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Edinburgh Haunted Vaults and Graveyard Tour: Chilling Exploration of Infamous Spooky Sites
4.8
1,478 Ratings
Edinburgh
Embark on a chilling exploration of Edinburgh’s haunted vaults and graveyard. Discover the infamous Greyfriar’s Kirkyard and the terrifying Niddry Street underground vaults, home to a dark and evil presence.
Embark on a chilling exploration of Edinburgh’s haunted vaults and graveyard. Discover the infamous Greyfriar’s Kirkyard and the terrifying Niddry Street underground vaults, home to a dark and evil presence.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Greyfriars Kirk - You will be guided through Greyfriars Graveyard hearing about some of it’s most famous residents and the history of this burial place.
- Auld Reekie Tours - See the Vaults hidden below Edinburgh’s South Bridge and hear about their dark history and paranormal occurrences.
- Greyfriars Kirk - You will be guided through Greyfriars Graveyard hearing about some of it’s most famous residents and the history of this burial place.
- Auld Reekie Tours - See the Vaults hidden below Edinburgh’s South Bridge and hear about their dark history and paranormal occurrences.
What's Included
- Guided tour with a professional
- Guided tour with a professional
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Your well-informed tour guide brings you to Greyfriar’s Kirkyard, the resting place of the renowned Greyfriar’s Bobby – a good-natured dog – who stood atop the graves of decaying bodies that were featured in many novels and historical literature, instilling a sense of dread in numerous readers.
Next, you’ll visit the notorious and spectral Niddry Street…
Your well-informed tour guide brings you to Greyfriar’s Kirkyard, the resting place of the renowned Greyfriar’s Bobby – a good-natured dog – who stood atop the graves of decaying bodies that were featured in many novels and historical literature, instilling a sense of dread in numerous readers.
Next, you’ll visit the notorious and spectral Niddry Street underground vaults, known as the most haunted location in Edinburgh and arguably one of the most spine-chilling worldwide! This place once sheltered the homeless, prostitutes, criminals, witches, and a nefarious club, and it’s believed to be inhabited by malevolent forces lying in wait for you.
- Not suitable for children under 5 years of age
- Children under 16 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian
- Vaults are accessed via a 2ft stair with further average size stairs inside the vaults.
- Anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be turned away.
- Filming or live streaming of the tour is strictly forbidden. You may be ejected from the tour.
- • Some historical content may be of a distressing nature with regards but not exclusively to Torture, Hangings, Death
- • Children under 2 years of age not allowed on tour.
- The walking pace and terrain may not be suitable for those with any difficulty walking.
- office hours are 10am - 5pm for all calls and emails.
Location
300 Lawnmarket
Lawnmarket
Tours meet at the Tourist Information Police Box, outside of 300 Lawnmarket. This is across the road from the Deacon Brodie’s Tavern. (55.949326, -3.192912)
Please be there at least 5-10 minutes early as we depart promptly at the tour time.
Tours can't wait for latecomers so please do not be late.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Laura_g
Jun 14, 2025
Great Tour - We had a great tour with Warren. He was very knowledgeable and also made the tour fun adding in a bit of scare to make even more entertaining!
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Lindat221
Jun 14, 2025
Graveyard & Vaults Tour - Went on a tour to Greyfriers Kirk and down to Niddrie Street Vaults. I’m an Edinburgh resident but picked up a good few things I didn’t know. Our guide James was very friendly and enthusiastic and had a wealth of local knowledge. I was also impressed with how much of the Vaults we got to see. James was great and even managed to impress my 16 year old son which is no easy task! The tour was great value for money and I would thoroughly recommend.
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Victor_g
Jun 14, 2025
We loved it. Our... - We loved it. Our guide,James was absolutely amazing and full of great stories. You should definitely do this tour.
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988hilaryd
Jun 12, 2025
Best Spooky Tour of Edinburgh - James was the BEST - he made history come alive and you can tell he’s passionate about his job. A lot of great history mixed with spooky stories - I would absolutely recommend this tour!
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Sheila
Jun 10, 2025
Fun evening exploring ghostly haunts of Edinburgh with Auld Reekie! - We had a great tour with Darren! He is an awesome storyteller which made for a very entertaining evening. He hit just the right tone, he was not overly dramatic, he had the right amount of clever humor, mixed with a good amount of Edinburgh history. He shared tales about the more famous occupants of Greyfriars Cemetery and their untimely and sometimes gruesome demises. Some who may still be exercising their own brand of evil late into the night. The vaults were equally as interesting as I knew very little about them and their origin. And the bizarre fact that a coven met there with regularity through 2014. And a few ghastly ghost stories were shared as expected in such a creepy, dark and damp environment.
Kudos to Darren for leading such a fun, interesting and informative tour. A++
P.S. We were on the Cemetery and Vaults Tour. This included walking up slight hills to get to both locations, the vault portion includes walking up and back down a single story spiral staircase and upon entering the vaults there is a 18-20 inch step which has a grab bar to pull urself up if needed. And when in the vaults it is very low lit so if ur vision isn’t very good it might be uncomfortable for you.
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Journey13961912164
Jun 9, 2025
Would recommend this tour - well worth it ! - A great tour ! Very insightful and was led at a good pace. You discovered the Vaults which was a unique experience! Tour Guide was very entertaining!
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Happyhippy67
Jun 6, 2025
Edinburgh's Dark Past - Great tour, fascinating insight into hidden Edinburgh and it's dark past. Our tour guide James was brilliant, he was so knowledgeable and a great host! Definitely recommend this tour!
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Dartmouthds
Jun 8, 2025
Enthusiastic guide, content could be better - Our tour guide James, was very energetic and enthusiastic.
Content of the tour could use some improvement. The portion at Greyfreyiar’s focuses too much on the story of Bobby.
The part in the vaults is too focused on the modern occult occupation, when its construction and history as Victorian slum sounded a lot more interesting.
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Howdalikedemapples
Jun 14, 2025
Light on Kirkyard, heavy on damp pointless Vaults - We spent very little time in the Kirkyard and way too much time in the Vaults. The vaults are actually just smelly damp opening under a bridge and there was virtually no explanation as to their significance. We would have enjoyed spending more time in the Kirkyard.
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Ryan_c
Jun 12, 2025
I could not believe how cheeky the wee guy was that took the tour straight of the bat as well . - I don't want to waste my time with this I could go into but I have better things to do. They don't even make it clear where your supposed to meet. They give me an address but the building is being renovated. So me and my partner where running around looking for the place to meet. So when we finally found the guy he said we're leaving in 2 mins I said I have to use the bathroom quick he actually said you can't were leaving in 2 mins. I can't believe someone would tell you can't use the toilet. I went to the toilet anyway how the hell does anyone except another human being to hold in a pss for an hour and a half. If the instructions about where to meet were clearer then I would not have had that issue. Then when I came from the bar he's shouting out the tour starts in 3 2 1 while looking me in the eye. in front of everyone, what a weird guy. Then 2 people from New Zealand came and asked if it was where u meet. The tour guide said yeah are u booked in? they said no were booked in at 6 he said you can join this group. So then he takes a few minutes to book them in, so it didn't start in 321 after all, obviously on commission. It really wasn't that interesting anyway and he just made it worse. The interaction with the group was bizarre he would ask a question then answer before anyone had a chance. I normally enjoy these tours but not this time. I will never use this company again nor would I recommend it to anyone. I didn't pay £48 to be spoken to like I'm something the clown just stood on.
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