http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Municipal Steps of Edinburgh en Mon, 18 May 2026 23:14:28 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377321 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:35:53 +0000 gembo 377321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We have to play a Taskmaster game this Xmas. Normally, Mrs Garto would not countenance such frippery but as it emanates from her sisters - Normal rules do not apply. She has no idea what Taskmaster is [episodes available on Channel 4 catch up] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377319 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:53:58 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 377319@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apropos of nothing:</p> <p><a href="https://www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/christmas-puzzle-day-19" rel="nofollow">https://www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/christmas-puzzle-day-19</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377308 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:03:14 +0000 gembo 377308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I agree she certainly built the newer steps Exhibit A<br /> Or more likely rebuilt in cheaper materials but charged a fortune<br /> No steps at the top but nasty surprise at the bottom if pushing a bike though I think the slope is too steep for pushing a bike at the top</p> <p>Not the very top it starts gradual but then plummets </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377307 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:19:11 +0000 Frenchy 377307@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The small path network to the east of Jacob’s ladder is all sloping path No Steps.</em><br /> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@55.9527312,-3.1808196,3a,36y,349.61h,86.42t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ss7zzdj8w4lLlJMdlNy-a5Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D3.584802566478075%26panoid%3Ds7zzdj8w4lLlJMdlNy-a5Q%26yaw%3D349.6120172307795!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTExMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D">Exhibit A</a><br /> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@55.9529135,-3.1784971,3a,60y,356.34h,85.42t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7CrdxrydmvlkBSi1Z0kEfg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D4.5770443383740655%26panoid%3D7CrdxrydmvlkBSi1Z0kEfg%26yaw%3D356.34202581591205!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTExMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D">Exhibit B</a><br /> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@55.9528968,-3.1780079,3a,32.3y,331.15h,77.24t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s07lZwH2IkQeNkHHnZA7tPA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D12.76456974949835%26panoid%3D07lZwH2IkQeNkHHnZA7tPA%26yaw%3D331.1541075135022!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTExMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D">Exhibit C</a></p> <p>I presume THatcher is to blame? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377306 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:02:23 +0000 chrisfl 377306@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>FYI @EJStubbs link was further to the East, OSM should have Jacobs Ladder mapped and names here: </p> <p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/331814245#map=19/55.953133/-3.182084">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/331814245#map=19/55.953133/-3.182084</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377305 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:27:58 +0000 gembo 377305@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks @EJStubbs - indeed the flight of steps marked Jacob’s Ladder on your first link is correctly where Jacob’s Ladder is. The small path network to the east of Jacob’s ladder is all sloping path No Steps. That is what Illustrious leader posted a photo of. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377304 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:50:42 +0000 ejstubbs 377304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot:</p> <p><blockquote>Just doesn’t seem to have made it, in it’s entirety, to any maps I’ve got round to looking at!</blockquote></p> <p>Is it the one shown on Google Maps <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9530568,-3.1801018,18z?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTExMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D">here</a>? Also shown on OSM <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/55.953040/-3.179917&amp;layers=C">here</a> which helpfully (for cyclists) indicates where there are steps as opposed to sloping path. Seems to have two access points on Regent Road and three on Calton Road. Or is there more to it than that? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377280 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:23:57 +0000 gembo 377280@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Henry Cockburn extended the farm at Bonaly but razed the village to the ground as it spoiled his view.</p> <p>He married Elizabeth Macdowall. Her father James owned my bit of Renfrewshire and made his money from slavery leading the anti-abo;ition party in Glasgow </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377275 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:17:03 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 377275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>‘I would add the Jinglin Geordie route up from Waverley is far more a flight of steps in two sections than a close.’</p> <p>Only because of the mid-Victorian interloping of Cockburn St</p> <p>Ironically, its <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cockburn,_Lord_Cockburn">eponym</a> would probably have deplored said street </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377255 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:45:06 +0000 chdot 377255@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“The other path that chdot posted is a bit to the east but also connects Regent Road and Calton Road, in about three different places.“</p> <p>Seems so. </p> <p>Just doesn’t seem to have made it, in it’s entirety, to any maps I’ve got round to looking at! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377254 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:08:56 +0000 Arellcat 377254@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Jacob's Ladder is the set of steep steps running down next to St Andrew's House. It's a good spot for photographing trains leaving Waverley.</p> <p><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/PHt9qnPHLMHwn1n19" rel="nofollow">https://maps.app.goo.gl/PHt9qnPHLMHwn1n19</a></p> <p>The other path that chdot posted is a bit to the east but also connects Regent Road and Calton Road, in about three different places.</p> <p>There is another Jacob's Ladder that connects two sections of the Roslin Glen road, which doesn't have a footway north from the hairpin bend. The steps connect at the top with an offroady path that eventually brings you out next to the graveyard and the track down to Rosslyn Castle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377253 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:11:23 +0000 chdot 377253@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Is that Jacob;s Ladder?“</p> <p>Now there’s a Q</p> <p>I assume(d) so</p> <p>Definitely a route joining Regent &amp; Calton Roads</p> <p>I can’t path(s) that intersect (as in photo) on a map! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377250 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:25:28 +0000 gembo 377250@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is that Jacob;s Ladder? It is near Jacob’s Ladder for sure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377248 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:19:22 +0000 chdot 377248@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“See also Jacob’s Ladder“</p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54050885272_2fcf888d9c.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377247 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:02:26 +0000 gembo 377247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very close to being opened.I am guessing when the Gin Palace does 28.11.24 if not before</p> <p>I would add the Jinglin Geordie route up from Waverley is far more a flight of steps in two sections than a close. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377245 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:23:25 +0000 cb 377245@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>p8 (or 28) of this:</p> <p><a href="https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/Data/Planning%20Committee/20061005/Agenda/caltongate_masterplan_document_part_3.pdf">https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/Data/Planning%20Committee/20061005/Agenda/caltongate_masterplan_document_part_3.pdf</a></p> <p>Are they open yet? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21654#post-377235 Sat, 09 Nov 2024 14:46:32 +0000 gembo 377235@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Continuing the tradition of fine municipal steps runnning north from the high street eg Plsyfair, Scotsman’s, Advocatess, Waverley, The News Steps, The Gin Palace on Cranston St has built a flight of steps up to Jeffrey St. Fine steps. See also Jacob’s Ladder though it is in another direction and less fine and Infirmary St which are shut due to Wino Parties. </p>