http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: I’ve lived in Edinburgh for decades but never been to en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:38:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364440 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:35:42 +0000 ejstubbs 364440@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aha, many thanks! Well done for finding that. I've only ever been to RWG (or past it, on the way down to the WoL walkway) via the footpath/track that leads off Redhall View (shown on that alltrails map), never via the lane that leads directly off Lanark Road. I never even knew there was a building there!</p> <p>At least I was right spotting as a Gowan design. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364436 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:59:11 +0000 chdot 364436@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/4002/4619864754_a89328cfff.jpg"></p> <p>Original (tiny) house added to. I think it was originally for managers of the quarry. </p> <p><a href="https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/a-gowans-trip" rel="nofollow">https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/a-gowans-trip</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/sir-james-gowans/pool/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/groups/sir-james-gowans/pool/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200540" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200540</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364435 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:56:57 +0000 chdot 364435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“On a tangentially related note, does anyone know where this is?“</p> <p>Talking of tangents, if you’ve been to RWG… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364433 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:37:56 +0000 ejstubbs 364433@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've lived in Edinburgh for more than twenty years and I've never been to <a href="https://www.drneilsgarden.co.uk">Dr Neil's Garden</a>. TBH, I'd never heard of it until a couple of years ago. (I'd also never visited <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RedhallWalledGarden/">Redhall Walled Garden</a> until earlier this year, despite the fact that the MiL lives literally just around the corner from it.)</p> <p>On a tangentially related note, does anyone know where this is?</p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52458345785_2b87999544_z.jpg"></p> <p>It popped up on <em>The Repair Shop</em> yesterday evening and was described as being in Edinburgh. The chap in the foreground apparently did it up from a near-ruin:</p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52458429363_7c7cc4b011_z.jpg"></p> <p>It looks rather similar to some of James Gowan's work e.g. <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9193811,-3.2560215,3a,39.2y,278.53h,91.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sd5hGJ0RpXs6ojkR__iTM4w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656">these cottages on Redhall Bank Drive</a>, but it's not one of <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1pQA3dmj6-_EO8870YoLyzaD6KmDDQF-x&amp;usp=sharing">his that I'm aware of</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364431 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:29:31 +0000 chdot 364431@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ CB</p> <p>Just clicked your link. </p> <p>Looks interesting. </p> <p>Been past many times, never thought of having a look! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364430 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:23:20 +0000 chdot 364430@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saughton Park always used to well worth a visit for its Winter and Rose Gardens. </p> <p>The Skatepark obviously attracted more people to the area. </p> <p>The newer developments, including the cafe, makes it even more of a ‘proper destination’</p> <p>AND it has decentish paths to it - along the WoL. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364429 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:14:34 +0000 cb 364429@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>First picture made me think it was here:</p> <p><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/JnY2duxcRqkL9tEF7">https://goo.gl/maps/JnY2duxcRqkL9tEF7</a></p> <p>Saughton Park Gardens is possibly unexpectedley lovely in a similar way. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364428 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:13:38 +0000 PS 364428@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Starbank Park is well worth visiting in the Spring when the cherry blossom is out. I hadn't been there until one of my early lockdown wanders. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364425 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:39:20 +0000 chdot 364425@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Might be extra worth a visit on Saturday!</p> <p><a href="https://friendsofstarbankpark.org/category/events/" rel="nofollow">https://friendsofstarbankpark.org/category/events/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364424 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:07:12 +0000 Arellcat 364424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've never been to Starbank Park either. It looks rather lovely.</p> <p><em>The fountain was vandalised before being dismantled over 20 years ago. The base was recently converted to a garden feature.</em></p> <p>I wonder if now would be the time to reinstate it?</p> <p><a href="https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.3&amp;lat=55.97971&amp;lon=-3.20135&amp;layers=170&amp;b=1" rel="nofollow">https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.3&amp;lat=55.97971&amp;lon=-3.20135&amp;layers=170&amp;b=1</a></p> <p>I've lived in* Edinburgh for many years and have never been to <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/XPLpVESteuKGScNR8">Corstorphine Hill Walled Garden</a>.</p> <p>* or a bit outside </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364422 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:21:13 +0000 chdot 364422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>- until this week -</p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52457266286_22265705ff.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52457014859_64292867f1_c.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52457014239_c9830216f9_c.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52455473536_4c40bc2879.jpg"></p> <p>I’d seen the slope from the road many times, but hadn’t realised there was flat bit at the top!</p> <p><a href="https://friendsofstarbankpark.org" rel="nofollow">https://friendsofstarbankpark.org</a></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52457715450_5f5df793e9.jpg"> </p>