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Loop road around Arthur's Seat - when is it closed for cars?

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  • Started 6 years ago by AlexPro2015
  • Latest reply from Snowy
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  1. AlexPro2015
    Member

    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?

    This site https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/holyrood-park/prices-and-opening-times/, for example, states it's Sundays only, but I have a feeling that I saw the road closed on weekdays as well

    Many thanks for any help with clarifying

    Posted 6 years ago #
  2. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    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.

    Odd kind of 'park' if you ask me

    Posted 6 years ago #
  3. Frenchy
    Member

    Not completely sure, been a while since I was around there regularly, but the times on the HES website seem accurate.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  4. AlexPro2015
    Member

    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

    Posted 6 years ago #
  5. PS
    Member

    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.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  6. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    @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.

    'just feels more comfortable when closed for traffic'
    I agree - shame it happens so rarely & in a unadvertised way.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  7. chdot
    Admin

    Must admit I thought it was often closed in the evening.

    Must be worth a campaign...

    5-9 (or all night??) 'summer' months?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  8. AlexPro2015
    Member

    @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.
    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

    For what it's worth, I just doublechecked Google Maps and it's labeled Queen's Drive all the way around

    Posted 6 years ago #
  9. AlexPro2015
    Member

    @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

    Posted 6 years ago #
  10. earthowned
    Member

    Like chdot said - I think it's normally closed at dusk by the park rangers.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  11. Murun Buchstansangur
    Member

    '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.'

    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.

    https://www.historicenvironment.scot/media/2630/holyrood-park-map.pdf

    Which makes the 'Sunday road closures' section from the 'Opening Times' web page even more inaccurate than it first appeared.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  12. Frenchy
    Member

    High Road is definitely the one way road between St Margaret's Loch, past Dunsapie Loch and down to the roundabout nearish Pollock Halls.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  13. Snowy
    Member

    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.

    Posted 6 years ago #

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