Stockbridge area page 2

St Stephen's Street and nearby + More Water of Leith

Page 1 or Edinburgh (all) - (Canonmills area now on this page)
(St Bernard's Well now on Dean Village page)
New pages 2010 Botanic Gardens in InfraRed also Water of Leith from source to shore

	Edinburgh Academy 1280 x 854 205K	Henderson Row is at the other end of Clarence Street from St Stephen's Street and is home to Edinburgh Academy, a private school.
	Before 800 x 600 120K	I only took this photo of St Stephen's Place for personal nostalgic reasons but it looked a bit grotty so I've removed the yellow lines and the bags of rubbish using the clone tool in Photoshop.
	After 800 x 600 117K	I used Adobe Image Ready to combine both versions into an animated .gif but it's 664K in size even when optimised with only 128 colours. Some of my boyhood chums and I used to play 'tig' here after a session at the Heart of Midlothian Amateur Swimming Club on Monday evenings in the '50s.
	Mr Purves Lamps 1152 x 864 305K	Edinburgh boasts several shops selling antique lamps both electric and oil. Mr Purves specialises in oil lamps at the shop in Saint Stephen Street.
	St Stephen's Church 2 1152 x 864 169K	If you come from Princes Street towards Stockbridge you'll likely travel down Frederick Street, Queen Street Gardens West and Howe Street - and the imposing building of St Stephen's Church will dominate the view. This is the stonework just to the left of the front door, photographed in June 2005.
	St Stephen's Church 5 1152 x 864 247K	This is the side view of the stone scrolls in the previous picture. The sunlight highlights the details of the cinquefoil stone roses.
	St Stephen's Street 2 1152 x 864 264K	Further west along St Stephen's Street they're having their market on a June Saturday morning. Music comes from a band playing in The Antiquary as locals and visitors search for bargains.
	St Stephen's Place 2 782 x 1024 199K	A sunnier, more detailed picture of the stone archway featured earlier on this page. Carved into the stone is 'Stockbridge market - butcher meat, fruits, fish & poultry' (my punctuation). This lane leads northwest from Saint Stephen's Street into Hamilton Place beside the Water of Leith (the river from the Pentland Hills to Leith).
	St Stephen's Street 5 768 x 1024 242K	From the corner of St Stephen's Street and North West Circus Place is this view back towards the market. With The Antiquary at one end, and The Bailie (pictured here) at the other, there's no shortage of cosy places in which to slake your thirst or have something to eat. St Stephen's Street has for many years had a sort of Bohemian atmosphere, the sort of place where artists and intellectuals might hang out.
	Stockbridge 4 950 x 1024 357K	If you're walking on this stretch of the Water of Leith footpath then it's necessary to cross Deanhaugh street at the bridge. The steel stairs descend to the path once more which continues to Arboretum Avenue, Glenogle Road and Canonmills.
	Stockbridge 6 1280 x 947 450K	Another picture of these intriguing riverside houses.
	St Stephen's Street 6 591 x 1024 192K	Basements and sub-basements add to the the fascinating nature of this street.
	St Stephen's Street 7 680 x 1024 237K	A second view of this shop.
	St Stephen's Street 8 824 x 1024 287K	A view down to the basement - with a glimpse of the sub-basement.
	St Stephen's Street 9 1280 x 940 289K	Dance for All at The Theatre School states the sign beside the front door. This view shows the side of the building and the basement.
	St Stephen's 6 1280 x 850 222K	Three more views at St Stephen's Church, an impressive looking building as you descend from George Street and Queen Street.
	St Stephen's 7 703 x 1024 169K	There have been some changes to the east of the church including a pedestrianised area behing the traffic bollards.
	St Stephen's 8 1280 x 848 278K	This view shows the cobbled lane Cumberland Street North West Lane on the right and the unnamed 'street' behind the pillars. As of November 2009 none of my maps show the street name.
	Saint Bernard's Well 783 x 1080 210K	Returning to the Water of Leith to show the statue at Saint Bernard's Well. This picture and the next six also feature in the main (long) Water of Leith page.
	Saunders Street Steps 1280 x 850 479K	This picture should probably more accurately be named The Dene as the sign on the next picture names it thus. This is the view you would see when walking downstream from Dean Village.
	The Dene 1280 x 850 336K	The same two arches as in the picture above but large and small - instead of small and large. This is at the end of Saunders Street facing upriver.
	Gormley 00 1280 x 735 294K	About 200m along Saunders Street is the main road from the city centre; this section is Deanhaugh Street and it crosses the river here where you can see this Gormley statue. BBC info here
	Gormley 01 1280 x 850 367K	Zoomed in closer to better see the texture of rusting iron.
	StockBridge 08 1280 x 850 518K	I had to go behind these railings to take the Gormley photos. Summer vegetation may have blocked some views from the bridge.
	Water of Leith 4 1280 x 854 291K	This shows the footpath from Deanhaugh Street bridge to Bridge Place and Glenogle Road.
	Bridge Place 1280 x 850 378K	If you follow the path above having descended the metal steps then crossing Bridge Place continues the Water of Leith path downriver.
	Hugh Miller Pl 1280 x 774 340K	One of the Colonies rows of houses as seen from the footpath connecting Bridge Place / Glenogle Road to Saxe Coburg Place.
	Glenogle Baths 1280 x 943 339K	Recently renovated in 2010. In the '50s I was a member of the Heart of Midlothian Swimming Club and, thanks to coaching by my father, was Juvenile Champion 4 years running. I remember unruly youths jumping off the balcony into the water in public sessions. I also remember giant cockroaches in the cubicals and worse... But things are better now!