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Volunteers March 2021
Blog

The Water of Leith Fleet!

In march, we expanded our fleet to include two inflatable kayaks, a canoe and a volunteer made coracle.

News

New Fishing Season starts 1st April and permits are now online

The fishing season begins on the 1 April to 30 September and permits can now be downloaded from Edinburgh Council.

Visitor Centre

The new look for our Visitor Centre cafe is taking shape

We hope to welcome you all back inside and to see our new cafe area complete with brand new serving desk, coffee machine, fridge, washing basin, and hopefully news chairs and tables.

New Cargo Bike
Blog

Random Acts of Kindness help to keep up going

This year we have also been blown away by the amount of donations and fundraising support we have received from the public.

News

Combined Sewar Overflow (CSO) works update from Scottish Water

Work on Scottish Water’s investment to improve the environment around the Water of Leith has been progressing despite the ongoing …

News

Looking forward to getting all our work flowing again

As the Scottish Government releases details of how guidelines will change and restrictions ease, The Trust is working on getting …

Dells Walkway Closure
News

Dells update and it’s more bad news as a tree fall damages a section of path

The path between Bogsmill Bridge and Katesmill along the east side of the river is closed due to safety concerns …

Volunteers

It’s been a RUBBISH winter in more ways than one

The increased use of the walkway and Edinburgh’s greenspaces and the absence of our volunteer teams has been sorely felt …

Kingfisher, Dave Stewart
Wildlife

Wonderful Kingfisher video and photos from Dave Stewart via Twitter

The urban noises mixed with the spring bird song is a bit off putting but great to see him catching lots of fish

News

Have your say. Various online consultations are open which aim to improve our city

Our survey is open for a few more weeks – have your say about this greenspace in Leith

News

Do you use the Coalie Park area in Leith? Then why not join in the #coalieconversations

We have teamed up with Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust to conduct a user survey focused on the Coalie Park …

Otter and Cub, Bill Brown
Wildlife

Beautiful Otter images of mother and cub captured by Bill Brown

Thank you Bill for allowing us to share these beautiful images from Water of Leith Edinburghs River facebook page – …

Volunteers

Riding solo

Johnny tackles puddles, snow and litter keeping on top of essential walkway work.

News

Work due to start soon at Black Springs and Easter Bavelaw Reservoirs

Update from City of Edinburgh Council Engineers

News

Trust is awarded ‘Community Climate Asset Funding’ which means our own cargo bike in the spring!!

This week we were delighted to learn that we have been successful in our bid to reduce our carbon footprint.

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