Water of Leith Walkway

[3][4] The path runs from Balerno, south west of Edinburgh city centre to Leith on the Firth of Forth, 12 miles (19 km) to the north east.

Approximately half a mile of the route is on roads; for the remainder the path runs alongside the Water of Leith, and away from traffic.

The tunnel walls are decorated by an extensive mural inspired by the Robert Louis Stephenson poem From a Railway Carriage.

[9] The mural, a community project led by artist Chris Rutterford assisted by local volunteers and schoolchildren, was completed in October 2020.

After the Coltbridge Viaduct, footbridges cross the Water of Leith to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.