The Staghead Hotel
Edinburgh
📍 8 High Street, Edinburgh, EH30 9PP
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.7 mi
🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.1 mi (Open Charge Map)
Photo: Ian S (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Pub hotel format offers social atmosphere unlike standard boutique hotels
- Staff have genuine Scottish warmth and local knowledge
- Central Edinburgh location near Old Town Royal Mile and Waverley Station
- Rooms maintained to a satisfactory cleanliness standard throughout your stay
The Staghead Hotel sits in the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland, close to the Old Town Royal Mile and within reach of Waverley Station, making the city's compact, walkable core easy to explore on foot. As a pub hotel, it offers a distinctive ground-floor social atmosphere and genuine Scottish hospitality, with staff able to share local knowledge of restaurants and whisky bars. Rooms are kept to a satisfactory cleanliness standard throughout your stay, though it's worth requesting a quieter upper-floor room away from evening pub trade. Nearby, you'll find Queensferry Museum just 0.1 miles away, along with the Forth Bridges Light House Museum and Deep Sea World, both within a couple of miles, plus Dalmeny station 0.7 miles away for onward travel.
Accommodation on site
- Hotel rooms
Details taken from the operator's own website on 7 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ WiFi
- 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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