June 14 2022

The City of Edinburgh Council has opened a consultation into a decade-long master plan for Leith Links to capitalise on the park's potential for nature, wildlife and activities.

A working group has been established under the city's Thriving Green Spaces initiative to draft proposals for the introduction of wayfinding signage, 'museum murals' and furniture and facilities including benches, bins and toilets.

This forms part of a broader initiative taking in West Pilton Park, Inch park and Inverleith Park.

Councillor Val Walker, commented: "Our parks play host to a wide variety of activity and events each year and Leith Links is one of our premier parks serving a large population. We want to make sure it has everything users need.

"The responses will help shape a finalised concept masterplan, representative of what the community would like to see delivered, which will be brought forward for Council approval and funding and resource permitting will form the basis for improvements to Leith Links over the next decade."

Led by Atkins the draft master plan sets out the potential for additional tree planting and a wildflower meadow as well as the creation of an activity par including an outdoor gym.

3 Comments

#1 Posted by Yvonne Bruce on 16 Jun 2022 at 17:39 PM

I see mention of a museum but no idea of where the museum would be or where the murals would be painted or the locationof the proposed new gym

#2 Posted by Raymond Conley-Smith on 17 Jun 2022 at 10:45 AM

Noooooo not an 'outdoor gym'. These invariably end up damaged, rusty, and miserable looking pieces of metal abandoned in various places in our city parks. Seems a tired idea from circa 15 years ago...

#3 Posted by Melanie Thomson Children’s Worker on 25 Jun 2022 at 10:14 AM

My organisation is situated in the community around the links. We uses the Leith Croft and the Links to host 4 monthly groups for children impacted by trauma. The space on the Croft (Earth in Common) was vital during the pandemic, as it allowed our groups to continue in the outdoors.
Now, all our groups take place on the Links. We wholeheartedly support this proposal, especially the plan to upgrade the toilets.

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