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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


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

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Scottish Trig Point (Pillar)


See Arthur's Seat and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:

A go4awalk.com downloadable PDF Peak Bagging Map featuring Arthur's Seat should be available soon.


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

Other walkers who hiked, climbed, bagged and summited Arthur's Seat Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Arthur's Seat

Chris Hughes walked up Arthur's Seat on May 25th, 2023 [weather] Sunny

Hilary Hardwick climbed Arthur's Seat 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 bagged Arthur's Seat 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.

Patrick Rogozinski, Paul Roddam, Lynn Symonds and Sarah Jones have all walked, climbed & bagged Arthur's Seat.

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

Fred on the top of Arthur's Seat

Fred on the top of Arthur's Seat

Photo: Michelle Bruce (3)

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

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

Photo: Bethany Lawrie (2)

Fred on top of Arthur's Seat

Fred on top of Arthur's Seat

Photo: Michelle Bruce (1)

My two sons on the top of Arthur's Seat

My two sons on the top of Arthur's Seat

Photo: Pauline Lovatt (1)

Me on top of Arthur's Seat in Edimburgh

Me on top of Arthur's Seat in Edimburgh

Photo: Julien Tollie (1)

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

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

Photo: Stuart Edwards (1)

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

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

Photo: Bethany Lawrie (1)


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