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The shop inside the old stables: white arches on black iron columns, a patterned tiled floor and shelves of homeware and textiles.
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Restoration Yard

A shop, coffee bar and restaurant in William Adam's A-listed stables of the 1740s in Dalkeith Country Park, open every day.

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Restoration Yard is a shop, coffee bar and restaurant in the old stables of Dalkeith Country Park, just outside Edinburgh, and a good place for a slow morning.

The stable yard was designed by William Adam in the 1740s for the horses and grooms of the estate's guests, and after a careful restoration it opened as Restoration Yard in July 2016.

The Coffee Bar is the easy option, with scones, cakes and traybakes, sandwiches and seasonal soups, and views over to the Orangerie. Across the courtyard, The Kitchen serves breakfast, brunch and lunch every day from 9.30am, with a children's menu too, and it's a good idea to book a table. Leave time for the shop, which is full of clothes, homeware, toys, gifts, and food and drink to take home. Afterwards, the park's woodland trails are right on the doorstep. There are two car parks for visitors, at £4 for the day.

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Before you go

The Coffee Bar is open every day from 9am to 5pm, to sit in or take away.

The Kitchen serves from 9.30am every day, with last orders at 3.45pm, and tables can be booked online or on 0131 322 2572. The shop is open every day from 10am to 5pm. Parking is £4 for the day.

The Coffee Bar
Every day, 9am to 5pm.
The Kitchen
Every day from 9.30am; last orders 3.45pm.
The shop
Every day, 10am to 5pm.
Parking
£4 for the day, in two car parks.
By bus
Lothian bus 3 to Dalkeith High Street, then a short walk.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–5pm
Tuesday
10am–5pm
Wednesday
10am–5pm
Thursday
10am–5pm
Friday
10am–5pm
Saturday
10am–5pm
Sunday
10am–5pm
Where it is

Dalkeith Country Park, via King's Gate, Dalkeith EH22 1ST, two minutes from the Sheriffhall Roundabout on the Edinburgh City Bypass.

Close byAround Dalkeith and Musselburgh.
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  3. Rows of small boats resting on mudflats behind a harbour wallFisherrow HarbourA small stone harbour at Musselburgh on the Firth of Forth, a fishing harbour since the 17th century and now full of yachts, with sandy beaches either side.6 miles15 min by road
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  5. Large white letters spelling Newhailes framed by overhanging trees on a drivewayNewhailesA Palladian house of the Scottish Enlightenment at Musselburgh, home of the Dalrymples, with guided tours, woodland walks, a cafe and a playpark.6 miles14 min by road
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