North Edinburgh's Hidden Gems

North Edinburgh’s HIDDEN GEMS Pilton Community Health Project

six short walks in Pilton, Muirhouse, Granton & 6Drylaw

1 Pilton Community Health Project believe that North Edinburgh has some great surprises, even for people who have lived in the area all their life. North Edinburgh is 4 miles from the tourist centre of Edinburgh, it includes Muirhouse, Drylaw, Royston Wardieburn, West Granton and West Pilton. Most people don’t travel out this far, but this book offers an opportunity for anyone keen to discover more of the real Edinburgh.

These walks take in some of North Edinburgh’s hidden gems • historic buildings such as Caroline House, the old Caledonian railway or Muirhouse Mansion • community initiatives such as the community gardens in Muirhouse and Granton • many wildlife areas such as Forthquarter Park and West Shore promenade.

This area has much to offer and what better way than to discover it than by walking, or, for the more energetic, jogging? Most walks featured are circular routes however you can leave some of the routes before the end if you so wish. We have provided bus routes on these occasions. route Birds, Beaches & Brass Rubbings 1 Calories are estimated if you walk at 3 mph pace. route 2 Granton Sea Views & Lighthouse If you complete any of these walks at a moderate pace you will be meeting your daily recommended amount of physical activity. route 3 Discovering the Orient in Drylaw Timings are estimated for a moderate 3mph walking pace or a route 4 Unearthing Granton Gardens 7mph jogging pace. route 5 All Things Green in Muirhouse & Silverknowes route 6 Hidden History in West Pilton

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WEST Birds, Beaches & Brass Rubbings MUIRHOUSE PILTON This walk takes you through a former gas works site; Forthquarter Park, now DRYLAW a wetland haven, home to many birds and wildlife. Take in stunning views of the Forth Estuary while trying out the brass rubbings on route. Pass by historic Caroline House on the way back to the former railway station by Granton Gas works. GRANTON 3 WATERFRONT Distance: 2.2 miles DON’T FORGET R. WEST SHORE ROAD Estimated walking time: 50 minutes Bring paper SANDPIPER RD. WEST and pencils HARBOUR ROAD NEWHA Estimated jogging time: 19 minutes SANDPIPER D for brass VENUE VEN PL Calories burned: 320 4 A rubbings. TERFRONT . WA PIER PLAC E Bus routes to the start/finish of the route: 8, 14, 16, 32, 24. 2 6 LOWER GRAN GRAN TON ROAD NEWHAVEN MAIN ST. Suitable for wheelchairs? Yes TO ARBANK ROAD LINDS N ROAD ST AY WA 5 ROAD Y TERFRONT WA Suitable for Prams? Yes LA NEWHAVEN TON MED BOSW GRAN N CRES. ALL ROAD VEROCKBANK ROAD PARK ROAD TO PRIMROSE BANK ROAD ENT Fitness level: Moderate (total ascent 110 feet) ESC GRAN E CR TERR. TON N VALE MARINE DRIVE GRAN TO BROADW N PLAC WTHORNE PI HA WA BOSWGRAN GRAN

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and walk 100 yards to West Granton Park and hedge up to Saltire Square and the ‘Going to ROAD RT 1 5 WARDIEBURN W ROAD G ROAD H FOR MARINE DRIVE cross the road here. The entrance to Forthquarter the Beach’ statues at the top. ROAD DUDLEY 24/32/8/14/16 RT . E TRINITY L WEST GDNS Park is opposite through a tall metal gate. Walk H VEN ROAD T Turn right up Waterfront Avenue until you ROYSTON EAST ROAD 24/32/8/14/16 DUDLEY A through the gate past a large pond on your left N ROAD VENUE 6 get to a large house called Caroline House. TO 1

ST RE L GREEN E EN BOSWAL espalier trees. W S ROYST Rd turning right towards the Forth estuary. RK GRAN PA N SALVESEN GARDENS GRANTON MILL ACCESS PI . Follow the road passing Gypsy Brae Park on Turn left and walk up Waterfront Broadway, TERRACE ON ON MAINS PLAC TERR. LT N LT BOSW W.PI E AFTO

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PA L Turn right and take the path along the PI LTON STREET LT WA WEST LT DRIVE TRINITY TERRACE PI CREWE Edinburgh Promenade which goes alongside MUIRHOUSE MAP MARKERS: E ON DRIVE RDIE ROAD 3 MED 1 K AV ROAD ON BAN E Y the sea. There are brass rubbings to do en route. WEST PILT E 1 Prentice Centre, 2 Gypsy Brae, 3 Brass rubbings, 4 Going to the Beach VENUE ALL DRIVE ROAD FERR WA FERR A PILTON BOSW The path eventually rejoins West Shore Y GARDENS Statues, 5 Caroline House, 6 Gas Cylinder. L AVENUE PENNYWELL BOSWAL Did you know? Y

Road. Cross the road and turn left and PARK ROADDRIVE 4 EST PI LTON W The Western Access Road and W RIGG continue until you reach a path on your right EST FARM MUIRHOUSE GARDENS BUS STOPS: LTON MUIRHOUSE DRIVE E. PI Waterfront Broadway used to be the CREWE ROAD NORTH (directly opposite a large sign-post saying PENNYWELLWest GrantonPI WEST Rd on either side of Edinburgh College. Bus stop on right route of the Caledonian Railway which LT ‘Granton Harbour Site Entrance 4) Walk SIL W ONGARDENS

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WARDIEBURN ROYSTON WEST TRINITY GRANTON Granton sea views & lighthouse WEST MUIRHOUSE PILTON This walk includes glorious views of the Forth, explores some of the well-used DRYLAW North Edinburgh cycle paths, and has several interesting features on the way. The hidden gem is a ‘lighthouse’ on Waterfront Avenue which is not a real GRANTON WATERFRONT

lighthouse but the depot for the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB). The NLB R. WEST SHORE ROAD SANDPIPER RD. was responsible for maintaining all the lighthouses in Scotland. WEST HARBOUR ROAD NEWHA SANDPIPER D AVENUE VEN PL 5 TERFRONT 4 . Distance: 3.1 miles WA PIER PLAC E LOWER GRAN GRAN TON ROAD NEWHAVEN MAIN ST. Estimated walking time: 1hr TO ARBANK ROAD LINDS 2 N ROAD ST AY WA 3 ROAD Y TERFRONT WA LA NEWHAVEN TON MED BOSW GRAN N CRES. ALL ROAD VEROCKBANK ROAD PARK ROAD Estimated jogging time: 27 minutes TO PRIMROSE BANK ROAD ENT ESC GRAN E CR TERR. TON N VALE MARINE DRIVE GRAN TO BROADW N PLAC WTHORNE PI HA WA BOSWGRAN GRAN

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A PLAC 24/32/8 ROAD RT WARDIEBURN W ROAD H FOR MARINE DRIVE 14/16 DUDLEY ROAD RT . E TRINITY L WEST Suitable for wheelchairs, prams? AD GDNS H VEN ROAD T ROYSTON EAST ROAD 24/32/8 DUDLEY A N ROAD VENUE Steps in Granton Crescent Park (can be avoided by slight detour) TO Y E VESEN GARDENS 14/16 GRANTON SAL ALL PARKWA ZETLAND PLAC WEST BOSW SUMMERSIDE ST GRAN CREWE ROAD NORTH Y TRINITY ROAD EST ALL PARKWA Y Fitness level: Moderate (total ascent of 120 feet, total descent of 120 feet)W GRANTON BOSW 14/19 TRINIT PILTON G EAST ST RE L GREEN E EN BOSWAL W S ROYST PARK GRAN SALVESEN GARDENS GRANTON MILL ACCESS PI . TERRACE ON ON MAINS PLAC TERR. LT N LT BOSW W.PI E AFTO

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> PA L PI LTON STREET LT WA WEST LT DRIVE TRINITY TERRACE PI CREWE Start at Ainsley Park Leisure Centre, walk ExitMUIRHOUSE the park by the steps onto Granton E ON DRIVE RDIE ROAD MED K AV ROAD ON BAN E Y WEST PILT E VENUE ALL DRIVE ROAD FERR WA FERR A diagonally to the right across the car park Square. Cross the square to the other side. PILTON BOSW 1 7 Y GARDENS L AVENUE PENNYWELL BOSWAL to join the cycle path via the incline beside the Y START> 1 ON PARK ROADDRIVE Turn left onto West Harbour Rd and WEST PI LT W RIGG

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on the left of the path on to Boswall Place. AVENUE LT 2 Turn left on to the pedestrian/ cycle path ONGROV S RK PA MUIRHOUSE ROAD MUIRHOUSE ON AVENUE Follow the road round and turn right onto EST PI LT 9 opposite Granton Harbour Estate. Continue up W 21/27 E ROAD 21/27 AVENUE Y Boswall Avenue. the hill to Saltire Square past the beech hedge. Y ROAD FERR 3 FERR 6 At the end of Boswall Avenue, turn left into Cross Saltire Square past the statues and MUIRHOUS Boswall Drive. turn immediately right in to Waterfront CREWE ROAD SOUTH 4 10 EASTER DR E Avenue. Cross Waterfront AvenueGREEN at Saltire

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F O Early exit: If you wish to leave the walk at this L RT E VENUE R A T Walk along Boswall Loan to Granton Crescent AW H YL 4 Lighthouse, 5 Going to the Beach Statues, 6 Red Bridge, 7 Telford Cycle Path. D stage you can catch a number 24 or 32 bus from EASTER DR DRYLAW R Park. Walk down the park towards the sea. O 6 AVENUE DRIVE F AW YLAW West Granton Rd. YL GROA L EASTER DR WESTER DR E [NB there are steps at the bottom of this park. If you BUS STOPS:T Continue south up West Granton Access THIL want to avoid them you can go around the park via L On Ferry Rd number 27 and 21 by Morrisons on Pilton Drive side and Rd. After about half a mile the path veers ROAD NO Granton Crescent and onto Granton View until you 11 off left onto a cycle-path. Turn left onto this opposite West Winnelstrae on far side of Pilton Drive. reach Granton Square] path and walk back to Ainslie Park. RT Number 24, 32 bus stop at West Granton Rd, towards Edinburgh College. H TELFORD ROAD

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DRYLAW This walk starts at the Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre which offers a range MU I of activities including an active gardening group. The walk explores some of RHOU CREWE ROAD SOUT S E E ASTER DR North Edinburgh’s much used cycle-paths and play areas. The hidden gem in GREEN 21/29 this walk is a Japanese style garden. GROA 21/29 E

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ROAD NO 2 DIRECTIONS> 3 Start at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre Turn right just after the pitch through a path that passes between two gardens. 1 at Groathill Road North. Turn right onto 5 RT Turn left onto Wester Drylaw Drive. Just after Groathill Loan past Rowanfield School. Walk H BLACKHALL CYCLE PATH TELFORD ROAD through the cul-de-sac and at the end turn right the junction of Wester Drylaw Avenue there is past some chicanes to Easter Drylaw Drive. a path on the right, (but it’s not very obvious) between two wooden fences (just before house Turn right and walk down the road a short number 98). This leads you into Drylaw Fields. distance until you reach Easter Drylaw Park. 2 TELFORD CYCLE PATH After a very short distance a path takes you to Follow the path through the park until you the right past the playground. After the play 6 see a garden with standing stones and shells. area, take a left turn by the lamppost onto the Walk past this onto Wester Drylaw Place. Turn cycle path. right and continue onto Groathill Road North where you can catch a number 24 bus or return Turn right onto the cycle-path which is called to the Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre. MAP MARKERS: the Telford Path. 1 3 1 Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre, 2 Easter Drylaw Park, 3 Basketball Pitch, At the next cycle-path junction turn right 4 Drylaw Fields & Japanese Garden, 5 Drylaw Parish Church, 4 and round back on yourself onto the cycle- 6 Easter Drylaw Park. path called Blackhall Path. Walk under a bridge with colourful street art and keep going until Did you know? you pass a basket ball pitch. Drylaw is Scottish for BUS STOPS: hill without a spring. Number 24 or 42 near Neighbourhood Centre opposite Wester Drylaw Drive on Groathill Road North. Also 24 at Drylaw Parish Church. Also 21 and 29 from Ferry Road (stops on both sides of Pennywell Road). 8 9 GRANTON WATERFRONT

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NEWHAVEN VENUE VEN PL A ROYSTON WARDIEBURN WEST TRINITY GRANTON TERFRONT . WEST PIER PLAC Unearthing Granton Gardens WA MUIRHOUSE PILTON E LOWER GRAN TO NEWHAVEN MAIN ST. This walk introduces you to the fabulous hidden gems of the community GRAN DRYLAW N ROAD TO ARBANK ROAD LINDS N ROAD ST AY gardens in Granton. It starts at Pilton WACommunity Health Project and takes ROAD Y 3 TERFRONT WA LA NEWHAVEN you past three parks and three community gardens, all within a mile circuit. TON MED BOSW GRAN N CRES. ALL ROAD VEROCKBANK ROAD PARK ROAD TO PRIMROSE BANK ROAD ENT ESC GRAN E CR TERR. TON N VALE MARINE DRIVE Distance: 1.4 miles GRAN TO BROADW N PLAC WTHORNE PI HA WA BOSWGRAN GRAN

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PA L PI LTON STREET LT WA WEST LT DRIVE TRINITY TERRACE PI CREWE MUIRHOUSE E ON DRIVE RDIE ROAD MED K AV ROAD ON BAN E Y WEST PILT E VENUE ALL DRIVE ROAD FERR WA FERR A PILTON BOSW Y GARDENS DIRECTIONS L AVENUE PENNYWELL > BOSWAL Starting at Pilton Community Health ProjectY Turn right into the parkway and just past ON PARK ROADDRIVE WEST PI LT W the shops turn left into Pilton Avenue. Walk cross over Boswall Parkway into Pilton Drive. 3 RIGG 1 EST RM MUIRHOUSE GARDENS around East Pilton Park turning into Pilton Park. LTON FA MUIRHOUSE DRIVE Take the first left onto Wardieburn Road passing E. PI CREWE ROAD NORTH PENNYWELL PI Granton CommunityWEST Garden on the corner. Turn left into Boswall Parkway and continue LT

SIL W Cross overONGARDENS the next road and you will see back to PCHP. EST ROAD VERKNOWE 4 PILTON Y MUIRHOUSE ON VIEW MAP MARKERS: FERR W. PILT more community gardens on the corner, 1 2 PI keep going until you reach the T junction 1 PCHP, 2 Granton Community Gardens, 3 Granton Crescent Park, AVENUE LT passing a third community garden onONGROV your right. 4 East Pilton Park, 5 Royston Wardieburn Community Centre, S RK PA MUIRHOUSE ROAD Take a right up to Granton Crescent Park. At Did you know? MUIRHOUSE AVENUE PI LTON You can join the community gardeners the park turn WrightEST and walk up Boswall Loan BUS STOPS:

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ROAD RT . Park. The hidden gem is Muirhouse Mansion where the history of Muirhouse E TRINITY L WEST AD GDNS H VEN ROAD T could be said to have begun. ROYSTON EAST ROAD DUDLEY A N ROAD VENUE Did you know? TO Y E VESEN GARDENS GRANTON ALL PARKWA SAL BOSW ZETLAND PLAC The name Muirhouse WEST SUMMERSIDE ST Distance: 3 miles GRAN CREWE ROAD NORTH Y TRINITY ROAD derives from the EST ALL PARKWA Y W GRANTON BOSW TRINIT Estimated walking time: 1 hour PILTON G EAST mansion built on the ST RE L GREEN E EN BOSWAL 4 W S ROYST Estimated jogging time: 25 minutes edge of Wardie Moor PARK GRAN SALVESEN GARDENS (Muir), completed GRANTON MILL ACCESS PI . TERRACE ON ON MAINS PLAC TERR. LT N Calories burned: 425 PILT BOSW in 1832. Muirhouse W. E AFTO SOUTH ON PLAC AV TO Bus routes to the start/finish of the route: 24, 27, 32, 37 Mansion was built for Y PENNYWELL CLARK ROAD WA AL 16/27 ON N ROAD RK CLARK the Davidson family, PI PA L PI LTON STREET LT WA Suitable for wheelchairs? No WEST LT DRIVE TRINITY who were wealthy 16/27/37 TERRACE PI 16/27 CREWE MUIRHOUSE E ON DRIVE RDIE ROAD merchants trading in MED Suitable for Prams? Alternative route down Marine Drive K AV ROAD LTON BAN E Y 16/27/37 WEST PI E Rotterdam. VENUE ALL DRIVE ROAD FERR WA FERR A Fitness level: Moderate (total ascent 100 feet) PILTON BOSW Y GARDENS 24/37/32 ALL AVENUE PENNYWELL 24/37/32 BOSW Y

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EST RM Start at Muirhouse community shop on Cross the road just before the roundabout MUIRHOUSE GARDENS > LTON FA MUIRHOUSE DRIVE START 1 E. PI Pennywell Road and walk past the shops and walk into the Silverknowes Golf Course CREWE ROAD NORTH 1 8 PENNYWELL PI WEST towards Muirhouse Avenue. car park. Walk between the buildings and onto LT

SIL W the path that winds down through the golf ONGARDENS Turn right down Muirhouse Avenue until you EST ROAD VERKNOWE PILTON Y course towards the sea. MUIRHOUSE ON VIEW FERR get to Muirhouse Place West. Cross the park W. PILT 2 3 2 PI opposite diagonally to Muirhouse Park. If the golf course path is too muddy or you have a AVENUE LT

pram, wheelchair or pushchair an alternative is to go ONGROV Turn left into Muirhouse Park and walk S PARK MUIRHOUSE down the road passing the Muirhouse down Marine Drive instead of across the golf course. ROAD 3 MUIRHOUSE VENUE LTON A Community Centre (café). Turn right when you get to the road at WEST PI

On reaching Muirhouse Park turn right and 9 the bottom and walk along this road past E ROAD Almond House, Muirhouse Mansion and the AVENUE Y walk through the park. Y ROAD FERR 4 Caravan Club. FERR At the end of the park, cross through the bollards into another small park with trees. Just after the caravan club the blue fence 5 ends and there is a path running back up Turn right at the roundabout and 10 the hill that is labeled Path to bus stops. 1 MAP MARKERS: MUIRHOUS 6 immediately left over the zebra crossing CREWE ROAD SOUTH onto a tree lined path with benches until you At the top of the path turn walk up 1 Muirhouse Community Shop, 2 Muirhouse Community through Salvesen Crescent. E Be aware of EASTER DR reach Muirhouse Parkway dual carriageway. 11 Centre, 3 Muirhouse Park, 4 SilverknowesGREEN Golf Course, Early exit: If you wish to leave the walk at this stage If you wish to finish the walk here there 5 Muirhouse Mansion. stray golf are buses from Muirhouse Parkway. GROA E you can catch number 16, 27 and 37 buses on the balls when PLAC EASTER DR 12 AW YL K Y ROAD YL Muirhouse Parkway. Otherwise to finish the walk cross over AW BUS STOPS: MUIRHOUSE BAN FERR crossing EASTER DR THIL the dual carriageway and turn left then VIEW Turn left and walk past the football fields 13 Pennywell Road 24, 32, 27, 37 (opposite shops) golf course. and Silverknowes Park. You will see the views right up onto Pennywell Road. Carry on up to YL 7 L Silverknowes Parkway 16, 27, 37. AW ROAD NO opening out over the Forth to Fife. your starting point. E

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AD This walk starts at the Prentice Centre and takes you through West Pilton START> AD GDNS 1 H T DRYLAW VEN ROAD ROYSTON EAST ROAD Y 24/32/8/14/16 DUDLEY AV Park and past the neighbourhood centre. The hidden gem on this walk isS the N ROAD Y CE ENUE TO PARKWA VESEN GARDEN GRAN L community garden tucked away by West Pilton Brae. SAL AL ZETLAND PLA E WEST BOSW SU

CREWE ROAD NO Y GRAN WA TRINITY M Step back in time and imagine the history of these streets before they PARK ROAD EST ALL Y MERSIDE W GRANTON BOSW TRINIT became residential. West Pilton Drive once West Pilton Circus, was the site of PILTON G EAST ST RE TO L GREEN E EN BOSWAL W S ROYS ENS G a reservoir that supplied Granton with water and a bowling green. PARK GARD N MILL S VESEN N RAN SAL TO T GRAN ACCESS PI . TERRA CE T . ON ON MAINS PLAC TERR LT N LT B Distance: 1.25 miles W.PI E AFTO O SOUTH ON PLAC TO AV S P C Y WA WA ENNYWELL L Estimated walking time: 25 minutes ARK ROAD ON N ROAD RK L CLAR PI

PA L LTON STREET LT WEST PILTON DRIVE PILTON WEST PI ST WA WE RTH LT DR TRINIT Estimated jogging time: 10 minutes PI EWE TERRACE CR I E ON DRIV RDIE ROAD K MUIRHOUSE VE MED N BANK AV ROAD Calories burned: 180 PILTO E RY WEST Y E VENUE ALL DRIVE ROAD FER WA FERR ON A BOSW Bus routes to the start/finish of the route: ENS PILT Y LL GARD WEST PILTON BRAE L AVENUE PENNYWE BOSWAL Bus stop on right hand side to town 8, 14, 16, 32, 24. Y E NS Did you know? E RK R Bus stop across road 8, 16, 24, RD32. PI LTON PA E GA WEST OADDRIVE 5 S Before 1930 West W HOU RIGG IR EST FARM MU Pilton only had PILTON Suitable for wheelchairs? Yes MUIRHOUSE DRIV E. E 4 CREWE ROAD NO one farm which PENNYWELL PI WEST Suitable for Prams? Yes LT

SIL stood where West WEST ONGARDEN ROAD VERKNOWE Pilton Avenue joins Y Fitness level Easy: (IdealMUIRHOUSE short fast running route). N VIEW PILTON3 FERR W. PILTO Pennywell Road PI UE today. The Edinburgh AVEN 2 LT K ONGROV DIRECTIONS S PAR MUIRHOUSE > Corporation purchased ROAD S MUIRHOUSE E Start at the Prentice Centre in Granton Mains Avenue. From the ILTON AVENU 118 acres of farm land WEST P centre turn left and walk up Granton Mains Avenue, keep left. from the Buccleuch RT 1 E Where there is a gap between the houses turn up a small alley to West Y ROAD family to build houses AVENUE H Pilton Drive. Y ROAD FERR at Granton Mains, FERR Take first right into West Pilton Drive. Follow road round and uphill Pennywell and West 2through West Pilton Gardens past West Pilton Park on your left. Turn Pilton in 1935. In the left into the park after the trees by the council offices. Cut through the MU I late 1920s and early middle of the park to the play area. (NB West Pilton Neighbourhood RHOU CREWE ROAD SOUT 1930s, housing in Centre is to your left). Carry straight on towards the flats, cut through S E E ASTER DR East PiltonGREEN was built flats to the crescent of shops. Pass through centre of the shopping avenue towards the wooden houses in West Pilton Place. and in 1936 work MAP MARKERS: GROA 1 E

started on West Pilton PLAC EASTER DR ROAD 1 Prentice Centre,YLAW 2 Council Offices,YL 3 West Pilton Park, Follow the road round to the left staying on West Pilton place. Walk BANK Y DR (divided by a former AW MUIRHOUSE FERR 4 WestEASTER Pilton Neighbourhood Centre, 5 Community Garden, down the alley to West Pilton Brae, signposted towards the Youth THIL VIEW 3 railway line now West and Children’s Project. Take a wee look around the community gardens 6 Edinburgh College. Granton Access Road). YL on the left just before the green roofed building. Continue downhill to L AW ROAD NO West Pilton wasn’t E

V the end of West Pilton Brae. Turn left and immediately right through BA E I H PLAC BUS STOPS: R completedYLAW until after the new housing estate. The road snakes round, continue on it until you DR N D W. K D West Granton Rd on either side of Edinburgh CollegeD reach a small park. Turn left through the park, through the houses until World War 2. R A

O 24, 32, 8, 14 and 16 buses F O you reach the main road and Edinburgh College. L RT UE N E VE R A T AW H YL ER DR D EAST 14 DRYLAW R 15 UE E O AVEN DRIV F AW YLAW YL GROA R DR L R DR ASTE ESTE E E W T

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RT H TELFORD ROAD Pilton Community Health Project run regular walking groups with our award-winning volunteers. The groups run on Mondays (at 1pm from PCHP) and Fridays (at 9.30am from Crewe Toll Roundabout).

If you would like to join this walking group please contact Lianne or Clare on 0131 551 1671.

For more information visit> pchp.org.uk/projects/physical-activity www.facebook.com/PiltonCommunityHealthProject

Pilton Community Health Project 73 Boswall Parkway, Edinburgh, EH5 2PW Tel 0131 551 1671 | Email [email protected] | Web www.pchp.org.uk

Pilton Community Health Project is a charitable company limited by guarantee. Registered in Edinburgh under number 339435. Charity number SCO18460.