http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Loop road around Arthur's Seat - when is it closed for cars? en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:42:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250976 Tue, 23 May 2017 23:37:10 +0000 Snowy 250976@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The part of Queens Drive (High Road) commencing uphill from St Margaret's Loch is nearly always shut when I pass by at 5.45pm on a Tuesday. No idea what happens other days. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250900 Tue, 23 May 2017 12:06:39 +0000 Frenchy 250900@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>High Road is definitely the one way road between St Margaret's Loch, past Dunsapie Loch and down to the roundabout nearish Pollock Halls. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250898 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:55:57 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 250898@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'I believe that by High Road they mean the stretch that goes around the Holyrood Palace perpendicular to Queen's Dr, i.e. it gives access to both Dynamic Earth and Holyrood car parks.'</p> <p>From this, I see they label the uphill one-way section (The) Queen's Drive (which I have to say I was not aware of) but they label the High Road as the road section above Duddingston Low Road.</p> <p><a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/media/2630/holyrood-park-map.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.historicenvironment.scot/media/2630/holyrood-park-map.pdf</a></p> <p>Which makes the 'Sunday road closures' section from the 'Opening Times' web page even more inaccurate than it first appeared. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250897 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:52:49 +0000 earthowned 250897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Like chdot said - I think it's normally closed at dusk by the park rangers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250895 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:45:28 +0000 AlexPro2015 250895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot - that's a good shout... ERC parents usually organise hill climbs for juniors at least once a week, so a few parents have to stay at the bottom of the road and give upcoming cars a heads up to watch out for kid cyclists </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250894 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:43:19 +0000 AlexPro2015 250894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Murun Buchstansang - I believe that by High Road they mean the stretch that goes around the Holyrood Palace perpendicular to Queen's Dr, i.e. it gives access to both Dynamic Earth and Holyrood car parks.<br /> Additionally, it can't be the road leading up to Dunsapie Loch as it sits behind the gate that they close to shut the road</p> <p>For what it's worth, I just doublechecked Google Maps and it's labeled Queen's Drive all the way around </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250893 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:36:45 +0000 chdot 250893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Must admit I thought it was often closed in the evening.</p> <p><em>Must</em> be worth a campaign...</p> <p>5-9 (or all night??) 'summer' months? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250892 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:32:14 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 250892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@AlexPro2015 - maps calling it Queen's Drive all the way round would be wrong. The link in your original post mentions the High Road specifically. </p> <p>'just feels more comfortable when closed for traffic'<br /> I agree - shame it happens so rarely &amp; in a unadvertised way. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250890 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:26:26 +0000 PS 250890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's closed on Spring evenings to give the toads a chance to get it on without the threat of death from motor vehicles, but I think their mating season is passed now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250889 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:26:20 +0000 AlexPro2015 250889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi, that's the road I mean - some maps call it just the Queen's Drive for the whole loop... It's good for training hill climbing in the city center - just feels more comfortable when closed for traffic </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250888 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:24:12 +0000 Frenchy 250888@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not completely sure, been a while since I was around there regularly, but the times on the HES website seem accurate. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250887 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:20:37 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 250887@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If by the 'loop road', you mean the High Road up to Dunsapie Loch, I don't think it's ever closed to cars in summer unfortunately - not in a scheduled way anyway. They close (parts of) Queen's Drive on Sundays as scheduled on the link.</p> <p>Odd kind of 'park' if you ask me </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17770#post-250883 Tue, 23 May 2017 11:06:55 +0000 AlexPro2015 250883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi, excuse a possibly naive question, but trying to find when exactly (days/hours) do they close the loop road around Arthur's seat for the car traffic? </p> <p>This site <a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/holyrood-park/prices-and-opening-times/" rel="nofollow">https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/holyrood-park/prices-and-opening-times/</a>, for example, states it's Sundays only, but I have a feeling that I saw the road closed on weekdays as well</p> <p>Many thanks for any help with clarifying </p>