Arthur's Seat
251m (824ft)
Arthur's Seat is in The Pentland Hills, The Scottish Borders, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
The summit of Arthur's Seat is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
We will be adding easy-to-follow route maps up Arthur's Seat very soon.
Interactive Walking Maps
A go4awalk.com downloadable Peak Bagging Map in PDF format featuring Arthur's Seat should be available soon.
See Arthur's Seat and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Pentland Hills area of Scottish Region 28: The Scottish Borders
Less data - quicker to download
Scottish Region 27: The Scottish Borders
Less data - quicker to download
Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer 350 Edinburgh is not currently available
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik & North Berwick is not currently available
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Arthur's Seat
Chris Hughes walked up Arthur's Seat on May 25th, 2023 [weather] Sunny
Hilary Hardwick climbed it 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 it 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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Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Arthur's Seat
Me jumping for joy at the great view from at Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, with Edinburgh Castle in the background
Send us your photographs and pictures on, of, or from Arthur's Seat
If you would like to add your walk photographs and pictures to this page, please send them as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name to:
and we shall do our best to publish them.
(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)
You can also submit photos via our Facebook Page.
NB. Please indicate where each photo was taken and whether you wish us to credit your photos with a Username or your First Name/Last Name.
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