Near a city · The Stately Homes
Houses near Edinburgh
17 stately homes sit within 40 miles of Edinburgh. The closest is Gladstone's Land, about 0 miles out, and the best-known nearby is Scone Palace. Sorted by real distance, not a rough guess.
There are 17 stately homes near Edinburgh on this list across 7 counties. Traquair House is the best-rated, at 4.8 from 393 Google reviews. Scone Palace draws the most reviews of any house here, 5,772 of them.
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Every stately home on this list - 17 in total, 12 you can stay overnight in
Gladstone's Land
City of Edinburgh · 0 mi away
One of the oldest surviving tenement buildings on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, with hand-painted ceilings dating from 1620.
The Georgian House
City of Edinburgh · 1 mi away
18th-century New Town townhouse designed by Robert Adam.
Trinity House
City of Edinburgh · 1 mi away
16th-century Leith building built as a meeting house for mariners and shipmasters, now holding maritime collections.
Newhailes House
East Lothian · 4 mi away
Palladian house near Musselburgh associated with the Dalrymple family and the Scottish Enlightenment.
Dalmeny House
West Lothian · 6 mi away
Gothic Revival house on the Firth of Forth, home of the Earls of Rosebery.
Hopetoun House
West Lothian · 11 mi away
Grand 17th/18th-century house on the Firth of Forth, home of the Hope family, run by a preservation trust.
Gosford House
East Lothian · 12 mi away
Neoclassical house designed by Robert Adam, seat of the Earls of Wemyss.
House of the Binns
West Lothian · 13 mi away
Home of the Dalyell family for around 400 years, with 1630s plasterwork ceilings.
Kinneil House
Falkirk · 18 mi away
16th-century Hamilton family mansion where James Watt refined his separate-condenser steam engine design in a workshop beside the house.
Traquair House
Scottish Borders · 24 mi away
Said to be Scotland's oldest continuously inhabited house; offers self-catering accommodation on the estate.
Abbotsford
Scottish Borders · 29 mi away
Home built by novelist Sir Walter Scott, now run by an independent charitable trust with holiday cottages on site.
Bowhill House
Scottish Borders · 30 mi away
Country house of the Duke of Buccleuch, set in a large Borders estate.
Argyll's Lodging
Stirling · 31 mi away
Scotland's most complete surviving 17th-century townhouse, built for Sir William Alexander and later enlarged for the 9th Earl of Argyll.
Mellerstain House
Scottish Borders · 32 mi away
Georgian house with interiors by Robert Adam, seat of the Earls of Haddington.
Scone Palace
Perthshire · 34 mi away
Historic crowning place of Scottish kings, home of the Earls of Mansfield.
Manderston
Scottish Borders · 36 mi away
Edwardian country house often described as the last of the great classical houses built in Britain.
Floors Castle
Scottish Borders · 37 mi away
Scotland's largest inhabited house, seat of the Duke of Roxburghe
Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), not driving or train time - check the operator's own site for real travel options before you go.
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit near Edinburgh?
17 stately homes near Edinburgh are on this list, spread across 7 counties. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which is the best-rated stately home near Edinburgh?
Traquair House in Scottish Borders, rated 4.8 from 393 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Which stately home near Edinburgh is the most reviewed?
Scone Palace in Perthshire, with 5,772 Google reviews at 4.6. That is a rough proxy for how well known and how busy a house is, not a visitor figure, which no house here publishes.
Are any stately homes near Edinburgh free to enter?
None of the 17 on this list is recorded as free entry. Entry prices are set by each house rather than held here, and several are covered by a membership scheme, so check the operator's own site before you travel.
Who runs the stately homes near Edinburgh?
Of the 17 on this list, 3 are run by Historic Environment Scotland, 4 are run by the National Trust for Scotland and the remaining 10 by private estates, independent trusts or local councils. Who owns a house decides whether a membership card gets you in, so each entry names its operator and links to the official site.