Views from Craiglockhart Hill
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The view from Craiglockhart Hill, looking north east towards Myreside Road and Colinton Road. | |
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Photographed from Easter Craiglockhart Hill at the western end of what is now Napier University and was formerly the Thomas Clouston Clinic. The field is at the east side of Myreside Road. Behind it, partly hidden by trees, is the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. The photos weren't planned like this - but I thought the comparison was quite interesting. | |
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A kestrel hovers over Craiglockhart Hill West, where this shot was taken from. Braid Hills Hotel is at bottom right. Braid Hills Road is just visible at the left, heading east to Liberton. | |
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Looks like a space ship has landed at Craiglockhart Campus. Photograph taken from the top of Easter Craiglockhart Hill. | |
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Not long ago, Meggetland was a green space at the north side of the Union canal. In this picture it appears as a brown space, soon to be covered in tarmac and houses. In the distance a bank of fog sits on top of the Firth of Forth. The hills of Fife lie beyond. | |
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Meggetland playing fields are in the foreground, Murrayfield Stadium dominates the centre, and the ubiquitous gas works are at far right. |
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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. |
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Photographed from Easter Craiglockhart Hill. At the bottom of the picture the path from Swanston Village leads up through the trees and past the 'T Woods'. The artificial ski slope is on the left. Three hillwalkers can be seen beside the cairn at the top of the hill. |
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Now a university campus, this former psychiatric hospital has several fine buildings with magnificent views over the city. A foggy February morning adds a little atmosphere. |
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Continue walking up hill through the grounds and you'll reach the top of Easter Craiglockhart Hill affording this view of Wester Craiglockhart Hill with the Pentland Hills in the background. |
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A wider view of the scene above. Beyond Wester Craiglockhart Hill to the south, the Pentlands rise out of the mist, still with a little snow here and there. Glenlockhart Road runs east-west in the misty valley below. |
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A tighter shot, zoomed in on Wester Craiglockhart Hill. Allermuir hill is the higher Pentlands hill, separated from Capelaw to its right by Howden Glen. |
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Beyond the manicured Merchants of Edinburgh golf course the fog conceals Firrhill and Oxgangs districts. The golf course virtually cuts off public access to Wester Craiglockhart Hill. |
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A bird flies across the scene in this long-lens view towards the woods on White Hill near Bonaly at the edge of the Pentlands. |
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The fence at the golf course's northern bounday dips down hill towards Craiglea Place. The spire and its associated buildings are Greenbank Village, a housing project using the old City Hospital. |
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A long-lens look through the mist at the old City Hospital's spire. |
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To the west is Braid Hill with its radio tower. The bungalows of Greenbank are visible 600m away. Some trees at Braidburn Valley Park are barely perceptible just beyond that. |
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To start or finish a walk up Easter Craiglockhart Hill there's a convenient bus terminus for the 23 or 41 services at this spot. This is a view from the top deck of the bus. A walk up here can be extended by following the footpaths down the other side of the hill. A shorter middle route down some steps and a zigzag path takes you to Craighouse Road. The longer, more circuitous route goes along a high ridge and down, curving to the right behind Craiglockhart Tennis Centre and the pond at Happy Valley. Colinton Road and the Union Canal are a short distance from here. |
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Comfortable seats on the bus in the warm, away from the freezing fog - swirling aroung again after a brief sunny spell. |
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