http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: From Gyle path to the canal en Sun, 17 May 2026 21:51:08 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800&page=2#post-287798 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:47:33 +0000 chdot 287798@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“<em>It's Cultins, rather than Cutlins.</em></p> <p>So it is. I've been calling it the wrong name for over 15 years... oops”</p> <p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/920/41859775860_1cec1e2f45.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800&page=2#post-287764 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 23:08:09 +0000 Arellcat 287764@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, I was quite surprised that they'd moved out of the showroom opposite KB. Now it's "Hardly Davinson" perhaps. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800&page=2#post-287756 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 22:26:28 +0000 gembo 287756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Harley Davidson setting up on Cult-ins Road. Watch out for the HOGs </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287745 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:49:32 +0000 gembo 287745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New Mid Cultins Road also a belter of a name </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287730 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:20:54 +0000 Frenchy 287730@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly @gembo?: <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6083" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6083</a></p> <p>The police's issue there seems to have been the going through no entry signs and the wrong way down one way streets. I don't know whether this is technically legal on core paths, but suspect it doesn't fall under "responsible" use. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287729 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:18:40 +0000 ejstubbs 287729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>@Frenchy</strong>: That's a very interesting map. Although I am a little perplexed as to why there's a core path that runs past the top of the ski centre and round the hill fort to end up at a disused quarry. I'm sure there's a very good reason for it. I might take my new eMTB* up there (responsibly) for an explore this weekend.</p> <p><em>* Note not "shiny" new eMTB. The other thing I should do this weekend is to get the hose out...</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287720 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:28:58 +0000 fimm 287720@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Isn't that the place that someone on here was stopped by the police for cycling on the pavement, years ago? I always take the long way round on the road for this reason. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287654 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:08:12 +0000 chdot 287654@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“I've been calling it the wrong name for over 15 years... oops”</p> <p>Well.....</p> <p>It was misspelled on a map years ago, allegedly, maybe, deliberately to identify people copying map info. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287650 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:49:30 +0000 HankChief 287650@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>It's Cultins, rather than Cutlins.</em></p> <p>So it is. I've been calling it the wrong name for over 15 years... oops </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287649 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:48:55 +0000 jdanielp 287649@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Useful atlas. I can now cycle guilt-free on the pavement in front of Hermiston House and across Slateford Aqueduct. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287646 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:32:02 +0000 Frenchy 287646@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, it applies to the whole street.</p> <p>PS: It's Cultins, rather than Cutlins. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287645 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:24:13 +0000 HankChief 287645@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks- does that apply to pavements on both side of the road? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287644 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:05:46 +0000 Frenchy 287644@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You are correct, so cycling on the pavement is legal (as long as it is done "responsibly").</p> <p>Map of core paths in the <a href="https://edinburghcouncil.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9dfa229ba4004f7ca642ed3bd9702094">council atlas</a>. Click the layers button in the top right, then choose Atlas&gt;Transport&gt;Core Paths. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-287643 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:57:31 +0000 HankChief 287643@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can someone help settle a Twitter discussion please.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/hank_chief/status/1022109356068929537?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/hank_chief/status/1022109356068929537?s=19</a></p> <p>Can you legally cycle up the pavement og Cutlins Road? I believe it is Core Path.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153413 Tue, 13 May 2014 22:47:53 +0000 kaputnik 153413@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What I found maddening about G.S.R. when I worked out there was that the majority of A******* drivers I had issues with were my own colleagues. If I had been more active / switched-on to things back then and not so likely to suck it up, I would have been taking registrations then wandering the car park at lunch time flyering offenders with camera stills and some driving advice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153412 Tue, 13 May 2014 22:32:36 +0000 HankChief 153412@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>/blushes/</p> <p>Well it's not just me - and we're not there yet.</p> <p>Latest comms from CEC is that they hope to consult with stakeholders in August (about putting in cycle infrastructure) and resurface in October.</p> <p>The bubbly isn't on ice yet, but all being well we just have one last bumpy summer to get through.</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10280">Previous (badly titled) thread</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153407 Tue, 13 May 2014 21:27:31 +0000 Greenroofer 153407@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Coming late to this, but I understand that Gogar Station Road is due to be re-surfaced later in the year thanks largely to the hard work of HankChief of this parish. That will remove one of the three reasons Snowy cites for it being an unpleasant place to cycle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153334 Tue, 13 May 2014 13:24:05 +0000 Snowy 153334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Both bad at peak due to high volume impatient traffic, reasonably ok the rest of the time. The roundabouts at both ends of the Broadway are the killer bits. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153325 Tue, 13 May 2014 12:57:29 +0000 calmac 153325@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've cycled it before and found it fine, but that was only ever at weekends. </p> <p>It can't be worse than cycling South Gyle Broadway, surely? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153324 Tue, 13 May 2014 12:53:34 +0000 Snowy 153324@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The weak link is Gogar Station Road north of the chicken farm, with narrow lanes, blind corners and a dreadful surface conspiring to make it one of the most dangerous roads in Edinburgh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153258 Tue, 13 May 2014 10:48:35 +0000 calmac 153258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't know about that subway further north. Just realised, it would be a much better route from the Broomhouse path to the sorry excuse for a cycle path out to newbridge than going up South Gyle Broadway and crossing the end of the bypass. </p> <p>I'll need to give it a recce on the bouncy bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153248 Tue, 13 May 2014 10:35:30 +0000 Snowy 153248@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The northern route has been rubbish for years - I suspect the farmer is dying to get rid of it. Often vanishes under crops until intrepid souls re-make the right-of-way path. Shame really, because it's a good direct link from EP towards Gogar / airport. Chunky tyres only, though.</p> <p>Concur that compared with Cultins Road, the southern underpass route only adds 2 or 3 minutes and in daylight is a much nicer route. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153225 Tue, 13 May 2014 09:23:38 +0000 kaputnik 153225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The southernmost underpass is fine (if a tiny bit bumpy) and connects with a section of shared-use pavement up to the canal that is great for a stress-free slow climb up the hill away from the traffic. I have never seen a pedestrian on it. The worst bit about this route is the smell from the chicken farm if the wind is in the wrong direction. Like gembo says, it's a roundabout route if you are going from Edinburgh Park into town via the canal.</p> <p>I tried the northern underpass once - crossed a muddy field (after some dry weather) but gave up as I couldn't find a way through to Gogar Station Road.<br /> </em></p> <p>It's a right of way rather than an established path. If you go through the Underpass (often used by Edinburgh Park as storage for their landscaping / grounds peoples), across the field then along the field edge by the side of the chicken sheds eventually you come out at a Right of Way Society fingerpost on G.S.R. near the entrance to Milburn Tower.</p> <p>It was a long time ago the last time I went that way for an explore, and the farmer had dumped many bales of hay across the established path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153220 Tue, 13 May 2014 08:56:03 +0000 AKen 153220@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The southernmost underpass is fine (if a tiny bit bumpy) and connects with a section of shared-use pavement up to the canal that is great for a stress-free slow climb up the hill away from the traffic. I have never seen a pedestrian on it. The worst bit about this route is the smell from the chicken farm if the wind is in the wrong direction. Like gembo says, it's a roundabout route if you are going from Edinburgh Park into town via the canal.</p> <p>I tried the northern underpass once - crossed a muddy field (after some dry weather) but gave up as I couldn't find a way through to Gogar Station Road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153195 Mon, 12 May 2014 20:51:12 +0000 Greenroofer 153195@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo - there are actually two underpasses under the bypass. The northernmost one takes you across a field just north of the chicken farm. I've never used it, but I'm told it's rough and muddy. The southerly one goes on a bumpy track and joins Gogar Station Road just after the crossing of the Gogar Burn by where the Hewdens depot used to be. It's a good shortcut between GSR and Edinburgh Park. </p> <p>@dave2wheels whenever I've been here it's because I'm making unnecessary purchases at Screwfix in Sighthill, so I'm on the road when I approach it. Sighthill is not a pleasant cycling environment. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153193 Mon, 12 May 2014 20:28:25 +0000 wingpig 153193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does being a core path override <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6083">application of police to deter cyclists</a>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153190 Mon, 12 May 2014 20:18:26 +0000 davey2wheels 153190@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>About Cutlins Road ...<br /> All the Edinburgh Core Path information I find has Cutlins Road travelling south as far as the turnoff to the canal as part of CEC 13 so why cross over to continue up the road. Sensible riding is all that's required and there's the grass verge for most of the top if you want to get off the path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153184 Mon, 12 May 2014 19:34:05 +0000 gembo 153184@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer, the parked cars will also generally be across the dropped kerb.</p> <p>I have never tried the underpass beneath the bypass? Is that wht you mean?</p> <p>Would work if heading west from Edinburgh park, or coming off canal to go down to Edinburgh park (but this does not entail a right turn at Cutlins). Would be round about if trying to get onto canal from Edinburgh park to go into Edinburgh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153182 Mon, 12 May 2014 19:27:00 +0000 Greenroofer 153182@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Getting onto the canal heading south from Cultins Road is unpleasant: it's a non-trivial (for me, at least) uphill and there are lines of parked cars by the entrance to the canal so you toil up a hill with traffic and try to make a right turn into a gap between parked cars (well, that's what I do, anyway). <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.921809,-3.302318,3a,75y,164.25h,74.54t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s1fMq32NF8eElKU_VSv2GhQ!2e0">Streetview</a></p> <p>Underpass route is a bit more roundabout, but pleasanter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12800#post-153155 Mon, 12 May 2014 16:19:55 +0000 kaputnik 153155@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What Wingpig said. </p>