IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Lanark Road, EDINBURGH, EH14 1TG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Lanark Road, EH14 1TG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (243 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Water of Leith Walkway
This is the entrance to the section of the walkway upstream (south) of the Visitor Centre. On the right is the Image], and in the background is a house of the far side of Lanark Road. In the foreground is the Image
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 20 Nov 2011
0.01 miles
2
Water of Leith "map"
A representation of the river in brass, embedded into the start of the path from Slateford to Colinton. The lines across the river represent bridges.
Image: © Callum Black
Taken: 3 Feb 2007
0.01 miles
3
Teetering on the brink
These flats are already named on OpenStreetMap as 'Water of Leith Apartments', despite being some way short of completion. This may have something to do with their construction having fallen behind schedule. Remedial works have recently been carried out to shore up the bank, so to speak, after the record-breaking floods of 30th December 2022, which at this spot ripped away some gabions (those wire-mesh cubes full of big stones) from the bank the block is built upon.
The Water of Leith Conservation Trust, amongst other organisations, appealed against the building of this building. Edinburgh Council agreed and refused planning permission, but as is often the way of things these days, the Scottish Government overruled the council. The fact that the development is so small that the usual 'affordable properties' are not even included as a convenient (forgive my cynicism!) get-out clause makes this decision fairly unusual.
The far end of the bank still looks extremely precarious to me.
Image: © Ian Dodds
Taken: 25 Apr 2023
0.01 miles
4
Map on the ground, Slateford
The sinuous line on the paved path is a map of the Water of Leith, starting from Leith docks nearest the camera, out to Balerno. For a closer view, see Image
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 30 Sep 2012
0.01 miles
5
Millennium Monolith
This slab of blue slate, imported from Burlington Quarry in Cumbria, was erected to commemorate the completion of the Water of Leith Walkway in 2002. Given the abundance and variety of local stone, and the historic importance of quarrying all along the course of the river, it seems curious that the monument should be a type of stone totally alien to Central Scotland. Pity, too, about the unfortunately sited litter bin, which hardly enhances the impact of the monolith.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 20 Nov 2011
0.02 miles
6
Map on the Pavement
The wiggling metal strip inset into the pavement is actually a map of the Water of Leith. It is part of the Millennium project to create the Water of Leith Walkway.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 20 Nov 2011
0.02 miles
8
Lodge on Lanark Road, A70
This appears to have been built around 1900 on what was probably the tradesmen's approach to Craiglockhart House.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 17 Sep 2019
0.02 miles
10
River of stainless steel
The Water of Leith is depicted in plan on paving stones close to the junction of the A70, Lanark Road.
Image: © michael ely
Taken: 19 Mar 2010
0.03 miles