Lasswade Mavisbank Springfield Mill Walking Path

Walk Key Points of Car park at sports field just Interest Lasswade to Mavisbank beside Bonnyrigg side of the House and Springfield Mill bridge over the North Esk river. Use foot bridge to Old probable coffin road from Lasswade reach Lasswade High Street Distance: 3¾ miles / 6 km and start of the walk. Ruined facade of Mavisbank House

Springfield Mill nature reserve, site of former Ascent: 400ft / 120m paper mill Time: 1¾ hours

(Allow additional time to explore Springfield Mill)

Terrain – Good earth paths • some trackless grassland • Will be wet/muddy in places after rain • riverbank path •

Map: No 66 Edinburgh

Start point: School Green, Lasswade Path above Lasswade Riverbank North Esk See instructions beside map for car park Introduction After 300 metres keep left at X-roads, nor earth slips - look out for uneven land. Leaving the house, turn right Walk from the village of Lasswade to keeping to the earth track. At Kevock ground. This route approximately fol- down the vehicle track then left (signed Gr: NT 303 662 the ruined facade of Mavisbank Road (tar), turn right for 100m then left lows one of the driveways to Mavisbank Polton) onto a new smaller hard sur- House. From there on to the site of at the bend between two white houses house. faced path to reach the North Esk. Turn For Sat Nav users: the former paper mill, Springfield to a small grass strip and then through a upstream. At the public road turn left Mill which is now a small nature re- gate into the grounds of Mavisbank When you reach a path X-roads just over the river then 2nd right into Spring- Lat: N 55.88303 serve. Return by the North Esk riv- Long: W 03.11434 erbank. House. before a timber kissing gate there is a field Mill nature reserve. Explore. choice - either straight ahead to the Route Details The house facade can now be house or down left to reach the large To return to Lasswade, re-cross the Public transport: Yes Start on the North Esk river bank at glimpsed in the far distance through the ornamental pond. Walk around its left river and return to the riverbank path. School Green, Lasswade. Walk up- trees. There are a number of informal bank and back up to another kissing Now continue downstream on the river- Car Parking: Yes (see map) stream along School green and up paths across the grassland to Mavis- gate and approach to the house. side path for ¾ mile then up slope and School Brae. Just before Lasswade bank House. Each can be wet in steps to Kevock Road. Cross the road Refreshments: Yes Cemetery turn left (signed Polton places. Follow the more obvious earth Mavisbank House was gutted by fire then right onto your outward earth path 1¼m.) along an old path, probably a path ahead keeping to the middle in 1973. Currently the house and following it back to your starting point in Route: Ian Brown former “coffin road”. ground. In places there have been mi- grounds are managed by Historic Scot- Lasswade. Photos: Ian Brown