Union Canal - Dorset Place area

or Slateford and Union Canal part 1 (Includes Watson Crescent and Yeaman Place)

	Horne Terrace 729 x 1024 187K	Horne Terrace provides pedestrian or bicycle access to the eastern end of Dorset Place. It's a cul-de-sac off St Peter's Place, part of Viewforth.
	Dorset Place 0 1280 x 857 310K	Accessible from Merchiston Mews off Granville Terrace or from Horne Terrace off St Peter's Place. This is a housing development featured in one of Ian Rankin's Rebus books.
	Dorset Place 1 1280 x 850 247K	This is the view west from the canal bank shown in the picture above. The blue bridge in the distance connects Polwarth Crescent to Yeaman Place.
	Dorset Place 2 771 x 1024 258K	The ice was broken here by a drunk who fell in early one morning in February 2010. He had no recollection of the incident and consequently the circumstances are vague. Maybe he thought it was a road and tried to walk on it... The bridge 160m east is at Viewforth.
	Dorset Place 3 1280 x 850 310K	Another east facing view showing the promontory in the first picture from a few metres to the west. The ice, which looks tempting for skating, was too thin and, in any case, it snowed and rained the next day.
	Dorset Place 4 1280 x 850 329K	On the north side of the canal are some factory-type buildings. A decorative barrier was erected here to slow down cyclists.
	Dorset Place 5 1280 x 969 209K	A huge fan sits on the roof here behind some razor wire. What resembles a baby fan on its top is most likely a siren as part of a security system.
	Gibson Terrace 1280 x 850 351K	One of two cul-de-sacs opposite Fountainpark Leisure Centre.
	Murdoch Terrace 699 x 1024 234K	This is the other cul-de-sac. There are more of these dead-end roads in this part of town because, as well as the canal, there are several railway lines still in use. (At the other, bottom end, of Murdoch Terrace is the Telfer Subway across Dundee Street. This pedestrian underpass gives access below the West Approach Road to Dalry Road, and to two bus stops on the West Approach Road.)
	Dorset Place 8 1280 x 937 313K	The notice on the gate says "Access For Residents Only". The blue bridge connects Polwarth Crescent to Yeaman Place. Dalton's scrapyard is on the right of the picture.
	Horne Terrace 2011 a 1080 x 1080 368K	Obviously there's been issues with access through these gates. Realistically there could be a delay between the 'immediately reported' bit and the 'towed away' part.
	Horne Terrace 2011 b 991 x 1080 391K	Opposite the gates pictured above is this corner, and odd mixture of street enhancement and decay.

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