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Posted 1 year ago #
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I had no idea about your involvement in that - the WoL walkway truly is one of the best urban walking routes I have ever used. So, thanks for that.
Posted 1 year ago # -
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Was my idea to get WoLCT to do a Millennium Bid as a direct result of the Council (can’t remember if it was still EDC or early days of CEC) putting together a ‘grand’ proposal which was, more or less, a wish list of things it couldn’t afford to do.
Millennium Commission rules explicitly said their money (Lottery money) couldn’t be used by LAs to do things there were supposed to fund themselves - so I knew their attempt would fail.
Focusing on the WoL had more chance…
I wrote this https://archive.ph/frS7 (and did the design/layout - early days of DTP so I didn’t have the computer power to include photos - they had to be stuck on and the whole thing photocopied!) but not most of the rest of the document.
Posted 1 year ago # -
It is my daily commute from Canal to Balerno section. I also use bits around St marks Park from time to time, reminds me to go see the improvements down that end. It is nt all doom and gloom. many thanks to Illustiroius Leader for spotting a market in the niche. The last Fridayy in Oct is Friday week. Is that close enough to the 15th birthday? I see we are already 15 on the side bar
Posted 1 year ago # -
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Eddie Banks, a retired engineer living in the village, said: “The alternative is if you don’t take them down, then you could lose part of your graveyard. Which one do you want? Keep three trees, or lose part of your graveyard? I know what the locals would say.”
Mr Scott, who conceived the idea of decorating the old Colinton railway tunnel with a colourful mural, expressed concern visitors could miss out on the attraction as, while other points of access are available, smartphone maps and local signage “show that route as being open,” leading to confusion.
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Posted 1 year ago # -
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leithlinksactivitypark New visuals of 'The Dock' community skate area planned for Coalie Park have been published, along with the news that the project has received additional funding from The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland.
With lots of momentum behind this project and planning permission secured, Leith could finally see it's first permanent outdoor skate area in the near future.
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Posted 1 year ago # -
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Edinburgh police tape off Water of Leith footpath as forensics spotted at scene
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https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-police-tape-water-leith-30422000
Now there’s a headline.
Posted 1 year ago # -
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Flood-hit Edinburgh pub to be razed for flats
A flood-hit late Victorian Edinburgh pub, closed since 2020, has been sold to deliver a 21 apartments.
The Longstone Inn has been closed since part of its structure fell into the Water of Leith, prompting the present plans by Fouin & Bell and QB Wood. This would see the current site cleared and flood walls repaired with new sheet piling, raising the site level above the present flood line.
In a statement, the applicant wrote: "The existing site is an eyesore and at risk of further damage from future flooding events and cannot be left in its current state.
"The new proposal would upgrade the river walls of both the Murrauburn and Water of Leith in accordance with 1 in 200-year flood risk and the council's Water of Leith flood prevention scheme."
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https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/11335/Flood-hit_Edinburgh_pub_to_be_razed_for_flats.html
Posted 1 year ago # -
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The truth is that, over the past decades, our beloved wild garlic has been usurped by a cunning imposter, posing as the real deal. To the untrained nose, this imposter smells just like wild garlic- but its narrow leaves and lack of petals give it away as the invasive “few flowered leek.”
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https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/the-imposter-invading-the-water-of
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The new surface on the WoL path is getting quite badly deteriorated on the stretch I passed over from West Mill Road and past the back of Spylaw Park. Some patches had been repaired, but other sections were starting to fail. It looked to me as if the top surface had been laid wider than the supporting bed underneath, so the top surface was cracking and falling away at the sides.
Anyone know whether this is this known about and a proper solution being devised, rather than just continual patching?
Posted 10 months ago # -
The bad bits at Colinton likely caused by trees. They now have yellow lines round them so. Will be patch.
The whole thing was made by Hod it and Daud It
Shoveling the stuff on and tamping it down by hand.
The ditch digging was crucial.
Dog walkers runners, cyclists, one guy on an Electric wheel, wee gagdges on motor bikes, horsewomen and one horse man. all love it..
Posted 10 months ago # -
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Edinburgh incident: Police tape off Colinton Tunnel in Edinburgh after 'unexplained' death of man
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Posted 7 months ago # -
(Not latest news, but from interesting new bit of topical history)
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one of his lasting gifts to the city was founding and endowing the Water of Leith Walkway Trust in 1976. He passed away in 1982 at the age of 77, a year after the first section of what would become a fifteen mile walkway was opened to the public.
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Posted 7 months ago # -
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"This project will significantly reduce debris entering the Water of Leith, supporting cleaner rivers and a healthier local environment for people and wildlife, including otters."“
Posted 4 months ago # -
Debris/ I thought it was Sewers?
Posted 4 months ago # -
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After years of enforced closures to stretches of The Water of Leith walkway, the riverside path and visitor centre will benefit from a dedicated £500,000 a year improvements fund.
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Better value than G***** St.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Is shut from today for several weeks for repairs at Colinton where i think tree roots or whatever the two navvies shoveled the rubber tar on to, has caused it to be broken up, Also @arobcomp has caused the original walls of the stable block to be revealed at the Big Hoose in Spylaw Park, for what is going to be a groovy community centre once. The RSGs are in place to secure the original walls which are more like pillars. Rollo Construction want the graffiti artists to hashtag them on their hoardings.
Posted 4 months ago # -
“for what is going to be a groovy community centre once”
Once?
Posted 4 months ago # -
Once they raise another £500k
Posted 4 months ago # -
I hear there’s spare cash from GSt…
Posted 4 months ago # -
Visitor Levy cash for everyone!
Posted 4 months ago # -
@bakky and not even a consultation
Posted 4 months ago # -
The path through Colinton open this morning. I only found out after going up hill and down dale on my detour then looking back but came through just there and surface is great. Black to the east and wee red chipping to the west of the entrance into spylaww ark [north entrance] where the tree roots bide
Posted 3 months ago # -
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Lots going on down at Coalie Park today with our monthly clean-up in full swing. As well as our usual land and water litter pick, we welcomed a new crew member onto the boat, removed a large buddliea tree, swept paths, and scrubbed graffiti from the planter benches. Thanks folks!
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https://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3migwozu5k22h
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Posted 1 month ago #
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The Water of Leith starts at the Colzium Springs in the Pentland Hills just above Balerno and trundles down on a 20-mile journey through the South-West of Edinburgh and into the sea at the port of Leith.
The 12.25-mile long, Water of Leith walkway from Balerno to the sea is a key leisure artery, well-used by cyclists, dog walkers and joggers plus anglers who seek to tempt brown trout to their fly.
Local MP, Dr Scott Arthur, believes the river is one of his constituency’s “defining features” and he wants to understand more about how people use what he calls an “important space”.
He also wants to know what they prioritise and what focus for improvement people would like to see.
Recently, the South-West Edinburgh MP released a survey to understand more about user experience and it is still available for access on https://forms.office.com/e/ZyF8z1FNkW.
And, he is hosting a public meeting to provide an opportunity to discuss the findings and to find out what works well and were improvements could be made.
Everyone is welcome to the meeting, there is no need to book, and the date is Thursday, June 18 at 7pm in the Ogston Hall of Balerno Parish Church.
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https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/water-of-leith-in-spotlight-at-public-meeting/
Posted 1 week ago # -
I completed the survey a month back and indeed made the same comment in person to Scott A at Balerno Farmers Market - the WoL path from the canal to the high school in Balerno is designated NCN route 75. Rather than the Walkway as his survey described it,
I note on taking the survey again he is now calling it The Water of Leith and has dropped. walkway
Posted 1 week ago #
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