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Arthur's Seat
251m (824ft)

The Pentland Hills, The Scottish Borders, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

The summit of Arthur's Seat is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Record Arthur's Seat as Bagged, Climbed & Conquered

Arthur's Seat is classified as:

Scottish Marilyn
1155th highest in Scotland,
1466th highest in Great Britain

Scottish Trig Point (Pillar)

Walk Arthur's Seat walking UK Mountains in The Scottish Borders City of Edinburgh Scotland

Photo: Ian Yeates

Arthur's Seat is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map 350
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 66
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

A go4awalk.com Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List featuring Arthur's Seat will be available soon.

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We will be adding easy to follow route maps up Arthur's Seat very soon.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Arthur's Seat

Hilary Hardwick walked up on May 9th, 2017 [from/via/route] Walked from centre of Edinburgh [with] Husband [weather] beautiful sunny day, not a cloud in the sky again & really hot - great walk, wonderful views, very busy on the summit

Christine Shepherd climbed during June, 1994 [from/via/route] Not sure, led by Ian [with] My family; Peter, Hannah and Rebecca and Ian, Verena and Gordon in a carrier. [weather] Warm - I had forgotten this peak until I saw the photographs recently.

Lynn Symonds and Sarah Jones have both walked, climbed & bagged Arthur's Seat.

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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on or of Arthur's Seat

Fred on top of Arthur's Seat

Photo: Michelle Bruce (1)

Me jumping for joy at the great view from at Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, with Edinburgh Castle in the background

Photo: Bethany Lawrie (2)

Gary Best 'hanging around' on Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh

Photo: Bethany Lawrie (1)

Me and my Wife Emma at the top of Arthur's Seat

Photo: Stuart Edwards (1)

Fred on the top of Arthur's Seat

Photo: Michelle Bruce (3)

Me on top of Arthur's Seat in Edimburgh

Photo: Julien Tollie (1)

Send us your photographs and pictures on, of, or from Arthur's Seat

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and we shall do our best to publish them.

(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)