Self-guided walking tour

Edinburgh Walking Tour: New Town to Dean Village and the Water of Leith (about 1.5 hours, 6 stops)

6 stops in walking order through Edinburgh, from Dean Bridge to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: 5.0 km on foot, about 59 min of walking, 1 h 20 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “New Town to Dean Village and the Water of Leith”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 1 h 20 min
Distance: 5.0 km
Walking: 59 min
Stops: 6

The stops, in walking order

Dean Bridge
Dean Bridge carries the A90 across the Water of Leith on a soaring arch structure designed by Thomas Telford.
9 min walk · 790 m
Oxford Bar
An Edinburgh pub on Young Street in the New Town, closely associated with Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus stories and John Rebus’s favourite drinking place.
3 min walk · 250 m
Georgian House
A restored townhouse in Charlotte Square, furnished by the National Trust for Scotland as an eighteenth-century home.
10 min walk · 850 m
Dean Village
A former milling settlement gathered around the Water of Leith.
18 min walk · 1.5 km
St Bernard's Well
St Bernard’s Well is a temple associated with a spring, designed by Alexander Nasmyth after the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli.
19 min walk · 1.6 km
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh combines a major living plant collection with scientific work on diversity and conservation.