Local information
University of Edinburgh maps, showing:
- the university campus locations in relation to the city (page 2);
- the university’s central campus (page 3-the School of Informatics is number 26 on the map);
- the King’s Buildings science and engineering campus, location of EPCC and most host departments (page 4 – EPCC is in the James Clerk Maxwell Building, number 13 on the map).
Lothian Buses-timetables and route information for Edinburgh city buses
Weather forecast for Edinburgh
Travelling within the UK
Scottish Citylink-travelling by coach between towns in Scotland
National Express-travelling by coach throughout the UK
ScotRail-train travel in Scotland
thetrainline.com-train travel throughout the UK
UK travel planner- -a useful site however you intend to travel within the UK.
Visiting the city of Edinburgh
VisitScotland-Scotland’s national tourist board
The List-listings for all types of entertainment events , restaurants and bars, and more.
Festivals
Edinburgh is sometimes known as Festival City, with 12 different annual festivals, including:
- The Edinburgh International Festival, the world-famous festival of top-class classical music, opera, theatre and dance;
- The Edinburgh Festival Fringe , the world’s largest arts festival;
- The Edinburgh International Science Festival
- The Edinburgh International Film Festival
- The Edinburgh International Book Festival
The Edinburgh festivals webpage has an overview of all of Edinburgh’s festivals.