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Sunny Leith is a journey from central Edinburgh to the north side of the city and the port of Leith, ending up at the Royal Yacht Britannia.

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.

  • The Archivists Garden in Edinburgh

    The Archivists Garden

    Recently I heard about The Archivists Garden which is only a 1 minute walk from the East End of Princes…

  • Panoramic view of Edinburgh City center

    I am a recommended person!

    I received an e-mail from Shelli Stein of www.joyinmovement.com saying she had placed my details on her website as a…

  • Park in Leith

    “The sun has got his hat on….”

    Edinburgh in the sun is a beautiful thing. People cast off their winter woolies and expose their pale skin to…

  • Coffee Beans in Edinburgh

    Edinburgh Coffee Shops as recommended by Gareth Thomas (Reserve Apts.)

    Luckily for all lovers of good coffee, Edinburgh’s thriving coffee scene means there are plenty of high-quality coffee shops where…

  • Edinburgh's Stockbridge is a turophile's paradise

    Edinburgh’s Stockbridge is a turophile’s paradise

    Stockbridge is a old village now within the northern centre of the City of Edinburgh that has a somewhat bohemian…

  • Roman statue of a lion in Edinburgh

    “…but the Romans didn’t come north of Hadrian’s Wall and into Edinburgh”

    Well the truth is that the Romans did come into Scotland and in fact made it up to the Moray…

  • Beat Boxes In Edinburgh

    Beat Boxes

    As I take my guided walks around the city I cannot fail to regularly come across cast iron buildings which…

  • Lamb's House, Leith

    Did Mary go to Mr Lamb?

    As we are now well and truly into Spring in Scotland's capital city, I went down to our port recently…

  • Anatomical Museum In Edinburgh

    What to do in Edinburgh on the last Saturday of the month.

    There are very few opportunities in the year to visit a little known museum in Edinburgh that contains one of…

  • Graveyard In Edinburgh

    Heroism, Cannibalism and the North West Passage

    I have written before about The Dean Cemetery, to the rear of The Dean Gallery in Edinburgh. It is an…

  • Ye Olde Golf Tavern in Edinburgh

    Golf in Leith & Edinburgh

    Scotland is the undisputed home of golf. The exact origins are not known, but it is recorded that golf had to…

  • Leith Custom House, In Edinburgh

    Grave Matters

    Edinburgh and Leith have retained many of the graveyards that were used to bury their dead over many centuries and…