Cycle Tracks & Water Of Leith

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 33.22 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 9h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 158 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 162 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 61 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 0 m
  • ⚐
    District: Edinburgh 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.966436° / W 3.265809°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 55 m - Start on Silverknowes View
  2. 2 : km 0.06 - alt. 55 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.1 - alt. 56 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.11 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Ferry Road
  5. 5 : km 0.69 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Cramond Road South
  6. 6 : km 2.15 - alt. 32 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Cramond Road North
  7. 7 : km 3.23 - alt. 39 m - Keep right onto Gamekeeper's Road
  8. 8 : km 3.26 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Whitehouse Road
  9. 9 : km 4.14 - alt. 27 m - Turn left onto Cramond Glebe Road
  10. 10 : km 4.6 - alt. 12 m - Keep left onto Cramond Village
  11. 11 : km 4.7 - alt. 3 m - Turn right onto Cramond Village
  12. 12 : km 4.72 - alt. 1 m - Turn right onto Silverknowes Esplanade
  13. 13 : km 4.75 - alt. 1 m - Turn right onto Silverknowes Esplanade
  14. 14 : km 4.92 - alt. 6 m - Keep left onto Silverknowes Esplanade
  15. 15 : km 4.95 - alt. 5 m - Keep left onto Silverknowes Esplanade
  16. 16 : km 5.12 - alt. 2 m - Keep left onto Silverknowes Esplanade
  17. 17 : km 5.25 - alt. 3 m - Keep left onto Silverknowes Esplanade
  18. 18 : km 7.39 - alt. 2 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 8.74 - alt. 7 m - Turn left onto West Shore Road
  20. 20 : km 9.8 - alt. 5 m - Keep right onto West Harbour Road
  21. 21 : km 9.82 - alt. 5 m - Turn sharp right onto West Harbour Road
  22. 22 : km 9.89 - alt. 4 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Lower Granton Road
  23. 23 : km 11.04 - alt. 7 m - Turn right
  24. 24 : km 11.76 - alt. 22 m - Turn right onto Ferry Road Path
  25. 25 : km 12.19 - alt. 27 m - Keep right onto Ferry Road Path
  26. 26 : km 16.95 - alt. 55 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 17 - alt. 55 m - Turn right onto Wester Coates Terrace
  28. 28 : km 17.14 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto West Coates
  29. 29 : km 17.37 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Roseburn Cliff
  30. 30 : km 17.42 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Water of Leith Walkway
  31. 31 : km 17.93 - alt. 36 m - Keep right
  32. 32 : km 18.05 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight right onto Water of Leith Walkway
  33. 33 : km 18.47 - alt. 36 m - Turn sharp left
  34. 34 : km 19.13 - alt. 29 m - Turn sharp left onto Damside
  35. 35 : km 19.17 - alt. 32 m - Turn right onto Damside
  36. 36 : km 19.24 - alt. 31 m - Turn right onto Dean Path
  37. 37 : km 19.29 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Miller Row
  38. 38 : km 19.97 - alt. 18 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 20.79 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto Dundas Street
  40. 40 : km 21.45 - alt. 56 m - Turn left onto Queen Street
  41. 41 : km 21.75 - alt. 60 m - Keep left onto York Place
  42. 42 : km 22.12 - alt. 52 m - Turn sharp left onto Broughton Street
  43. 43 : km 22.45 - alt. 33 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Mansfield Place
  44. 44 : km 23.14 - alt. 11 m - Turn left
  45. 45 : km 23.15 - alt. 11 m - Turn left onto Huntly Street
  46. 46 : km 23.97 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto Inverleith Place
  47. 47 : km 24.51 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto Arboretum Place
  48. 48 : km 24.76 - alt. 21 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 25.07 - alt. 20 m - Turn right
  50. 50 : km 25.08 - alt. 20 m - Turn slight left
  51. 51 : km 25.08 - alt. 20 m - Turn right
  52. 52 : km 25.3 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto East Fettes Avenue
  53. 53 : km 25.68 - alt. 17 m - Turn left onto Comely Bank Road
  54. 54 : km 26.36 - alt. 18 m - Turn right onto Saunders Street
  55. 55 : km 26.59 - alt. 18 m - Turn right
  56. 56 : km 27.15 - alt. 27 m - Keep left onto Miller Row
  57. 57 : km 27.26 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto Dean Path
  58. 58 : km 27.32 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Damside
  59. 59 : km 27.38 - alt. 32 m - Turn left onto Damside
  60. 60 : km 27.41 - alt. 29 m - Keep left onto Damside
  61. 61 : km 27.45 - alt. 28 m - Keep left onto Water of Leith Walkway
  62. 62 : km 28.08 - alt. 36 m - Turn sharp right onto Water of Leith Walkway
  63. 63 : km 28.5 - alt. 36 m - Keep left
  64. 64 : km 28.62 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight left onto Water of Leith Walkway
  65. 65 : km 29.13 - alt. 43 m - Turn right onto Roseburn Cliff
  66. 66 : km 29.17 - alt. 43 m - Turn left
  67. 67 : km 29.39 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Wester Coates Terrace
  68. 68 : km 29.52 - alt. 55 m - Turn left
  69. 69 : km 29.57 - alt. 55 m - Turn right onto Roseburn Path
  70. 70 : km 31.09 - alt. 46 m - Keep left onto Blackhall Path
  71. 71 : km 32.84 - alt. 55 m - Keep right
  72. 72 : km 32.96 - alt. 53 m - Turn sharp left onto Silverknowes Road
  73. 73 : km 32.96 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Silverknowes Drive
  74. 74 : km 32.98 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Silverknowes Road East
  75. 75 : km 33.04 - alt. 54 m - Turn left onto Silverknowes Brae
  76. 76 : km 33.06 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Silverknowes Road East
  77. S/E : km 33.22 - alt. 55 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Other walks in the area

Walking Linear from Barnton to Wester Hailes, Edimburgh

Walker
↔12.23 km ↗+56 m ↘-21 m ◔3h 40 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Edinburgh

The aim of the walk is to enjoy Edinburgh’s suburbs, outlying areas, and Green Belt setting (while it still exists) by making use of footpaths, tracks, disused railway lines and riverbanks, ascending mine tips, passing alongside farmland, docks and seafronts, and heading through quiet housing-estates as well as shopping-centres and University campus. This one-way walk goes from Wester Hailes to Kaimes and represents the last leg of a stroll around Edinburgh.

Walking From Cramond Brig to Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh Circumnavigation

Walker
↔15.60 km ↗+39 m ↘-48 m ◔4h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Edinburgh

Linear from Cramond Brig to Ocean Terminal, via River Almond, Cramond, Silverknowes, Granton Point, Royston House, Granton Harbour, Primrose Bank, Newhaven, West Breakwater & Western Harbour. This is leg 5/5 of the Edinburgh Circumnavigation Walk.

Walking Wester Hailes to Kaimes, Edimburgh

Walker
↔12.10 km ↗+128 m ↘-80 m ◔3h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Edinburgh

The aim of the walk is to enjoy Edinburgh’s suburbs, outlying areas, and Green Belt setting (while it still exists) by making use of footpaths, tracks, disused railway lines and riverbanks, ascending mine tips, passing alongside farmland, docks and seafronts, and heading through quiet housing-estates as well as shopping-centres and University campus. This one-way walk goes from Wester Hailes to Kaimes and represents the leg1/5 of a stroll around Edinburgh.

Walking Stroll around Edinburgh

Walker
↔59.64 km ↗+319 m ↘-330 m ◔5 days ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Edinburgh

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Walking Leith to Barnton, Edinburgh

Walker
↔13.14 km ↗+107 m ↘-69 m ◔4h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Edinburgh

The aim of the walk is to enjoy Edinburgh’s suburbs, outlying areas, and Green Belt setting (while it still exists) by making use of footpaths, tracks, disused railway lines and riverbanks, ascending mine tips, passing alongside farmland, docks and seafronts, and heading through quiet housing-estates as well as shopping-centres and University campus. This one-way walk goes from Wester Hailes to Kaimes and represents the leg 4/5 of a stroll around Edinburgh.

Walking Edinburgh Circumnavigation

Walker
↔71.26 km ↗+542 m ↘-536 m ◔5 days ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Edinburgh

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Walker
↔15.08 km ↗+32 m ↘-3 m ◔4h 25 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Edinburgh

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Walker
↔12.19 km ↗+214 m ↘-214 m ◔4h 05 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Edinburgh

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