Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a botanical garden in Edinburgh. It is an Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape. Look also at Edinburgh Castle, 1.9 km away, first of 167 more within 15 km.
Garden in Edinburgh
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#219 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (20 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is inside Edinburgh’s locality, with 108 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape
On the official list of protected heritage; Edinburgh has 4,435 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
The warmest afternoons in Edinburgh run June to August, at 18–20°C.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 20 languages.
- Type
- Garden
- Listed
- Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 20 languages
- Town
- in Edinburgh
- Official site
- rbge.org.uk
Locating Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Edinburgh’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
Towns that count Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Of the 8, Edinburgh is the largest, at 493,794 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Edinburgh
Danderhall
Loanhead
Musselburgh
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | It’s in town | 493,794 | 150 |
| Danderhall | 8.5 km southeast of it | 3,389 | 21 |
| Loanhead | 10 km south of it | 7,007 | 16 |
| Musselburgh | 10 km east of it | 21,476 | 21 |
| Burntisland | 11 km north of it | 6,259 | 9 |
| Kinghorn | 12 km north of it | 2,944 | 7 |
| Bonnyrigg | 12 km southeast of it | 18,088 | 16 |
| Dalkeith | 12 km southeast of it | 15,125 | 18 |
Nearby, too
Around it, within 15 km, lie 167 more, including 3 art galleries, a castle and a historic house.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle1.9 km away2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery1.8 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3
Historic housePalace of Holyroodhouse2.6 km away4
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland2.3 km away5
Art galleryScottish National Portrait Gallery1.4 km away · 313K visitors a year (2015)6
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral2.1 km away7
Art galleryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art2 km away · 458K visitors a year (2015)8
Abbey or prioryHolyrood Abbey2.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: what to know
Where is Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh?
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, inside the town’s locality.
What is Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh?
Botanical garden in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh?
June to August are the warmest months in Edinburgh, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh a listed building?
Yes: Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape.
What else is there to see near Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh?
Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (1.9 km), National Gallery (1.8 km), Palace of Holyroodhouse (2.6 km) and National Museum of Scotland (2.3 km).
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 (9)
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Steve nova at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Original uploader was Maccoinnich at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Grousebeater2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holyrood Abbey: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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