Dean Village / Belford

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	Dean Village 1152 x 864 143K	An early shot of the village from the Dean Bridge. Taken with a fisheye lens.
	Dean Bridge 5 820 x 1080 214K	On the west side of the bridge facing south towards Lynedoch Terrace. Bells Brae and Belford Road begin just behind the house. The Water of Leith flows down below. The yellow lichen is the same level as the pavement but on the other side of the stone parapet.
	Bells Brae / Lynedoch Place 1280 x 854 227K	At the top of Bells Brae looking southeast towards the West End of Princes Street. Belford Road is now closed to vehicular traffic.
	Dean Village a 1280 x 854 339K	A dramatic view down to the village only 500m from Princes Street and the city centre. The Water of Leith is flowing east under the bridge.
	Dean Village School 1024 x 768 138K	Attractive 1875 stone work commemorating Edinburgh School Board.
	Dean Village 1024 x 768 158K	Previously featured as a hand-scan of a small print, this is a high resolution scan of the negative. It shows the old village only a few minutes walk from Princes Street.
	Dean Village Street 547 x 768 84K	From the other side of the small river known as the Water of Leith is this closer view of the houses featured in the previous picture.
	Dean Village b 1280 x 841 270K	A long lens shot from Dean Bridge looking towards the spire of Belford Youth Hostel - a former church at Douglas Gardens.
	Belford Bridge View and the Water of Leith 768 x 1024 255K	The riverbank footpath is part of the Water of Leith Walkway which follows the city's river from Balerno to Leith. Walking upstream from here leads to Roseburn and the floodplain on which is built Murrayfield Stadium and Murrayfield Ice Rink. The downstream path passes through the Dean Village and leads to Stockbridge and beyond.
	Belford Road Land Form 00 1152 x 864 207K	In front of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art at 74 Belford Road is this earthworks designed by Charles Jencks. You are permitted to walk along its curved pathways.
	Belford Road Land Form 01 1152 x 864 258K	The water reflects the autumn colours. Belford Road is visible at the back, connecting Queensferry Road to Palmerston Place.
	Belford Road Land Form 07 1280 x 714 177K	A wider view, taken in November sunshine.
	Douglas Gdns 608 x 708 91K	Note how only the lower two stories have the very expensive curved glass. Overlooking the Dean Village. Photographed with a Nikon Coolpix 900 1.2Megapixel camera with 24mm equivalent lens.
	Rothesay Place 810 x 1008 290K	It's October and the ivy on this building has turned red. Hopefully this growth won't compromise the integrity of the stonework too much. Presumably the various occupants are in favour of retaining the ivy. This is in Edinburgh's West End near Palmerston Place and the Belford Bridge over the Water of Leith, pictured below.
	Douglas Gardens 01 709 x 1024 213K	The picture of Douglas Gardens above was taken at the end of the 20th century on my first digital camera. As it's now 2009 I thought it worth photographing again with a higher resolution DSLR.
	Douglas Gardens 02 695 x 1024 200K	A second shot taken close up with the Pentax *ist wide angle lens.
	Belford to Haymarket 1280 x 854 428K	If you walk the riverside path between Belford Bridge and Roseburn you'll find this stairway up to the area behind the former Donaldson's School.
	Belford Bridge 1280 x 854 307K	There's a footbridge here (not shown) over to the walkway at the other side of the river. The steps here lead to private gardens behind Douglas Crescent.
	Dean Village 3 1024 x 698 184K	Included here for historical reasons because the overgrown site to the left of the footbridge has long since been built on. The children are my son and daughter as they were in the late '70s.
	Dean Bridge 2 1152 x 864 242K	Photographed from the north end, looking back over towards Randolph Cliff on the other side of the gorge of the Water of Leith.
	Randolph Crescent 1152 x 864 277K	The Water of Leith is down below on the right, overlooked by the rear of Randolph Crescent. The tenement houses to the left are Great Stuart Street. The gardens in the foreground are private - but the Water of Leith Walkway on the other side provides a pleasant walk from Dean Village to Stockbridge.
	St Bernard's Well 1152 x 864 409K	Looking down to this monument, nestling in the trees. Chancelot Flourmill and Inchkeith Island can be seen in the distance. The walkway passes close by the well. This website provides information, thanks to JK Gillon.

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