Dean Village, Water of Leith and Stockbridge Tour – a photographer’s dream

Discover the picturesque setting of a village a stone’s throw from the city centre. Formerly a hive of industrial activity and the centre of milling for around 800 years, Dean Village, with proximity to greenery and water, is now a fashionable place to live. Our walk continues along the Water of Leith to the neighbourhood of Stockbridge, another popular place to reside with many good restaurants, cafes and bakeries as well as a Sunday market. We return to the West End of Edinburgh by a different route which shows you some of the expensive streets of Stockbridge. There is much to savour and enjoy!

Your walking tour starts with an introduction to the Moray Estate, an extension of the new town of Edinburgh, and at the end of the walking tour, West Princes Street Gardens

Itinerary route

• West end of George Street
• Charlotte Square
• Glenfinlas Street
• Moray Place
• Ainslie Place
• Randolph Crescent
• Queensferry Street
• Belford Road
• Hawthorndale Lane
• Dean Village
• Water of Leith footpath
• Stockbridge
• Upper Dean Terrace
• Ann Street
• Dean Park Terrace

For lovers of Sherlock Holmes a detour can be made along Melville Street to see the plaque at the Japanese Consulate, 2 Melville Crescent where Dr Joseph Bell, the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes lived from 1884 to 1911

• Queensferry Street to the west end and West Princes Street Gardens

Enjoy diverse sights:

• Dean Bridge
• Kirkbrae House
• Drumsheugh Baths
• Dean Village with its two bridges over the Water of Leith providing wonderful photo opportunities and former mills and village school transformed into dwellings:

Discover:

• A hansom cab business
• The engineering genius of Thomas Telford
• Philanthropy at Well Court, Dean Village
• Plaques of the Guild of Baxters (bakers), Dean Village
•  The old milling stones of Lindsay’s Mill, Dean Village
• Therapeutic waters at St Bernard’s Well, Water of Leith
• Notoriety at Danube Street, Stockbridge
• Famous Stockbridge residents, Sir Henry Raeburn and Professor Higgs, Stockb