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Disused Railway Visits 1 The Innocent Railway


Leith Centrl

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I recently took a visit to the Innocent Railway in Edinburgh.

 

 

Opened in the 1800s it was known as the innocent railway because it was originally horse worked through out. The information board near to Duddingston explains the history better than i could but in all its a nice way to spend a few hours doing something less well known in the Edinburgh area.

 

Here is the details of the walk

 

Location:

Edinburgh, Duddingston Old Station to Commonwealth Pool

 

Access:

Via number 30 bus from Edinburgh Waverley North Bridge stop

 

Length:

1.6 miles

 

Railway Highlights:

1890s vintage steel bridge

Long abandoned tunnel

 

Undefoot:

Suitable for all, tarmac through out

 

Wildlife Seen:

Blue, Great & Long Tailed Tits

Jackdaw

Magpie

Carrion Crow

Buzzard

Wood Pigeon

Woodpeckers

Grey Squirrel

 

Good Local Pub/Food:

Auld Hoose (see map)

 

All in all a nice little walk and ill look to doing more like this in the future, information above supports the video and there is also a nice article in the Scotsman if you google it.

 

Next will either be Penicuik-Dalkeith Route or Longniddry to Haddington with more modern railway artefacts to be found 

 

map innocent.jpg

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