The Real Mary King's Close (with baby)
How Baby-Friendly is The Real Mary King's Close?
What makes it 9% Baby-Friendly: All babies and children under five are strictly prohibited from every tour, and the many narrow stairs also block strollers, so visiting with a baby is impossible.
Positives:
- Stable Underground Temperature: Cool 12–14°C environment keeps baby comfortable, even in summer heat.
- Baby-Changing On Site: Free, standard changing tables in ground-floor toilets for quick diaper changes.
- Quiet Gift Shop Seating: Calm spot for feeding, nursing, or calming your baby before or after your tour.
Challenges:
- Age Restriction: Children under 5 are not permitted on the underground tour.
- No Stroller Access: 58 steps down and 38 up with narrow lanes—pushchairs cannot be taken inside.
- No Bottle-Warming: No microwave or warming station—bring an insulated flask for milk.
What is The Real Mary King's Close?
- A subterranean network of 17th-century streets and dwellings lying beneath Edinburgh’s Royal Mile
- A historical site that comprises former slum quarters sealed in 1645 during the Black Death and later rediscovered
- An underground time capsule revealing medieval urban planning through narrow closes, vaulted stone passages and period architecture
What is so special about The Real Mary King's Close for with baby?
- Contact the venue for any baby-friendly options.
- Use ground-floor baby-change and seating facilities.
- The underground is cool year-round—dress your baby in layers.
- No strollers or bottle-warmers; bring a sling and insulated flask.
- Rotate which parent joins the tour to care for the baby.
Note: The Real Mary King's Close is 9% Baby-Friendly. You may want to consider other Baby-Friendly Things to Do in Edinburgh for a more suitable experience.
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