This is a list of graveyards, burial grounds and cemeteries in Edinburgh.

Cemeteries in Council Control

See * Colinton Cemetery * Comely Bank Cemetery (previously private) * Corstorphine Hill Cemetery (previously private) (includes a woodland cemetery section) *Craigmillar Castle Park Cemetery (the most recent cemetery) * Dalry Cemetery *

East Preston Street Burial Ground East Preston Street Burial Ground is a burial ground in south Edinburgh holding graves from the 19th and 20th century. The graveyard is in the care of the City of Edinburgh Council. It stands at the junction of East Preston Street and Dalkei ...

Grange Grange may refer to: Buildings * Grange House, Scotland, built in 1564, and demolished in 1906 * Grange Estate, Pennsylvania, built in 1682 * Monastic grange, a farming estate belonging to a monastery Geography Australia * Grange, South Austral ...

Cemetery *Jewish Cemetery, Sciennes House Place * Kirkliston Cemetery * Liberton Cemetery * Morningside Cemetery (previously private) *

Mortonhall Mortonhall is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the south edge of the city. The area is along the western end of the Frogston Road between Fairmilehead and Gilmerton; it is just to the south of Liberton and the Braid Hills. The area was t ...

Cemetery and Crematorium * New Calton Burial Ground, Regent Road * Newington Cemetery (includes a large Jewish section) *North Leith Burial Ground, Coburg Street * North Merchiston Cemetery, Ardmillan Terrace (previously private) *

Old Calton Burial Ground The Old Calton Burial Ground is a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It located at Calton Hill to the north-east of the city centre. The burial ground was opened in 1718, and is the resting place of several notable Scots, including philosopher ...

, Waterloo Place/Regent Road * Portobello Cemetery (includes a large Muslim section) *

Ratho Ratho ( gd, Ràthach) is a village in the Rural West Edinburgh area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Its population at the 2011 census was 1,634 based on the 2010 definition of the locality. It was formerly in the old county of Midlothian. Ratho Statio ...

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Rosebank Cemetery Rosebank Cemetery is a 19th-century cemetery in Edinburgh. It is located at the junction of Pilrig Street and Broughton Road in the Pilrig area, close to the historical boundary of Leith. The cemetery is protected as a category C listed buildi ...

, Pilrig Street (includes a Sikh section) * Saughton Cemetery, Chesser Loan (previously private) *

South Queensferry Queensferry, also called South Queensferry or simply "The Ferry", is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian, it is administered by the City of Edinburgh council area. It lies ten miles to the nort ...

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Warriston Cemetery Warriston Cemetery is a cemetery in Edinburgh. It lies in Warriston, one of the northern suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built by the then newly-formed Edinburgh Cemetery Company, and occupies around of land on a slightly sloping si ...

(previously private) *Wauchope Burial Ground (also known as Niddrie Marishal Burial Ground), Greendykes Road

Churchyards in Council Control

See *Buccleuch Churchyard, Buccleuch Street *

Canongate Church The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. I ...

* Colinton Churchyard * Corstorphine Parish Church * Cramond Churchyard * Currie Churchyard * Dalmeny Churchyard * Duddingston Churchyard *

Gogar Gogar is a predominantly rural area of Edinburgh, Scotland, located to the west of the city. It is not far from Gogarloch, Edinburgh Park and Maybury. The Fife Circle Line is to the north. Etymology The name of Gogar first appears in a clearly ...

Churchyard * Greyfriars Kirkyard adjacent to Greyfriars Kirk * Liberton Churchyard *

Churchyard * Restalrig Churchyard * St Cuthberts, Lothian Road *St Mary and St James, Newhaven Main Street (small and ruinous) *South Leith Parish Church *Vennel,

Cemeteries in Private Control

Dean Cemetery The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland. It lies between Queensferry Road and the Water of Leith, bounded on its east side by Dean Path and on ...

*Eastern Cemetery (off Easter Road) *Mount Vernon RC Cemetery, controlled by

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh The Archdiocese of Saint Andrews & Edinburgh ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Andreae et Edimburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. It is the metropolitan see of the province of Saint Andrews and Edinburg ...

* Piershill Cemetery * Seafield Cemetery and Crematorium *Warriston Crematorium and Gardens of Remembrance

Graveyards in Private/Church Control

See Edinburgh Street Atlas A-Z *

Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Ref ...

(Historic Scotland) *Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Dean Bridge (small outer terraced area plus crypt below) *North Leith Church, Madeira Street *Portobello Old Parish Church, Pittville Street (most stones removed but previously vaults stood on all outer walls) *Quaker graveyard, The Pleasance ( University of Edinburgh) *St Johns, Princes Street *St Marks, Portobello *Old Portobello Parish Church (Bellfield Street) partly built over, now in community use

Wholly Destroyed Burial Grounds

St Giles Cathedral St Giles' Cathedral ( gd, Cathair-eaglais Naomh Giles), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town of Edinburgh. The current building was begun in the 14th century and extended ...

Burial Ground (removed to build the Law Courts) *St Nicholas (Citadel) Burial Ground in Leith removed to build Cromwell's Citadel * Kirk o' Field Churchyard (now the central quadrangle of Old College)

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{{Cite book , last= Golledge , first= Charlotte , title= The Graveyards and Cemeteries of Edinburgh , publisher= Amberley Publishing , year= 2020 , isbn= 978-1445694245 Cemeteries in Scotland Graveyards and cemeteries