Mary King's Close

Practical tourist information

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Address, contact information

2 Warriston's Close, Writers' Court
The Royal Mile
Edinburgh
EH1 1PG
Tel: +44 08702 430 160
Official website: Real Mary King's Close

Opening times

April - October:
Sunday - Saturday: 10am-9pm

November - March:
Sunday - Friday: 10am-4pm;
Saturday: 10am-9pm

Entrance fees, tickets:
Adults: £7.25
Children: £5
Family: £22.50
Student: £6.25
Concession: £6.25

The information on this page was last checked for accuracy in October 2009. Please check the official Mary King's Close website 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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