Victoria Swing Bridge

The Victoria Swing Bridge is a swing bridge in Leith docks, Edinburgh, Scotland, which carried a dock road across the Water of Leith at a point where it is canalised as the Inner Harbour.

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge at Leith Docks, Edinburgh, Scotland
Also known as: “Victoria Bridge” and “Victoria Swing Bridge, Leith Docks, Edinburgh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMY Britannia and The Shore, Leith.

HMY Britannia

Museum

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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. HMY Britannia is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Victoria Swing Bridge.

The Shore, Leith

Square

The Shore is a historic and picturesque street in the centre of Old Leith, the harbour area of Edinburgh. It edges the final section of the Water of Leith before it flows through Leith Docks into the Firth of Forth. The Shore, Leith is situated 370 feet southeast of Victoria Swing Bridge.

MV Fingal

Hotel

MV Fingal is a former Northern Lighthouse Board ship converted into a boutique hotel. Fingal is permanently berthed relatively near the former Royal Yacht Britannia as part of a major tourist attraction in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leith and Bonnington.

Leith

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Leith is the historic port of Edinburgh 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.

Bonnington

Quarter

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bonnington is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. 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 Leith.