The World’s End
A pub at the foot of the High Street whose walls take in part of the Flodden Wall, where the walled city once ended, with pies and live music.
Halfway down the Royal Mile, where the High Street meets St Mary's Street, a dark-painted corner pub hung with baskets of flowers stands on the line where the old walled city once ended.
The World's End takes its name from that edge: its outer walls take in part of the Flodden Wall, built in the 16th century to defend the Old Town, and for the people who lived inside it, the world ended at the gate.
Inside, the rooms are dark, snug and full of old wood, and the kitchen serves hearty pub food through the day, from pies and fish and chips to burgers and puddings, with Scottish ales and a good range of whisky at the bar. There is live music on many nights.
The World's End opens every day from eleven in the morning until midnight, with food until nine.
Open every day from eleven in the morning until midnight, with food until nine.
There is live music on many nights.
- Where
- 2-8 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TB, at the corner of St Mary's Street.
- Telephone
- 0131 556 3628.
Opening hours
Their website- Monday
- 11am–midnight
- Tuesday
- 11am–midnight
- Wednesday
- 11am–midnight
- Thursday
- 11am–midnight
- Friday
- 11am–midnight
- Saturday
- 11am–midnight
- Sunday
- 11am–midnight
At the corner of the High Street and St Mary's Street, halfway down the Royal Mile.
The White HorseAn oyster and seafood bar in the White Horse, an inn of 1742 at the head of White Horse Close on the Canongate, with British shellfish.Under a mile1 min by road
WedgwoodA restaurant on the Canongate run by Paul and Lisa Wedgwood since 2007, cooking Scottish produce with herbs the chef forages himself.Under a mile1 min by road
Morocco LandA turbaned stone figure in a niche on the front of Morocco Land, a Canongate tenement, with a story of a runaway who came home rich.Under a mile1 min by road
World’s End CloseA narrow close by the old Netherbow Port, where the walled city ended.Under a mile1 min by road
John Knox HouseA townhouse of about 1470, among the oldest on the Royal Mile.Under a mile1 min by road
The Scottish Storytelling CentreThe world's first purpose-built centre for storytelling.Under a mile1 min by road
Places to stay near the World's End, and when each is next free.
Old Town Chambers- To stay
- In Edinburgh
- Under a mile from the World's End
Moment George IV Bridge- Sleeps 2
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The Scott Hotel- A hotel
- In Edinburgh
- A mile from the World's End
West End Muse- Sleeps 4
- In Edinburgh
- A mile from the World's End
Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.
For further reading, before you go.