Ten city centre churches - see leaflets or online version for more details
Our new self-led walking trail celebrates some of Edinburgh’s best loved and most historic churches. Ten of the city’s architectural jewels and spiritual havens feature in the Edinburgh City Centre Historic Churches Walking Trail, which leads from the Royal Mile to the New Town and the West End.
The Trail takes in all three city cathedrals, including: St Giles’ Cathedral on the Royal Mile, where Queen Elizabeth II laid at rest; St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral on York Place, visited by Pope John Paul II in 1982; and St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral near Haymarket, the city’s highest building.
Smaller churches highlighted include: Canongate Kirk, the parish church to the royal Palace of Holyrood House; St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, which is modelled on Trafalgar Square’s St Martin-in-the-Fields; and Old St Paul’s, which hosts Alison Watt’s iconic painting Still.
The Trail is an ecumenical venture involving the Church of Scotland, the Diocese of Edinburgh in the Scottish Episcopal Church, and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
Leaflets can be picked up at the featured churches, and an online version of the trail can be accessed at https://edinburgh.anglican.org/churches-walking-trail/
The trail was created by City Centre Churches but edited and produced by the Diocese of Edinburgh: https://edinburgh.anglican.org/ This tour is ongoing and no end date applies.
