Alison’s guidebook

Alison
Alison’s guidebook

Food & drink scene

A great variety of food right on your doorstep - all of the establishments listed are within a 10min walk unless otherwise stated. Stockbridge has venues for most world cuisine. From cosy cafes and great independent wine bars to elegant restaurants.
A great local Japanese restaurant 5 mins from the house. Our go too place reasonably priced small basement room. Best to book but often can just drop in.
UMI Japanese Cuisine
12-14 Chapel Street
A great local Japanese restaurant 5 mins from the house. Our go too place reasonably priced small basement room. Best to book but often can just drop in.
A very popular Scottish themed gastropub but more like a resuraunt nice atmosphere. Booking essential if you don't want to become a victim of their very annoying no booking policy after a few tables are sold .Then you need to turn up in person they take your telephone number and call you when a table is ready. It's fine if you know so can be prepared to go for a pre dinner drink close by while waiting for the call.
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The Scran and Scallie
1 Comely Bank Rd
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A very popular Scottish themed gastropub but more like a resuraunt nice atmosphere. Booking essential if you don't want to become a victim of their very annoying no booking policy after a few tables are sold .Then you need to turn up in person they take your telephone number and call you when a table is ready. It's fine if you know so can be prepared to go for a pre dinner drink close by while waiting for the call.
A wonderful wine bar with a great selection of wine and a very knowlegeble staff who will love to help you choose a delicious wine. Try their wine flights paired with cheese. Light food. 3 Mins walk from the house.
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Smith & Gertrude
254 Hamilton Pl
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A wonderful wine bar with a great selection of wine and a very knowlegeble staff who will love to help you choose a delicious wine. Try their wine flights paired with cheese. Light food. 3 Mins walk from the house.
A great spot for breakfast comfy sofas and a cosy atmosphere. Also a bar busy bar later .
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Hamiltons
16-18 Hamilton Pl
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A great spot for breakfast comfy sofas and a cosy atmosphere. Also a bar busy bar later .
A wonderful tiny Italian cafe serving the best coffee , piadini and panini. A gem.
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Sprio Ltd
39 St Stephen St
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A wonderful tiny Italian cafe serving the best coffee , piadini and panini. A gem.
A great lunch spot or healthy breakfast place.
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The Pantry
1 N W Circus Pl
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A great lunch spot or healthy breakfast place.
A cosy independent slightly old fashioned french style cafe serving light meals and patiserie sit in or take away.
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Patisserie Florentin
5 N W Circus Pl
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A cosy independent slightly old fashioned french style cafe serving light meals and patiserie sit in or take away.
Elegant Restaraunt serving locally sourced ingredients , we love this place.
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New Chapter
18 Eyre Pl
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Elegant Restaraunt serving locally sourced ingredients , we love this place.
A great Place for brunch.
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The Blue Bear Cafe
9 Brandon Terrace
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A great Place for brunch.
Bar A speakeasy cocktail bar great atmosphere great cocktails.
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Panda & Sons
79 Queen St
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Bar A speakeasy cocktail bar great atmosphere great cocktails.
Speakeasy Bar Tiny speakeasy bar intimate atmosphere. 20 mins walk.
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Bullard & Worth
89 Rose St N Ln
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Speakeasy Bar Tiny speakeasy bar intimate atmosphere. 20 mins walk.
Independent delicatessan shop making. We love this place for picnic foods and gormet treats. The best bread in town,
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Herbie of Edinburgh
66 Raeburn Pl
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Independent delicatessan shop making. We love this place for picnic foods and gormet treats. The best bread in town,
SUNDAYS ONLY. A small outdoor Sunday market selling food ,coffee, local artisans produce, vintage finds etc 3 mins walk from house
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Αγορά Στοκμπριτζ
Saunders Street
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SUNDAYS ONLY. A small outdoor Sunday market selling food ,coffee, local artisans produce, vintage finds etc 3 mins walk from house
Coffee shop serving good coffee, cakes, soups etc
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Artisan Roast Stockbridge
100A Raeburn Pl
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Coffee shop serving good coffee, cakes, soups etc
Authentic french bakery serving artisan bread, patisserie and coffee
La Barantine Stockbridge
Authentic french bakery serving artisan bread, patisserie and coffee
Small private wine merchant - very knowledgeable & great collection of wines. 5min walk
Raeburn Fine Wines
23 Comely Bank Rd
Small private wine merchant - very knowledgeable & great collection of wines. 5min walk
Swedish bakery and coffee shop. 5mins walk
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Söderberg Stockbridge
3 Deanhaugh St
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Swedish bakery and coffee shop. 5mins walk
Cocktail bar serving sharing bites & boards. 15min walk
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The Bon Vivant
55 Thistle St
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Cocktail bar serving sharing bites & boards. 15min walk
Not nearby! You can walk over Arthur's Seat (from Holyrood Palace/the end of the Royal Mile) to this contemporary pub - famous as the oldest surviving pub in Scotland. They also have a 19th century skittles alley in the back.
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The Sheep Heid Inn
43-45 The Causeway
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Not nearby! You can walk over Arthur's Seat (from Holyrood Palace/the end of the Royal Mile) to this contemporary pub - famous as the oldest surviving pub in Scotland. They also have a 19th century skittles alley in the back.

Sightseeing

A beautiful Botanical Garden with extensive Glasshouses, Gallery displays and a rolling programme of events. Great cafe and restaraunt see website for details https://www.rbge.org.uk
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Βασιλικός Βοτανικός Κήπος του Εδιμβούργου
Arboretum Place
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A beautiful Botanical Garden with extensive Glasshouses, Gallery displays and a rolling programme of events. Great cafe and restaraunt see website for details https://www.rbge.org.uk
Two Art Galleries next to each other Modern 1 and Modern 2 Showing a mixture of Modern and Contemporary Art, world class permenent collections and visiting exhibitions. Both have nice cafes and shops. Not sure why this picture is of a church!!! https://www.nationalgalleries.org
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
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Two Art Galleries next to each other Modern 1 and Modern 2 Showing a mixture of Modern and Contemporary Art, world class permenent collections and visiting exhibitions. Both have nice cafes and shops. Not sure why this picture is of a church!!! https://www.nationalgalleries.org
Official Royal residence in Edinburgh, best known as the home of Mary Queen of Scots
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Παλάτι του Χόλιρουντχάουζ
Canongate
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Official Royal residence in Edinburgh, best known as the home of Mary Queen of Scots
Contemporary sculpture park and art gallery outside the city. Open to visitors May - September. 30min drive by car/taxi or visit their website for information on how to get there via bus from Edinburgh.
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Jupiter Artland
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Contemporary sculpture park and art gallery outside the city. Open to visitors May - September. 30min drive by car/taxi or visit their website for information on how to get there via bus from Edinburgh.
Historic 18th-century town house (similar to this one) restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland, showing life in Georgian Edinburgh
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Γεωργιανό σπίτι
7 Charlotte Square
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Historic 18th-century town house (similar to this one) restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland, showing life in Georgian Edinburgh
One of the oldest buildings on the Royal Mile. Immersive visitor experience taking you through three centuries of the lives and professions of the buildings residents from 1632-1911.
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Gladstone's Land
477B Lawnmarket
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One of the oldest buildings on the Royal Mile. Immersive visitor experience taking you through three centuries of the lives and professions of the buildings residents from 1632-1911.
Botanic Garden near the Sheep's Heid Inn
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Dr Neil's Garden
5 Old Church Ln
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Botanic Garden near the Sheep's Heid Inn
Hill (ancient volcano) at the bottom of the Royal Mile with great views across Edinburgh from the top
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Όρος Άρθουρ
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Hill (ancient volcano) at the bottom of the Royal Mile with great views across Edinburgh from the top
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Camera Obscura και Κόσμος των Ιλουζιών
549 Castlehill
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Εθνικές Πινακοθήκες της Σκωτίας
The Mound
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Contemporary art gallery
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Ingleby Gallery
33 Barony St
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Contemporary art gallery
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Κάστρο του Εδιμβούργου
Castlehill
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Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen St
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Personal Care

Doctors surgery, swimming pool and gym and the best yoga studio in town all within 10 mins walk.
Local doctor surgery. You can book an appoinment by calling at 8.30am for same day appointments. Telephone number 0131 556 8842 Start calling at 8.30 on the dot and keep redialing untill you get through. Say you are staying at 2 Saxe Coburg place with Alison Grant and are a temporary resident. In an emergency call 999 In an out of hours - non emergency situation call 111
Eyre Medical Practice
31 Eyre Cres
Local doctor surgery. You can book an appoinment by calling at 8.30am for same day appointments. Telephone number 0131 556 8842 Start calling at 8.30 on the dot and keep redialing untill you get through. Say you are staying at 2 Saxe Coburg place with Alison Grant and are a temporary resident. In an emergency call 999 In an out of hours - non emergency situation call 111
This fitness centre opposite the house in Saxe Coburg Place. 1 min walk away. It has the origional victorian swimming baths a steam room and sauna and a small gym. Visitors can just pay on the door. There is a programme of exersise casses avaliable but booking essential. https://www.edinburghleisure.co.uk/venues/glenogle-swim-centre
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Glenogle Swim Centre
Glenogle Road
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This fitness centre opposite the house in Saxe Coburg Place. 1 min walk away. It has the origional victorian swimming baths a steam room and sauna and a small gym. Visitors can just pay on the door. There is a programme of exersise casses avaliable but booking essential. https://www.edinburghleisure.co.uk/venues/glenogle-swim-centre
Simply the best yoga studio in town. Download the app to book your classes. Easy flexible booking system with waitlists for popular times. https://tribe.yoga/newtownschedule/
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Tribe Yoga New Town
71-75 Northumberland St
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Simply the best yoga studio in town. Download the app to book your classes. Easy flexible booking system with waitlists for popular times. https://tribe.yoga/newtownschedule/
An independent pharmacy with a pharmacist and toiletries
Stockbridge Pharmacy
35 N W Circus Pl
An independent pharmacy with a pharmacist and toiletries

Shopping

All of these independent shops (books, jewellery, vintage) are in Stockbridge, within a 10min walk from the house. This is by no means an exhaustive list, just a few of our favourites. There are plenty of other independent or charity shops in Stockbridge (and further afield of course).
Independent jewellery shop stocking unique, artisan jewellery from around the world. A treasure trove with pieces that won't break the bank.
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Galerie Mirages
46A Raeburn Pl
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Independent jewellery shop stocking unique, artisan jewellery from around the world. A treasure trove with pieces that won't break the bank.
An extraordinary collection of high end vintage pieces with a wonderful proprietor. Not cheap but very interesting. St Stephen street has quite a few vintage shops for all budgets.
Miss Bizio Couture
41 St Stephen St
An extraordinary collection of high end vintage pieces with a wonderful proprietor. Not cheap but very interesting. St Stephen street has quite a few vintage shops for all budgets.
A wonderful independent bookshop with an ongoing programme of events. Check on their website. 5 mins walk from the house.
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Golden Hare Books
68 St Stephen St
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A wonderful independent bookshop with an ongoing programme of events. Check on their website. 5 mins walk from the house.
Independent stationery shop. Also has printing and copying services.
The Write Stuff
Independent stationery shop. Also has printing and copying services.
A bookshop dedicated to celebrating and promoting women's writing
Rare Birds Book Shop
A bookshop dedicated to celebrating and promoting women's writing
Charity shop bookshop with an excellent range of second hand books. Proceeds go to Oxfam.
Oxfam Books
25 Raeburn Pl
Charity shop bookshop with an excellent range of second hand books. Proceeds go to Oxfam.
Charity shop with a variety of second hand (quality, undamaged) vinyl records & CDs
Oxfam
64 Raeburn Pl
Charity shop with a variety of second hand (quality, undamaged) vinyl records & CDs
Small antique shop selling clocks, jewellery etc
Martinez Antiques
17 Brandon Terrace
Small antique shop selling clocks, jewellery etc
High end jewellery shop specialising in period and antique items. Note: not in Stockbridge, 15-20min walk
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Joseph Bonnar Antique and Period Jewellery
72 Thistle St
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High end jewellery shop specialising in period and antique items. Note: not in Stockbridge, 15-20min walk

Transport

Main train station
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Edinburgh Waverley Station
Princes Street
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Main train station
Buses to most areas of Scotland
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Edinburgh Bus Station
26 Elder Street
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Buses to most areas of Scotland