Arthur's Seat is an 823ft / 251m hill in the centre of Edinburgh / Scotland. The hill can be found in Holyrood Park at the north end of the Royal Mile.

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The Image top right is from Holyrood Park looking up the Main Trail to Arthur's Seat, there are many other lesser trails.

The Main Trail takes you up past the ruins of St Anthony's Chapel, built around the 1300s, well worth visiting.

The second image is of the top section that is fairly steep.

The third image is of the summit section that is real steep and rocky, scrambling is needed when the rock is wet.

This little hill is just like many of the 3,000ft mountains in Scotland, even steeper than many, takes under an hour to get to the top where the 3,000 footers take 3 hours to the top.

The summit gives great views south to Edinburgh Castle, west to Calton Hill, down to Holyrood Park and north to the Firth of Forth.

The Grags down below Arthur's Seat are well worth visiting as well for the cliff views over Edinburgh centre and Holyrood Park.

There is a large car park at Holyrood Palace and another by St Margaret's Loch, both close to the main trail up to Arthur's Seat.

The bottom image is from the trail down off The Crags looking at Holyrood Palace and a large car park.

The hill is thought to have been named after King Arthur, a legendery King of Britain in the 500s, best known for slaying a Welsh Dragon.

Arthur's Seat is over 300 million years old, formed by volcanic activity, then eroded by glaciers in the last 2 million years.

The rock Edinburgh Castle is built on was formed and eroded at the same times, with Castle Rock being 443ft / 135m.

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