WHILE it may not have enticed Dick Whittington and his faithful cat to consider upping sticks, it was lumps of rock from Salisbury Crags - not ingots of gold - that once paved the streets of London.

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Distance 5 miles (8km) Classification Moderate Duration 2 hours 30 minutes Begins Holyrood Park car park OS grid reference NT271737 Walk in a nutshell The climb on to Arthur's Seat may be steep, but ...

Huge costs, political infighting, architecture as punch-bag. But today, the new Scottish Parliament stands below Edinburgh's glorious Salisbury Crags having lived up to the metaphor that drove its ...

EMERGENCY services have raced to Arthur’s Seat amid reports someone has fallen from Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh. Footage from local residents emerged on social media that appears to show the horror ...

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DOZENS of firefighters are tackling a huge inferno which broke out on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. Emergency crews raced to the scene around Salisbury Crags after the alarm was raised just before ...