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Water of Leith

The Water of Leith is a river in , Scotland. It rises in the before flowing through the centre of the city and emptying into the at the port of .
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Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include HMY Britannia and Leith School of Art.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarchy. She was in their service from 1954 to 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660, and is the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893.

College
is an independent art college in , , providing tertiary education in art and design. LSA is located in the area of Edinburgh, in the converted former Norwegian Seamen's Church, originally built by Scottish architect James Simpson and Danish architect Johan Schroder in 1868.

Library
Photo: Brian McNeil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of 's 28 freely-accessible libraries. It is a category B listed building. located in , in the northern part of the city, at the foot of Ferry Road shortly before it meets Great Junction Street and North Junction Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith and Bonnington.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the historic port of the capital of Scotland, north of city centre on the shore of the Firth of Forth. It's now only a minor port and has lost much of its industry, to be replaced by retail, bistros and cobbled wharves.

Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district of , the capital of . The area centres upon an original village which grew up around a ford on the Water of Leith, on the old boundary between Edinburgh and the port of .

Quarter
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area of , the capital of . The name probably derives from the long field on which a peel tower stood. There is evidence of a peel tower situated on an area of higher ground above the Water of Leith.

Water of Leith

Latitude
55.9762° or 55° 58′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.17534° or 3° 10′ 31″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
9C7RXRGF+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4082406
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2644640
Wiki­data ID
Q3566668
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Water of Leith” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Water of Leith”
  • Catalan: “Water of Leith”
  • Cebuano: “Water of Leith”
  • Chinese: “利斯河”
  • Danish: “Water of Leith”
  • French: “Water of Leight”
  • French: “Water of Leith”
  • German: “Water of Leith”
  • Indonesian: “Water of Leith”
  • Irish: “Uisge Lìte”
  • Japanese: “ウォーター・オブ・リース”
  • Japanese: “リース川”
  • Piemontese: “Water of Leith”
  • Polish: “Water of Leith”
  • Portuguese: “Water of Leith”
  • Scots: “Watter o Leith”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Uisge Lìte”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Water of Leith”
  • Spanish: “Water of Leith”
  • Swedish: “Water of Leith”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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