Tag: Inverleith Park

Arboretum Place Public Realm and Streetscape Proposals

Community Pop Up Event Saturday 7th March

I am pleased to be getting in touch to inform you about a Community Pop Up event regarding improvements to Arboretum Place and the area in front of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Inverleith Park. 

With thanks to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, we welcome you to join us to see the proposals on Saturday 7th March from 10:30 –  2:00 pm on the Ground Floor of the John Hope Visitor Centre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Arboretum Place, EH3 5NZ.  The venue is fully accessible.

Stop by to hear more about the project, see the proposals, meet the design team and share your feedback.

We are working with the City of Edinburgh Council to develop concept designs for improvements to the site, looking at the introduction of sustainable drainage measures along the length of Arboretum Place and around the entrances to Inverleith Park and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, including placemaking opportunities between the two.  

This work forms part of Climate Ready Craigleith looking at flood management interventions and improvements across the catchment and sits under the cities overarching Climate Ready Edinburgh strategy.

PAMIS welcomes four new public Changing Places Toilet registrations across Edinburgh

Great news for Edinburgh – 4 new Changing Places toilet registrations at:

South Queensferry: https://www.changing-places.org/find?toilet=3730

The Meadows: https://www.changing-places.org/find?toilet=3733

Inverleith Park: https://www.changing-places.org/find?toilet=3732

Leith Links: https://www.changing-places.org/find?toilet=3734

Well done @edinburgh_council!

#ChangingPlacesToilets

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POLICE: Bike Marking Events

BIKE MARKING SESSIONS 🚲

Bring your pedal cycle to the following events to have it marked:

Tuesday 17/06/25 @ 1530-1800hrs

Inverleith Park close to the central junction/crossroads

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Friday 27/06/25 @ 1100 -1500hrs

Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre

67B Groathill Road North

Alongside ELREC/Dr. Bike who will be doing their weekly bike repair sessions

Tree Time! Free trees at Inverleith Park this weekend

Pick up your free garden tree this week at Inverleith Park!

We will be there from 12pm-3pm on Friday and 10am-2pm on Saturday giving away free trees for Edinburgh residents.

Just drop-in and get your free tree while stocks last!

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Paws in the Park at Inverleith

RNIB Scotland’s Paws In The Park group is a social group for visually impaired people and their guide dogs.

They meet fortnightly at Inverleith Park to let the dogs have some off-duty fun!

The group is open to other guide dog owners who wish to join.

The group meets fortnightly on Wednesdays, promptly at 11am until 1pm at the corner of Raeburn Place and Portgower Place (opposite the Raeburn Hotel) to walk to Inverleith Park. The meeting will be 2nd November.

Anyone wishing to join should contact RNIB’s Dan Meikle to arrange this:

Email daniel.meikle@rnib.org.uk.

Celebrate Eid al-Adha: Prayer in the Park at Inverleith tomorrow

Speaking on the eve of this weekend’s Eid Al Adha celebrations in Edinburgh. Lothian MSP Foysol Choudhury said: “It will be an honour to attend once again “Eid Al-Adha Pray in the Park” event at Inverleith Park on 9th July, which will start with a prayer at 9.30am. The event is organised by the Adha Trust in Edinburgh and is supported by Edinburgh Mosques.

“Last year’s celebration saw more than 2,000 people attending and this year, organisers are expecting 10,000 people to attend – if the weather holds up!

“Eid Al-Adha or the “Feast of Sacrifice” is a four-day celebration, which will be celebrated this year in the UK from 9th till 13th July according to moon sightings. This Muslim holiday also marks the end of the yearly Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

“It is the biggest Muslim holiday, which is celebrated every year with  friends, family and neighbours by Muslims across the world, with the symbolic sacrifice of a lamb that is divided in three to be shared with loves ones and the needy.

“I would like to offer my good wishes to the Muslim communities in the Lothians and across Scotland and the UK. It is special time where we can again celebrate Eid Al-Adha with our friends and family in person again and I hope Muslims worldwide will be able celebrate in peace and safety particularly during these challenging times.

“I find that these religious festivals are a great way for communities to get together, allowing us to share our cultures and traditions so we can better understand our differences and celebrate them to foster more tolerance in our society as well as enriching our daily lives.

“I have also submitted Motion S6M-05178 for Eid Al-Adha 2022, which has already gained great cross-party support.

“Eid Mubarak!”

Inverleith Festival of Walking & Cycling

Sunday 2nd September from 1 – 4pm in Inverleith Park

Do you enjoy walking, cycling, getting a bit more active and having fun? Would you be interested in finding out more about opportunities for doing these things? Continue reading Inverleith Festival of Walking & Cycling

Barclays Bank’s Princes Street branch raises £2,500 for books for the blind

It wasn’t so much a run on the bank as by the bank! Staff at Barclays Bank’s branch on Princes Street have raised £2,500 to transcribe a new ‘talking’ audio-book for blind and partially sighted people. Continue reading Barclays Bank’s Princes Street branch raises £2,500 for books for the blind

On Foot By Bike: Inverleith Festival of Walking & Cycling

Sunday 24th September, 1.30 – 4.30pm – Inverleith Park

The Inverleith Festival of Walking & Cycling 2017 takes place on Sunday 24th September 2017 from 1.30 to 4.30pm in Inverleith Park.

There will be lots of FREE activities, tasters and information on how to take up or increase your walking and cycling.

  • Walking football
  • Bike obstacle course
  • Guided walks
  • basic bike checks
  • security marking
  • etc, etc, etc!

Some activiites can be signed up in advance. See below:

1pm –  Family and buggy friendly walk, with Ramblers, in advance of the Festival start

Meetup point will be the monument in the center of the park. From here we’ll follow the path towards the botanic garden (John Hope entrance) where we will follow the path that crosses the garden and get out through the east gate door. Here we’ll head to the Rocheid path (water of leith walkway) that will take us to the Inverleith Pond, before we go back to where we started.

It’s all easy paths, buggy friendly, and the walk will be around 1 hour. We will have plenty of time to enjoy the botanics and the pond. In the end everybody is invited to stay and visit what the festival has to offer. There will be 3 road crossings and we’ll need to be careful with the younger children.*

Sign up here! Walk meets at 1pm –   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inverleith-festival-of-walking-and-cycling-2017-tickets-37239431141

1.30 – 2.30pm – Inverleith Allotments are about to celebrate their centenary. The site was created in 1918 to grow food for ex-servicemen after WW1. It reverted to park land between the wars but is now a haven for wildlife and vegetable growing.

The site has uneven paths and quite a few hazards so we can’t allow wandering but hope you’ll enjoy a guided tour finished off with a cup of tea/coffee. We will also have surplus vegetables for you. Donations always welcome!Please wear good footwear as all our paths are grass. No dogs allowed, no buggies, sadly we are NOT disabled-friendly but may manage a wheelchair along the main path depending on the weather.We do not have any toilet facilities.

Sign up here! Tours every 15 mins from 1.30pm –   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inverleith-allotments-tours-as-part-of-the-festival-of-walking-cycling-tickets-37939092848?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_term=viewmyevent_button

3.00pm – Join a Nature Walk in the company of members of Friends of Inverleith Park! Just meet at their information stall in the marquee.

Contact elaine.lennon@edinburgh.gov.uk for more information