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The lost view of the Water of Leith

Monday, 21 November, 2016 - 20:48
Lord Cockburn’s view rediscovered! In Memorials of his Time, that great book about early nineteenth-century Edinburgh and its citizens, Lord Cockburn remembered fondly the view that had recently been destroyed when the Earl of Moray developed his land to the west of the first New Town. ‘It was then an open field of as green turf as Scotland could boast of, with a few respectable trees on the flat, and thickly wooded on the bank along the Water of Leith. Moray Place and Ainslie Place stand there now. It was the beginning of a sad change, as we then felt...
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Bat monitoring in Dean Valley

Sunday, 16 October, 2016 - 17:58
In early October we took part in a bat monitoring exercise in Dean Valley, led by Leonie Alexander, an expert from the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Although late in the season, we localised a number of bats near Dean Bridge. The Dean Valley with its river and associated woodland has been identified as a Local Biodiversity Site, a site of local importance for wildlife. Species of bat, which receive high levels of protection as European Protected Species, are present within the valley. Read more about this in our Biodiversity Scoping Document . As part of the Edinburgh Living Landscape initiative,...
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Popular valley walkway

Sunday, 16 October, 2016 - 15:49
The walkway through Dean Valley is immensely popular with joggers, dog walkers, pedestrians and cyclists, with sometimes as many as 1,200 people a day. The walkway though Dean Valley is part of the 12.25 miles long Water of Leith Walkway that runs all the way from Balerno to Leith, via the heart of Edinburgh. All parts of the public footpath and cycleway are very popular and the Dean Valley walkway is no exception. In partnership with Living Streets Scotland, a charity promoting safe everyday walking in the UK, we installed automatic counters beside St Bernard's Well, in the heart of...
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Path closed due to landslip

Sunday, 16 October, 2016 - 14:29
The section of path between Sunbury Bridge and the steps at Dean Path, close to Dean Village, has been closed due to a landslip. According to The Water of Leith Conservation Trust, the Council are in the process of investigating this issue. In the meantime people are encouraged to use alternative routes and to not put themselves at risk. For more news on the Walkway, visit The Water of Leith Conservation Trust's website .
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