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# St Giles · OpenVibe.Tours

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# St Giles

It's often called a Cathedral, but the Church of Scotland brooks no such episcopal entity, and Charles I dubbing it "cathedral" in 1633 was one reason his head was chopped off.

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![St Giles](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z3S44Q602RKJ19GVDDFJDH) Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASt_Giles'_Cathedral_-_aerial_-_2025-04-19_04.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

- [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.9494&mlon=-3.1909#map=16/55.9494/-3.1909)
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## Why go

Safer to call it "High Kirk", though they're nowadays lenient with first time offenders. The present building is from 14th century with much Victorian Gothic, notably its crowned spire. Highlight is the Chapel of the Order of the Thistle, Scotland's chivalric company of royal knights. Services are M-F at noon and 9:30AM and 11AM on Sunday, with choral music at 6PM.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Edinburgh/Old_Town)

## How to visit

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1. ![Edinburgh Castle](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z3RQAEPVCBYRQJESAJ9YCT?w=640)

    

   

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   Photo: Stephencdickson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEdinburgh_Castle_from_the_Grassmarket.jpg)
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   Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHolyrood_Palace_-_aerial_-_2025-04-19_04.jpg)
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   Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScottish_National_Gallery_-_aerial_-_2025-04-19_01.jpg)
4. ![National Museum of Scotland](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6Z3SABB08RWW89TK0MHA3FH?w=640)

    

   

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   Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Maccoinnich~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMuseum_of_Scotland.jpg)
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   Photo: Photo taken by Vclaw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMurrayfield_Stadium_2005-05-13.jpg)
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   Photo: Pachiscool11 · CC0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEaster_Road_-_Edinburgh_Derby.jpg)

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