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Edinburgh Walks News & Articles of Interest
Welcome to Edinburgh Walks based in the historic and beautiful capital city of Scotland. We offer unique private guided walks through parts of this UNESCO World Heritage city for individual groups of up to eight people.

Christmas has arrived early
Now that the days are shorter and colder, we approach Christmas and New Year in Edinburgh.

A bit of a Muddle…
You would have thought the Councillors of Edinburgh city and their counterparts in the then separate town of Leith would…

The forgotten scientist
Another former Edinburgh resident worthy of remembrance is James Clerk Maxwell. I regularly pass his home and his (relatively) newly…

And the madness begins…..
It is when the Edinburgh Festivals take a grip on the city. Where locals, performers and visitors alike are squeezed…

Views from The Pentland Hills
The Pentland Hills rise to the South of Edinburgh and became a regional park in 1986. Approximately 35 sq miles in…

Ducks….!
I thought I would share with you some of the images from the Stockbridge Duck Race that was held this…

Name a Scot who won the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Title….?
Whilst it is likely that Mahony would have played for the Irish Republic we Scots like to clutch at any…

What a balloon…!
There are a number of people who have a strong connection with Edinburgh but there is little general public knowledge…

A Tenacious Dipper
The weather has been very kind to us in Edinburgh of late. Just last week the local newspaper was telling…

The Botanic Cottage
We are very lucky in Edinburgh to have a lot of parkland and open space in which the populous and…

A Circus came to town.
The circus did come to town when the extension to the New Town was planned and built. No longer the…

Hammerbeam
Whilst walking through Leith recently - as part of the Sunny Leith guided walk - see www.edinburghwalks.com - I took…