Waterfront

Saltire Square is the main public space on Waterfront Avenue. Built in 2004, it includes the Vincent Butler Sculpture 'Going to the Beach' which stands in a reflecting pond.

The Edinburgh Waterfront Promenade will form a continuous walkway/cycleway extending for almost 17km linking the river Esk at Joppa in the east to the river Almond at Cramond in the west.

The Edinburgh Waterfront is one of the most significant waterfront regeneration projects in Europe today and – if it goes ahead (and this area has suffered worst than most with stalled projects and the promised trams not materialising) – then by 2037, around 30,000 new homes will be built, as well as significant amounts of new business, retail and leisure facilities, supported by new schools, health facilities and open spaces.

In January 2015, a masterplan for Edinburgh Marina - a 400-berth marina, residential, retail and spa hotel development for Granton Harbour - were submitted to Edinburgh Council.  

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http://edinburgh-marina.co.uk/ 

Caiy Stane

Situated in a recess in the wall on the eastern side of Caiystane View, near the junction with Oxgangs Road, this 9ft redstone monolith is an arresting sight in the residential district of Fairmilehead.

It is thought to mark the site of an ancient battle and is now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland.

Caiystane View, Oxgangs Road, Edinburgh EH10

The Bore Stane

The red stone sits on a plinth built into the wall of the former Morningside Parish Church. It was placed here in 1910 as a memorial to the battle of Flodden.

Morningside Road, Edinburgh 

Bliss Spa Hair & Beauty Academy

Bliss Spa & Beauty, based in The Club, Edinburgh College's spa facility, offers the public a wide variety of treatments with experienced students, under the supervision of their lecturers, in a luxurious setting.

Enjoy being pampered at a fraction of the cost you might expect to pay elsewhere.

Edinburgh College, 24 Milton Road East, Edinburgh EH15 2PP

0131 344 7348

bliss@edinburghcollege.ac.uk.

http://www.theclubedinburgh.com/

Big Chair Sculpture

The large grey granite chair, which was designed by Doug Cocker, was installed in 2004 to mark the regeneration of the Niddrie Mains area.

Oversized chairs as public art is nothing new – Washington DC, Geneva, Dartmoor, all have them but there is something about Niddrie's chair that looks utilitarian and unfriendly.

Perhaps, when tourists ask for directions to Arthur's Seat, they should be directed here...


Hay Avenue, Edinburgh EH16 4AQ

Beer Movers

In 1989, Edinburgh Council launched a Percent For Art scheme, under which a housing developer allocates a percentage of capital construction costs to works of art one the site. The scheme funded several artworks including the Beer Movers which is a nod to the site's brewing past.

Other Percent for Art commissions include Horse and Rider at Rutland Court and Horse, Rider, Eagle at Silvermills, both by Eoghan Bridge.

Easter Dalry Road, Edinburgh 

Barnton Quarry Complex

The site consists of two distinct buildings: the RAF WWII Fighter Command Sector Operations Centre (which can be seen from the surface) and the RAF ROTOR R4 Sector Operations Centre Bunker (buried 30m under Corstophine Hill).

The 1400m2 SOC building was built by the Air Ministry before WWII and was used during the war as an active Fighter Command command centre and thereafter for storage and was fully maintained until 1987.

The bunker was originally built for the RAF and during the 1950s was the Sector Operations Centre for coordinating Fighter Command response to UK airspace intrusion by Russian long-range nuclear bombers. Around 1960, the bunker was re-fitted as a Regional Seat of Government with the ability to accommodate 400 staff in the aftermath of a nuclear attack. Ownership transferred to Edinburgh Council in the early 80s and was sold to a private developer in 1989 after which time it suffered from vandalism and theft.

Today, the Barnton Quarry complex is owned by a partnership of individuals who hope to restore the building as a museum and educational centre.

Clermiston Road, Edinburgh (NT203748)

contact@barntonquarry.org.uk

http://barntonquarry.org.uk

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