Stroll around Edinburgh

A 35 km stroll around the outer area of Edinburgh. A walk around the outskirts of Edinburgh. The circuit has been designed as a quiet, almost traffic-free, scenic along quiet footpaths and lanes through suburban Edinburgh. It passes through markedly different socio-economic districts. One of Edinburgh’s great attractions is that socio-geographically it is quite different to that of most cities.

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19 Aug 2022

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Activity: Walking
Distance: 59.64 km
Calculated time: 5 days
Difficulty: Easy
Return to departure point: No
Vertical gain: + 342 m
Vertical drop: - 354 m
Highest point: 174 m
Lowest point: 1 m

Country: United Kingdom
District: Edinburgh
Start: N 55.91566° / W 3.283219°
End: N 55.916316° / W 3.286101°
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The stroll around Edinburgh passes through markedly different socio-economic districts. One of Edinburgh’s great attractions is that socio-geographically it is quite different to that of most cities. Its distinctive geographic pattern – of wealthy areas admixed (cheek-by-jowl) amongst more deprived zones – forms a recurring feature of this 35-km walk. All cities are expanding, and as they do urban sprawl – low-density urban development outside the urban core – resulting from shifts to ever more automobile-dependent living leads to new, difficult challenges. Cities have choices about their future. Various tactics and strategies for reducing the negative effects of sprawl exist. Quo Vadis 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. Each 7-mile leg begins, and ends, at a well-served public bus stop to form a 35-mile, almost totally traffic-free route.

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Stroll around Edinburgh: background notes

Some thoughts on urban growth. Quo Vadis Edinburgh?

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Departure from Edinburgh

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Departure from Edinburgh

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Departure from Edinburgh

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Departure from Edinburgh

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Departure from Edinburgh

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Departure from Edinburgh

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