Holyrood Park

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Holyrood Park is a historic royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland, known for its dramatic volcanic landscape, including Arthur’s Seat, and its proximity to the Scottish Parliament and Holyrood Palace.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Holyrood, Edinburgh	1
King’s Park	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public park ⓘ royal park ⓘ urban park ⓘ
access	open to the public ⓘ
adjacentTo	Duddingston ⓘ surface form: Duddingston village Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ surface form: Holyrood Palace Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
area	about 260 hectares ⓘ
contains	network of footpaths and trails ⓘ road network for vehicles and cyclists ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
designation	Scheduled Monument (parts) ⓘ
elevationOfHighestPoint	about 251 metres ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	Holyrood Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: King’s Park
geologicalFeature	basalt cliffs ⓘ extinct volcano ⓘ glacially sculpted landscape ⓘ
geologicalOrigin	volcanic ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Arthur’s Seat ⓘ
hasPart	Arthur’s Seat ⓘ St Margaret’s Loch ⓘ surface form: Duddingston Loch Dunsapie Loch ⓘ Hunter’s Bog ⓘ Salisbury Crags ⓘ St Anthony’s Chapel ruins ⓘ St Margaret’s Loch ⓘ Whinny Hill ⓘ
hasViewOf	Edinburgh Castle ⓘ Firth of Forth ⓘ New Town ⓘ surface form: New Town, Edinburgh
locatedIn	City of Edinburgh council area ⓘ Edinburgh ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInOrNear	Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ surface form: Holyrood Palace Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
managedBy	Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
near	Calton Hill ⓘ Royal Mile ⓘ
notableFauna	waterfowl at the lochs ⓘ
notableFlora	gorse ⓘ grassland habitats ⓘ
overlooks	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh city centre
ownedBy	the Crown ⓘ surface form: The Crown
popularFor	birdwatching ⓘ hiking ⓘ running ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ walking ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Parliament → buildingLocation → Holyrood Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holyrood, Edinburgh

Holyrood Park → formerlyKnownAs → Holyrood Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: King’s Park

Arthur’s Seat → locatedIn → Holyrood Park ⓘ

Queen’s Gallery → near → Holyrood Park ⓘ

Scottish Parliament Building → nearby → Holyrood Park ⓘ

Arthur’s Seat → partOf → Holyrood Park ⓘ

Palace of Holyroodhouse → partOf → Holyrood Park ⓘ

Arthur’s Seat → protectedArea → Holyrood Park ⓘ