Traquair Maze

Traquair is Scotland’s Oldest Inhabited House. It has been lived in for over 900 years and was originally a hunting lodge for the kings and queens of Scotland.

The Maze is situated at the rear of Traquair House where originally a par terre garden was laid out in the eighteenth century. The terrace walls provide an excellent vantage point for parents to try and direct their children out of the maze.

Designed by a Traquair craft worker, John Schofield, the maze has an intriguing layout with no dead ends and the visitor must reach four sub centres before coming to the centre.

Planted originally with 1500 Leylandi Cyprus trees the maze suffered from an extraordinarily harsh winter in 1983. It was decided to replant with the hardier beech trees which has added colour to the maze.

The annual Easter Egg Hunt is a magnet for children far and wide when over 6,000 mini eggs are planted in the maze for the under 10’s.