Foot of Leith Walk

Category

Library Item

Item no

38065

Title

Foot of Leith Walk

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1907

Size

12.4 x 17.3 cm

Type

Photograph; Reproduction

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Leith Walk in Edinburgh is a notably wide street running from the west side of Calton Hill down to Great Junction Street in Leith. It follows the line of a raised pedestrian walkway which ran along the top of an earthen rampart constructed to defend the city against Cromwell's army in 1650. In 1776 this walkway and the road immediately to its west were combined as a single, modern road. This road, along with North Bridge and Leith Street, provided greatly improved access to Leith from Edinburgh.

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