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Roy's Old Leith Docks Stroll
ROUTE: A 1-mile anticlockwise circuit.
• Leave Teuchters to walk south 50m. [Locality 1: see highlights]. At Dock Pl., turn sharp left into Sandport. Find archway on left. Pass through to waterfront.
• Go right along old quayside [2]. Turn right up the Water of Leith. Keep straight ahead, passing without difficulty (despite some steps and gateways), to walk alongside the water to the Old Custom House [3].
• At Commercial St., turn left over the Bernard St. Bridge [3]. Once across turn left. Observe the old quayside steps [4], used by George IV, opposite the Ship Inn.
• Immediately to the Inn’s left enter Timber Bush [5] through archway. Ahead and right, follow lane, passing old warehouses. In 100m at T-junction turn left. When setts end, pass under archway beneath housing. Further ahead pass through a second archway to emerge onto Tower St [6].
• Turn right, then left, along Ocean Way to follow the tram tracks. Through the old dock entrance gates (Constitution St.), keep left still following the tram tracks. Just beyond tram stop, on Ocean Drive, cross to pass through narrow alley. Keep ahead over Stevedore Pl. and through housing to reach railings and the old Albert Dock [7].
• Turn left and left again. The old Ports Office [8] is opposite. Turn right to follow tram tracks once again. Pass ‘The Fingal’ (with views across to the massive future docklands development site).
• Cross over to take the old swing bridge [9] to Rennie’s Isle. Wind left, and left a second time, through a new archway, to reach the waterfront at the carved boulder [10].
• Turn right to follow quayside (beware of poorly designed ramp) back to Rennie’s Bridge and the starting point at Teuchter’s Landing [11].
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