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Your AEM Edinburgh Transport Links information. The AEM Edinburgh holiday apartment is 7 miles South of Edinburgh castle and Princes Street - 7 miles from Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket train stations and 7 miles from Edinburgh Airport - 20 miles from Rosyth Ferryport.

GET DOOR -DOOR  GUIDE to your apartment. Enter  your start point  postcode   and Finish point EH223BH  in the Autoroute Planner.

REMEMBER TO CALL  0131663291  or 07710200840  approx 1 hour before ACTUAL ARRIVAL

By car from South East  A1:

Exit  on  EDINBURGH BYPASS ( A 720 )   .....1 mile to SHERIFHALL ROUNDABOUT ..... 1st  exit (A 68 )  ..... after  250 metres TURN RIGHT ( sign ESKBANK)..... 250 metres  turn  LEFT ( at Melville castle gates miniroundabout) .....600 metres  to ESKBANK ROUNDABOUT & take  1st EXIT into ESKBANK ROAD...........

Your cottage apartment is  200 Metres on RIGHT  at  45 A Eskbank Road , Eskbank Dalkeith

 

By Car from South  on A68:

4 miles after Pathhead   exit  left  at  "DALKEITH sign" .....  Go downhill 700 metres to dip in road......as road then begins to ascent there is a miniroundabout at a FORK.  Choose LEFT at  the fork.  GO  300  metres to Second set of TRAFFIC  Lights.   TURN LEFT into ESKBANK ROAD ( you will see Harrow Hotel and Blossom Garden restaurant)

Your Dalkeith Holiday Cottage is  250 metres  on Left   at  45A  ( after  a church - Kings Park  - and a 2cnd church on LEFT )

 By Car  From SOUTH WEST on M74  - A 702 ( via Biggar):

At Hillend on Outskirts of Edinburgh you will  cross over the Edinburgh Bypass (A720)

Get on Bypass (A720 )  East direction.  Go  3 miles  EXIT  at GILMERTON sliproad.  Cross over Bypass (A702). Go straight  at 3 small roundabouts. At  4th  roundabout - with JUSTINLEES INN AHEAD-  GO  1st  left  into ESKBANK ROAD.  200 Metres on LEFT  =
45 A Eskbank Road.

By Car  From SOUTH WEST on M74  - A 7 ( via Langholm-Hawick-Selkirk-Galashiels-Stow-Newtongrange)

  ........after Newtongrange  after Sun Inn   take 3rd Exit  at next roundabout to ESKBANK.  After  1000 metres  at ESKBANK ROUNDABOUT  ( with Justinlees INN on RHS)
 take 4th  exit into Eskbank Road, Dalkeith. 45 A Eskbank Road is  200 metres on RHS  ( after Waverley RD   and before St David's Rc church)

 By Car  From West  on  M8 (Glasgow , Glasgow International or Glasgow Prestwick - Ayr ) 

At  Eastmost  end of M8  go under Edinburgh Bypass (A720) ...and join bypass  heading  east towards Berwick.  Go  6 miles ... EXIT  at GILMERTON sliproad.  Cross back over Bypass (A702). Go straight  at 3 small roundabouts. At  4th  roundabout - with JUSTINLEES INN AHEAD-  GO  1st  left  into ESKBANK ROAD.  200 Metres on LEFT  = 45 A Eskbank Road.

 By Car  From North on A9  (Orkney Inverness Perth  Aberdeen )
Cross Firth at FORTH ROAD BRIDGE,  choose  new dual carriageway  to M8.  At  Eastmost  end of M8  go under Edinburgh Bypass (A720) ...and join bypass  heading  east towards Berwick.  Go  6 miles ... EXIT  at GILMERTON sliproad.  Cross back over Bypass (A702). Go straight  at 3 small roundabouts. At  4th  roundabout - with JUSTINLEES INN AHEAD-  GO  1st  left  into ESKBANK ROAD.  200 Metres on LEFT  = 45 A Eskbank Road.

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Airport Transfers from Edinburgh Airport
(approximately £18-22)

Airlink - Edinburgh Airport
Tel: + 00 44 (0) 131 665 0313

D & D Private Hire - Edinburgh Airport
Tel: + 00 44 (0) 1875 820477

Prestige Chauffeur Service - Glasgow Airport
Tel: + 00 44 (0) 141 420 2001

Note: a taxi at the airport will cost around £ 5 more. You can save by pre-arranging taxi...or by car hire.

Taxi Services

Tel: + 00 44 (0) 131 663 6526

Central Radio Taxis Edinburgh
Tel: + 00 44 (0) 131 229 2468

City Cabs Edinburgh
Tel: + 00 44 (0) 131 228 1211

PJ Kabs
Rel + 00 44 (0) 131 654 0154 or + 00 44 (0)131 660 7740
mobile 0791 926 4040
PINNES272@aol.com

( remember you have to contact the taxi co with info re flight train ferry
arrival nos/times)

Bus Services

Bus Day Saver Tickets £1.80 to £2.50

Edinburgh Airlink Bus to AEM Apts c.£5.00 (adult) c.£3.00 (child)
(Link to Edinburgh Central & using same ticket use bus 23 to your apartment - southbound from "The Mound")

No. 49 Bus passes the apartment every 20 mins
and takes 30 mins to reach Princes Street
(get on/off at North Bridge)

We recommend you use the excellent Edinburgh bus service rather than try to park in the  center. ( For more bus information click link:  www.lothianbuses.co.uk  or call + 00 44 (0) 131 5556363). You will find bus time tables in the apartment.

Trains  information :  can be obtained by calling 0845 7 48 49 50 ( 24 hour service) or click  www.nationalrail.co.uk 

 [ For hard of hearing Minicom service  - call 0845 60 50 600 ]

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