Landscape Character Assessment
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EDINBURGH LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT Prepared for the City of Edinburgh Council by Land Use Consultants in association with Carol Anderson January 2010 37 Otago Street Glasgow G12 8JJ Tel: 0141 334 9595 Fax: 0141 334 7789 [email protected] This project is supported by Scottish Natural Heritage. Working with Scotland’s people to care for our natural heritage. i CONTENTS Page 1. Introduction.......................................................................................1 Lothians Landscape Character Assessment................................................................. 1 European Landscape Convention.................................................................................. 1 Use of the Edinburgh Landscape Character Assessment ............................................ 1 Report Structure ............................................................................................................. 2 2. Method ...............................................................................................3 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3 Study area....................................................................................................................... 3 Open Spaces within the city........................................................................................... 3 Cross boundary issues................................................................................................... 4 Methodology ................................................................................................................... 5 Desk Analysis ................................................................................................................. 5 Data assembly ................................................................................................................ 5 GIS analysis.................................................................................................................... 7 Other data sources ......................................................................................................... 8 Preliminary landscape classification .............................................................................. 9 Field Survey .................................................................................................................... 9 Classification and Description ........................................................................................ 9 3. Landscape character descriptions................................................11 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 11 Landscape character type: Coastal Sands.................................................................. 17 Cramond Coast (LCA Map Ref. No. 01)............................................................................ 18 Portobello Sands (LCA Map Ref. No. 70) ......................................................................... 21 Hopetoun Waterfront (LCA Map Ref. No. 75) ................................................................... 24 Landscape character type: Formal Urban Greenspace .............................................. 27 Inverleith Park (LCA Map Ref. No. 68).............................................................................. 28 Leith Links (LCA Map Ref. No. 66).................................................................................... 31 Princes Street Gardens (LCA Map Ref. No. 63)............................................................... 34 Queen Street Gardens (LCA Map Ref. No. 65) ................................................................ 37 The Meadows (LCA Map Ref. No. 61) .............................................................................. 40 Royal Botanic Gardens (LCA Map Ref. No. 67) ............................................................... 43 Landscape character type: Incised River VAlley ......................................................... 47 Lower Almond Valley (LCA Map Ref. No. 05) .................................................................. 48 Upper Almond Valley (LCA Map Ref. No. 24) .................................................................. 51 Water of Leith Colinton to Balerno (LCA Map Ref. No. 38).............................................. 54 Water of Leith New Town (LCA Map Ref. No. 59)............................................................ 57 Water of Leith Slateford to Colinton Dell (LCA Map Ref. No. 71) .................................... 60 Landscape character type: Informal Open Space....................................................... 63 ii Duddingston Loch (LCA Map Ref. No. 57) ....................................................................... 65 Landscape character type: Lowland Farmland ........................................................... 69 Almond Farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 10) ........................................................................ 70 Cammo Fringe Farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 06) ............................................................ 73 Dalmeny Fringes (LCA Map Ref. No. 13).......................................................................... 76 Lennie golf course (LCA Map Ref. No. 08) ....................................................................... 79 Newbridge/Broxburn Farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 20)................................................... 82 Newton Farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 17) ........................................................................ 85 Niddry farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 18) ........................................................................... 88 West Craigs farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 09) .................................................................. 91 Landscape character type: Pentland Flanks ............................................................... 95 Cockburn geometric wooded farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 36) ....................................... 96 Currie sloping wooded farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 34) ................................................. 99 Leith Plateau farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 33) .............................................................. 102 North Pentland slopes (LCA Map Ref. No. 41) ............................................................... 105 Redford basin (LCA Map Ref. No. 35) ............................................................................ 109 West Pentland fringe (LCA Map Ref. No. 39) ................................................................. 112 Landscape character type: Pentland HIlls – Upper Slopes and Summits................ 115 Bavelaw geometric wooded farmland (LCA Map Ref. No. 37)....................................... 116 Pentland heights (LCA Map Ref. No. 42) ........................................................................ 119 Landscape character type: Policy Landscape........................................................... 123 Cammo policies (LCA Map Ref. No. 07) ......................................................................... 124 Craigiehall policies (LCA Map Ref. No. 21)..................................................................... 127 Craigmillar Castle policies (LCA Map Ref. No. 48)......................................................... 131 Dalmahoy (LCA Map Ref. No. 26)................................................................................... 134 Dalmeny policies (LCA Map Ref. No. 12) ....................................................................... 137 Dreghorn Woodland and Barracks (LCA Map Ref. No. 73) ........................................... 140 Drum policies (LCA Map Ref. No. 49)............................................................................. 143 Duddingston policies (LCA Map Ref. No. 56) ................................................................. 147 Dundas policies (LCA Map Ref. No. 15) ........................................................................ 150 Edmonstone policies (LCA Map Ref No. 55)................................................................... 153 Lauriston policies (LCA Map Ref. No. 03)....................................................................... 156 Mortonhall policy landscape (LCA Map Ref. No. 53) ..................................................... 159 Newliston policies (LCA Map Ref. No. 19)...................................................................... 162 Landscape character type: Prominent Urban hills..................................................... 165 Braid Hills (LCA Map Ref. No. 52)................................................................................... 166 Calton Hill (LCA Map Ref. No. 64) .................................................................................. 169 Castle Rock (LCA Map Ref. No. 62) ............................................................................... 172 Corstorphine (LCA Map Ref. No. 50) .............................................................................. 175 Craiglockhart Hills (LCA Map Ref. No. 51) ..................................................................... 179 Holyrood Park (LCA Map Ref. No. 60)............................................................................ 183 Landscape character type: Recreational open Space .............................................. 187 Barnton Golf Courses (LCA Map Ref. No. 04)................................................................ 188 Prestonfield