hundred fifty-acre expanse sits at the edge of central Edinburgh, serving as a wild, mountainous landscape tucked against the urban grid. While its dramatic crags and valleys were shaped by volcanic activity three hundred forty million years ago and subsequent glacial movement, the park has been managed as a royal estate since at least the sixteenth century.