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Edinburgh World Heritage Map Edinburgh World Heritage 5 Charlotte Square Edinburgh EH2 4DR Leave your car at home and explore Edinburgh on foot. T: 0131 220 7720 W: www.ewht.org.uk The Victorians created the Inverleith Newhaven is a Conservation Area retaining E: [email protected] 37 Discover the Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site the pond to attract wildlife and to offer a Newhaven the architectural character of a Scottish green way. Walk along the paths and learn about dramatic view over the city. fishing village. Edinburgh’s natural and historical heritage. We want Leith has been a port for many centuries and can be reached by walking along the Water of Leith. feedback!
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The famous Craigleith sandstone used to be quarried here, where now you can find a retail park. 37
Leith Craigleith
You can find along the Portobello FETTES AVENUE Esplanade one of the last Turkish baths still in use in Scotland.
LEITH WALK
CREWE ROAD
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DUNDAS STREET 24 ALBANY STREET HOWE STREET ROYAL TERRACE 27 34 28
29 25 QUEENSFERRY ROAD HERIOT ROW 36 23
DEAN PATH 35 Portobello 30 RAVELSTON TERRACE 31 QUEENS STREET REGENT ROAD 22
BELFORD ROAD 26 32 GEORGE STREET 1 33 19 20 2 QUEEN’S DRIVE Map legend PRINCES STREET 17 18 Old Town Path CANONGATE New Town Path 4 13 14 HIGH STREET SOUTH BRIDGE Dean Village and Stockbridge Path PALMERSTON PLACE 15 HOLYROOD ROAD 5 Water of Leith RUTLAND ST 16 Canal 21 Glencorse Reservoir is one of the Public open space reservoirs providing drinking water to 41 COWGATE Edinburgh. Private open space
JOHNSTON TERRACE 11 12 Loch 10 CHAMBERS STREET GRASSMARKET Green corridor Balerno and Allotments 6 Play area the Pentlands 3 9 7 Graveyard LAURISTON PLACE Tourist Information Centre 8 Library Museum Shared path Green landmark 40 Historical landmark
QUEEN’S DRIVE
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MARCHMONT ROAD
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The ruins of the 1300s St. Anthony’s Marchmont Chapel can be found on the northern 3 Union Canal side of Arthur’s Seat. 10 minutes - slow walk 5 minutes - fast walk The Union Canal was used for 40 transporting coal up until the 1930s. Between the cherry tree lanes, the It is now only used for leisure. 39 0 Km 0.5 Km Meadows boast cricket squares and a 0 Miles 0.3 Miles croquet green.
Map artwork: Jane Hyslop/Studio Muse Go Green! EDINBURGH WORLD HERITAGE Edinburgh World Heritage Map Leave your car at home and explore Edinburgh on foot.
Discover Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site the Countryside ranger services are provided by the City of Green way. Use this map to help you explore Edinburgh Council for Calton Hill, the Water of Leith and Edinburgh’s historic site on foot or by bike, and Princes Street Gardens. Historic Scotland also provides help save carbon emissions. guided tours on Arthur’s Seat. Please visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk or www.historic-scotland.gov.uk Old Town Path: 2.7 miles, 1h 20m, For more information on Edinburgh World Heritage and on energy efficiency in historical buildings, visit 0.9 Kg of CO2 saved* www.ewht.org.uk, visit our Facebook page on Go Energy Efficient! Edinburgh World Heritage Site or our Twitter page on http://twitter.com/GoGreenEWH New Town Path:
3.9 miles, 2h, ROYAL BOTANIC 1.29Kg of CO2 saved GARDEN 45 DEAN Time needed to walk VILLAGE 30 between the major sites of WAVERLEY STATION Dean Village and Edinburgh (in minutes) EDINBURGH CASTLE 15 Stockbridge Path: ARTHUR’S SEAT 30 2.2 miles, 1h, UNION CANAL THE MEADOWS 0.73Kg of CO2 saved 30 25
*Kg CO2 saved by person in comparison with the same journey by car 8 26 Discover the Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site the green Slim-profile double glazing in Lauriston Place 33 Dean and East Scotland Street Lane Historical landmarks New Town Path Old Calton Cemetery way. Walk along the paths and learn about Edinburgh’s These Georgian tenements in Lauriston Place had lost their Allotments In the Old Calton Cemetery you can find an obelisk, which is natural and historical heritage. original sash and case windows. Therefore, slim-profile double- The allotments are communal gardens used Old Town Path 17 The Mound a tribute to the Scottish political martyrs who were transported glazing was installed to reduce heat loss through the windows, by the locals to grow vegetables. They are The Mound was the location where builders dumped the earth to Australia around 1790 for supporting democracy. Waterloo Green landmarks and consequently the carbon emissions of the buildings. better for your health than commercially 6 Greyfriars Kirkyard left over from digging the foundations of the New Town. After Place now cuts through the burial ground of the cemetery. farmed food and reduce the greenhouse Greyfriars Kirkyard contains tombs from the 1500s to the 1700s, being used as a pitch for circuses and other entertainment, Old Town Path 10 Gilmour’s Close gases emitted in the atmosphere. All including the grave of Greyfriars Bobby. In the south-west corner, two buildings - designed to look like Greek temples - were built 27 The Nelson Monument This building has been restored to include allotments are indicated on the map, see there is the Covenanters’ prison where 1,200 prisoners were held in 1822 and 1853. The Nelson Monument was built between 1807 and 1815 low carbon refurbishment. The main the legend. in-memory of Admiral Lord Nelson who died at the Battle of 1 Dunbar’s Close for five months after the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. sustainable feature of the project is a ground 20 Trafalgar in 1805. It was designed in the shape of an upside Dunbar’s Close hides a garden laid out in the character of a Charlotte Square source heat pump providing hot water and 35 Water of Leith down telescope. The Time Ball that you can see at the top garden of the 1600s. At that time gardens were numerous in 9 Edinburgh College of Art This Square, regarded as a masterpiece, was heating to the area. Since the Water of Leith is the main green corridor in drops every day at One o’clock. this part of the Old Town and used to grow vegetables. This The original building of the College of Art was designed and built designed by the famous architect Robert Edinburgh, clean-ups and habitat improvement tasks are garden was donated to the residents of Dunbar’s Close by the in an Edwardian Beaux-Arts style at the beginning of the 20th Adam in 1791. The Georgian houses of the regularly delivered by volunteers and community groups. Help 28 The National Monument Mushroom Trust in 1978, which explains the bizarre name of century. Over the years, two new modernist style buildings were square were inhabited by prosperous Scottish them by staying on the path and by disposing of your litter in The National Monument dates from 1822 and the garden – the Mushroom Garden. New Town Path added in an L-shape to create the form that you can now see. families up until 1966 when some of the the appropriate locations. houses were bought by the National Trust for commemorates the Scots who died in the Napoleonic Wars. Due to running out of funds, the monument which was inspired 2 The Scottish Parliament Building 18 Princes Street Gardens 11 Grassmarket Scotland. See Ann Street. by the Parthenon in Athens, was never completed. In 2009, ten years after its construction In place of the Nor Loch, which was drained in Outside of the Map The Grassmarket was medieval Edinburgh’s trading quarter. It was started, the Scottish Parliament received an the 18th century, you can now find Waverley the scene of fairs, riots and public hangings. More than a hundred 21 St Mary’s Cathedral 30 Melville Monument energy performance certificate rating of B. Station, first built in the 1840s, and the popular 37 Inverleith people were hanged there, including “half-hangit Maggie”. The Cathedral, owned by the Scottish Episcopal Church, was The Melville monument stands in the middle of St. Andrew It‘s a great achievement considering the Princes Street Gardens created in the 1820s. Inverleith Park is a large playground in one of the Conservation funded solely by the daughters of Sir Patrick Walker. George Square. The 41 metre high monument has a 4.2 metre statue energy standards of that time were much Admire the floral clock at the eastern end of Areas of the World Heritage Site. The numerous sports grounds 12 Granny’s green garden Gilbert Scott’s design was inspired by many abbeys and at the top representing Henry Dundas, Lord Melville who was more permissive than the ones we have today. Among its West Princes Street Gardens. allow thousands of residents to play outside throughout the From the 1880s to the 1920s, Patrick Geddes churches all around Britain and France. Construction started in the King’s Chancellor in the 1790s and was considered the sustainability features, you can observe the green roofs which year. In the southern section, you can see a Victorian pond – both biologist and urban planner - designed 1874 and lasted for 43 years. most powerful Scot of his time. improve the insulation of the building and house an increased 19 Pedestrian Zone and a landscaped “marsh” area. 35 gardens for the Old Town. Granny’s green biodiversity. The large and well-oriented windows allow passive The absence of cars on Rose Street makes garden is one of them. 22 Moray Estate solar heating and lighting. the street safer, quieter and also more 38 Royal Botanical Garden The Moray Estate was built to maximise the Dean Village and Stockbridge Path environmentally friendly. There is less fuel The Royal Botanical Garden is a great place 13 Edinburgh Castle area between the New Town and Dean Village. 3 Arthur’s Seat burned in the area and the air is less polluted. to learn more about biodiversity and to see The first reference to a construction on the Castle Rock is the Before its construction, the Moray Estate was 32 Well Court The combination of Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Park is a semi- Scottish plants but also many species native to fortress Din Eidyn in AD 600. Since then, the construction on the fields. To keep the memory of these fields alive, Well Court was commissioned in the 1880s by Sir John Findlay, natural park, which means that it is managed primarily for 29 Calton Hill other parts of the world. top of Castle Rock has been continually modified to become the a sheaves of corn pattern was included in the the owner of The Scotsman newspaper, to house his workers. public access and recreation. From up here, you can admire Calton Hill is one of the largest open spaces in the World modern Edinburgh Castle which is still in use as a military barracks. design of the cast iron railings. Have a look at the carved red sandstone plaques on the Edinburgh and its various open spaces. Heritage Site and was one of the first public parks in the United 39 The Meadows walls of the building. You can go through the courtyard to Kingdom. Every year, thousands of people walk along its paths Similar to Princes Street Gardens, the Meadows also used to be 14 Ramsay Garden 23 Moray Place reach the river. 4 Our Dynamic Earth and enjoy the tranquillity of the park and the fantastic view of a loch that was drained historically. There is a one mile jogging Built in the 1890s, Ramsay Garden was designed Moray Place was designed in the 1820s in a wedge-shaped Our Dynamic Earth is an interactive museum with spectacular the City. track going around the Meadows to exercise in open air. as a Town-and-Gown hall of residence. It plan. Above the doors, see the semi-circular windows called 34 Ann Street displays on the earth’s geological and biological history. The was commissioned by urban planner Patrick fanlights. Along your walk, look at all the different fanlight styles. The peculiarity of Ann Street is the gardens that building’s white membrane roof and steel structure stand out Dean Village and Stockbridge Path 40 Union canal Geddes. The buildings encompass mainly Scots you can see in front of each house, which was against the breathtaking background of Salisbury Crags. The Union Canal links the Falkirk Wheel to Edinburgh by a baronial and English cottage styles. 24 Royal Circus very unusual for that time. Admire the cast 31 Dean Village shared foot/cycle path surrounded by open countryside where Royal Circus was designed by William Henry Playfair at the iron lamps standards here. They differ from the 5 Coinyie House Close A river flows through Dean Village, making it a you can observe local wildlife such as badgers and hawks. 15 Gladstone’s Land beginning of his career between 1820 and 1823. He was the wrought iron lamp standards other parts of the Since the Old Town has only a few open very picturesque and quiet area to live in. The Gladstone’s Land is the best surviving example of an Old Town architect of more than 20 buildings and monuments in the New Town like as the ones in Charlotte Square. spaces, communal gardens such as Grey Heron is one of the 80 species of birds 41 Roseburn path high-tenement house. Built in 1550, it was restored in around City of Edinburgh. Coinyie House Close are important not only you can see around the Water of Leith and The Roseburn path is an old railway 1620 and was occupied at that time by people of different 36 St. Bernard’s Well for the environment but also for the local in Dean Village itself. This bird is the second transformed into a foot and cycle path acting social classes. 25 Queen Street Gardens In 1760, a mineral spring was discovered by communities. largest commonly found in the UK and an as a green corridor. Green corridors are very Queen Street Gardens are private gardens to which only the two George Heriot’s school boys on this site. incredible fisherman. important as they allow animals and plants 16 Charles II statue nearby residents have access. One of these famous residents First protected by a simple well house, later on 7 Solar water heating panels in Lauriston Place (seed and pollen) to have an extended The lead equestrian statue of King Charles II is one of the was Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island, who a temple to Hygeia, the goddess of health, Instead of using the common and polluting gas boiler, a solar territory, but also to move between areas if oldest lead statues in Britain. The statue was erected in 1685 a lived at No.17 Heriot Row during his childhood in the 1850s was erected in the 1790s. water heating system has been installed to serve 49 flats in 7 needed. few months after the death of King Charles II, representing the and 1860s. B-listed Georgian tenement buildings. King in the style of a Roman Emperor.