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©Kevin Rae
Showing Bridge Road and the memorial to Brian Meek, Colinton's longest serving Councillor.
©Gordon Reynolds
The Water of Leith runs through a steep sided valley out of sight of the surrounding city.
©Richard Webb
©Tom Richardson
Dist:0.1km<br/>The weir captures water for Redhall Mill's mill stream on the opposite bank, the footbridge helps walkers explore the Dells. Taken from the Water of Leith Walkway, a former railway line high above the river.
©Christine Johnstone
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©Tom Richardson
Dist:0.1km<br/>This lade takes water from Redhall Weir to Redhall Mill. The Water of Leith is below to the right of the picture.
©Rob Burke
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Water of Leith Walkway running along the line of the former Balerno railway.
©Christine Johnstone
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Water of Leith Walkway is well-used by walkers and joggers, but cyclists and dog-walkers also put in an appearance.
©Christine Johnstone
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©Tom Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Built as a railway tunnel on the Balerno branch, now tarmacced and carrying both the Water of Leith Walkway and Easter Hailes Gate.
©Christine Johnstone
Dist:0.2km<br/>The view north, towards Edinburgh, from the short tunnel on the old Balerno-Edinburgh railway, now a busy foot and cyclepath.
©M J Richardson
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©Tom Richardson
Dist:0.3km<br/>The school, founded in 1833, moved from Merchiston Castle to its present site at Colinton in 1930.
©kim traynor
Dist:0.3km<br/>Balfour, minister at Colinton from the 1820s to 1860s, was the maternal grandfather of the Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson. The young Stevenson appears to have inherited the condition of a "weak chest" from both his grandfather and mother.
©kim traynor

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