PubHidden gem
Sheep Heid Inn
Duddingston, Scotland
Edinburgh's claim to oldest pub, with a surviving 1880 skittle alley, right by Arthur's Seat.
- Cost
- Paid
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min
An inn at Duddingston village that traces a pub back to about 1360, though the building is 18th-century. It keeps a skittle alley built around 1880, reputedly the last of its kind in Scotland, and a ram's-head snuff box behind the bar. Sits just below Holyrood Park.
Good to know
- Combine with a walk round Duddingston Loch
- The skittle alley is unusual to see
- Best time
- Afternoon after Arthur's Seat
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Village street, limited parking
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- Dogs welcome
Facilities
- Toilets
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