Icehouse
Among the sights of Dalkeith is Icehouse, ruins. Within 5 km there are 12 more places to visit. Further out, Edinburgh Castle is 10 km away.
Ruins in Dalkeith
Inside Dalkeith
Icehouse is inside Dalkeith’s locality, with 12 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month
The warmest afternoons in Dalkeith run June to August, at 17–19°C.
Icehouse
Ruins.
In Dalkeith, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Ruins
- Town
- in Dalkeith
The map
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Icehouse is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dalkeith’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Where people come from
Edinburgh is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (493,794 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Dalkeith
Mayfield
Danderhall
Bonnyrigg
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Icehouse is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalkeith | It’s in town | 15,125 | 18 |
| Mayfield | 1.6 km south of it | 14,259 | 15 |
| Danderhall | 2.2 km northwest of it | 3,389 | 21 |
| Bonnyrigg | 2.3 km southwest of it | 18,088 | 16 |
| Musselburgh | 3.1 km north of it | 21,476 | 21 |
| Edinburgh | 3.5 km northwest of it | 493,794 | 150 |
| Wallyford | 4.4 km northeast of it | 4,493 | 13 |
| Gorebridge | 4.7 km south of it | 8,900 | 11 |
Worth adding to a visit
Within 15 km you can add 3 castles, an art gallery and a historic house.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle10 km away2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery9.9 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse8.9 km away4
CastleDalkeith Palace100 m away5
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland9.3 km away6
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral9.6 km away7
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCraigmillar Castle5.5 km away8
Abbey or prioryNewbattle Abbey1.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Icehouse, answered
Where is Icehouse?
Icehouse is in Dalkeith, Midlothian, inside the town’s locality.
What is Icehouse?
Ruins.
When is the best time to visit Icehouse?
June to August are the warmest months in Dalkeith, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Icehouse?
Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (10 km), National Gallery (9.9 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (8.9 km) and Dalkeith Palace (100 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palace of Holyroodhouse: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalkeith Palace: Benbilgri at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craigmillar Castle: Photograph by Stuart Yeates, from en:Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newbattle Abbey: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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