Holyrood Palace and Park Tourist Information

Palace of Holyrood House

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Address, Contact information

Royal Mile
Edinburgh
EH8 8DX
Tel: +44 0131 556 5100
Official website: Holyrood Palace - The Royal Collection

Entrance fees, tickets

Beat The Queues - Buy Fast Track tickets to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and The Queen's Gallery at no extra cost to avoid queuing during the busy summer season.

Adult: £10.00
Senior: £9.00
Under 17: £6.00
Under 5: Free

Opening times

The Palace of Holyrood House is open daily but is closed on the following dates:
19 June - 8 July
25 - 29 July
25 and 26 December
and during any Royal Visits

Holyrood Palace is open:
April - October: 9.30am-6.00pm
November - March: 10am-4.30pm

Things to remember when visiting Holyrood Palace:

Holyrood Abbey

Abbey Access, Tickets

Access is made only through the Palace of Holyrood House for which you must get tickets. There is also a charge for visiting Holyrood Abbey itself.

Getting to Holyrood

The information on this page was last checked for accuracy in October 2009. Please check the official Holyrood House and Scottish Parliament websites for up to date information.

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Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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