Edinburgh
Edinburgh
+ Exploring Edinburgh
Sights
* Ann Street
* Assembly Hall
* Assembly Rooms
* Blackford Hill
* Braid Hills
* Calton Hill
* Camera Obscura
* Charlotte Square
* City Art Centre
* The Colonies
* Corstorphine
* Cowgate
* Craigmillar Castle
* Cramond
* Dean Village
* Duddingston
* Edinburgh Castle Museums
* Edinburgh Exchange
* Edinburgh's Festival Centre - The Hub
* Edinburgh Zoo
* George Street
* The Georgian House
* Gladstone's Land
* The Grassmarket
* Greyfriars Kirk
* Hanover Street
* The Heart of Midlothian
* Holyrood Abbey
* Holyrood Park
* Huntly House Museum
* John Knox's House
* Lady Stair's House, The Writers' Museum
* The Lawnmarket
* Leith
* The Meadows
* Mercat Cross
* Morningside
* The Mound
* Murrayfield
* Museum of Childhood
* Parliament House
* Parliament Square
* The People's Story museum
* Princes Street
* Princes Street Gardens
* Queen Street
* Register House
* Royal High School
* Royal Scottish Academy
* Royal scottish Observatory
* The Royal Yacht Britannia
* St Andrew Square
* St Giles Cathedral
* St Mary's episcopal Cathedral
* Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
* The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery
* Scottish National Portrait Gallery
* The Scottish Parliament
* Stockbridge
* Swanston
* Talbot Rice Art Gallery
* The Tron Kirk
* The University of Edinburgh
* Victoria Street
* The Water of Leith
* Waterloo Place
* Waverley Market (princes mall)
Vicinity
+ Vicinity
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Highly Recommended )
The Water of Leith runs for more than 32km (20 miles) through a string of suburbs and Edinburgh itself to reach the Firth of Forth at Leith. Most of its course is a gentle meander, with more dramatic scenery at Dean, where the water has carved its way through a deep gorge. For hundreds of years the banks were lined with mills, with up to 80 on the bottom stretch in the early 1800s. A 21-km (13-mile) walkway follows the path of the river from Balerno to Leith, a good way to explore the area. The nicest stretch by far centres around Stockbridge; this agreeable walk gives access upriver to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and downstream to the Royal Botanic Garden. Alternatively, follow the last stages of the Water through Leith, where you'll see some 17th- and 18th-century warehouses and merchants' houses near the Water's end at the docks.
Address: Runs from Balerno to Leith with access at different points
Bus: Balerno 43, 47; Leith 1, 10, 16, 25
Accessible: Few
Other: Dean Village; Leith; Stockbridge
Water of Leith Visitor Centre
Address: 24 Lanark Road (near Balerno)Phone: 0131 455 7367
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