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The walkway follows the river from Balerno to Leith. This section is behind Donaldson's School for the Deaf.
©Christine Johnstone
©Nigel Chadwick
Looking downriver towards Belford Road.
©Thomas Nugent
Downstream from the bridge to the Gallery of Modern Art.
©Dr Duncan Pepper
©Nigel Chadwick
©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.1km<br/>Donaldson's School for Deaf Children. The building was designed by the architect Playfair. Apparently Queen Victoria would have preferred to have stayed here rather than at the Palace of Holyrood House (this might be an urban myth)
©Sandy Gemmill
Dist:0.1km<br/>Built as Donaldson's Hospital by William Playfair, who was architect of much of the New Town, now a school for deaf children. http://www.donaldsons-coll.edin.sch.uk
©Richard Webb
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.1km<br/>A "side" view of the prominent former school building, taken from Wester Coates Avenue. See also [[286950]].
©Thomas Nugent
Dist:0.1km<br/>Leaving the grounds of Donaldson Hospital (school for the deaf).
©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking downriver, near the footbridge at the Gallery of Modern Art.
©Thomas Nugent
Dist:0.1km<br/>Donaldson's School For The Deaf moved to Linlithgow in 2008, having sold the grand building and campus to raise much needed funds. A housing development is planned here, but the facade and front lawns will be retained.
©Thomas Nugent
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©kim traynor
Dist:0.1km<br/>Built between 1842 and 1851 to a design by William Playfair, the school was James Donaldson's legacy to poor children, some of whom were deaf and mute. In 1938 it became a school exclusively for deaf children. In 2007, it was sold by the City authorities for conversion into flats. Legend has it that Queen Victoria coveted the building as an alternative residence to Holyroodhouse. http://www.donaldsons-coll.edin.sch.uk/donhistory.htm [[1405066]]
©kim traynor

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