Bruntsfield & Beyond
Dreghorn, Glenlockhart, Golf Tavern, Greenhill, Greenbank
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The green copper roofs of the houses in the Oxgangs Farm area stand out in this photo taken from Buckstone Snab. Torduff reservoir is hidden in the valley in front of Torphin Hill. | |
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Because it's a cul de sac, this street is largely unknown to the thousands of people who pass by its eastern end daily - picture here from Bruntsfield page BR2. This view is facing east from the far end. | |
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Along near the east end with Barclay Church coming into view. More recently built houses are on the right at this point, as well as The Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded. | |
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At the junction of Gillespie Crescent and Bruntsfield Place with Barclay Church across the road at the corner of Barclay Place, Wright's Houses, Gillespie Place, Glengyle Terrace and Leven Street. The shop at the corner no longer belongs to The Scottish National Institution for the War Blinded and the curved text Royal Blind Asylum Office has been removed. You can see it in the picture referred to above - and the next one here. | |
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The Royal Blind Asylum sign is no more. It was here for as long as I can remember. The marks on the stonework imply there were other signs here but I don't know what. | |
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Bruntsfield Place is the road on the left, part of the A702 main road to the Pentland Hills and beyond. | |
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Glenlockhart Road near the junction of Colinton Road and Craiglockhart Avenue. Before the Edinburgh bypass was built, the routes from west to south were either through here to Greenbank and the A702, or through Colinton Village. The hill is Wester Craiglockhart Hill (actually rather more south than west of Easter Craiglockhart Hill). The former is a nice walk... but the latter seems to be owned by Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Course who don't seem to like walkers very much. | |
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This is a large image and a large file. The blue building
was the DIY firm Texas. Something unpleasant is being built on the green
space that was once part of Meggetland.
Colinton Road is in the middle distance. Lockharton Avenue and Crescent are the two streets in the foreground, at the north side of Craiglockhart Pond. Photograph taken from Easter Craiglockhart Hill. There are more views from this hill in the Views from Craiglockhart page. |
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When we visited Chicago, any building more than 30 years old was deemed 'historic'. This is Edinburgh's Golf Tavern, established in 1456 according to the sign. | |
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I'm not giving directions to Lover's Loan because the sign has been stolen in the past. The shadow of the railings is probably only positioned like this on this day and time each year, assuming the sun is shining at all. The word Loan is of course another name for Lane, and doesn't refer to something that must be paid back to one's lover. | |
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The main road connecting Newington to Churchhill passes along The Grange, one of Edinburgh's leafy suburbs. | |
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Pitlsligo Road has had some changes in 2009. New luxury homes have replaced former sheletered housing, and opposite there the former BT (British Telecom) premises have been vacated. This was a somewhat incongruous presence in the expensive leafy suburbs where the likes of Fred 'the shred' of the Royal Bank of Scotland hang out. | |
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Greenhill Gardens and green copper metalwork on the roof of Saint Bennet's. Coincidentally, the second occurence of oxidised copper on this page. Another two can be seen on the page Princes St 6 |
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This red sandstone building on the corner of Greenhill Terrace and Whitehouse Loan was converted to flats. The morning sunshine shows it off to best advantage. | |
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Facing north from the west side of Greenhill Gardens. On the right is the corner with the western end of Strathearn Place which changes its name to Strathearn Road, Beaufort Road, Grange Road, Salisbury Place and Salisbury Road as it heads west. | |
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The Oxgangs flats and Pentland Hills as seen from Greenbank Road. | |
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The Hermitage of Braid is now a visitor centre with various displays featuring the local wildlife. Since the alien rhododendrons have been cut back it's possible to see the building more clearly. | |
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The purpose of this construction eludes me but nature has decorated it with fringes of foliage, possibly garlic. It's beside the Braid Burn, upstream from the Hermitage. |
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