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Leamington Lift Bridge – Union Canal loop from Haymarket

Leamington Lift Bridge – Union Canal loop from Haymarket

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Leamington Lift Bridge – Union Canal loop from Haymarket

01:29

22.7km

300m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a movable bridge

Check opening times.

After 21.4 km for 15 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.03 km

Polwarth Crescent Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

Union Canal Bridge Polwarth Crescent - view of the bridge from the Union Canal Towpath

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1.90 km

Union Canal Bridge, Harrison Road

Highlight • Bridge

Union Canal Bridge Harrison Road - view of the bridge from the Union Canal Towpath

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6.44 km

White Lady Wood

Forest

16.4 km

View of Arthur's Seat and Edinburgh Old Town

Highlight • Summit

Nice wide rolling road with views over Edinburgh

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16.7 km

Lang Linn Path Steep Section

Highlight • Trail

This is a tricky ascent or descent to test your skills

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17.1 km

Singletrack on The Braids Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

You get very good views of Edinburgh when you are on these single tracks on the side of The Braids Hill. The surfaces are compact enough, not too much mud and decent grip. There are walkers using the same tracks but it was far from congested late February

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17.9 km

Hermitage of Braid House

Highlight • Monument

The Hermitage of Braid is the name of this whole area, including Blackford Hill, the observatory and the Braid Burn. Today it's known as the Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill Local Nature Reserve.
There was once a castle here owned by the sheriff of Edinburgh. The castle was replaced by the current Hermitage House in 1785.
In 1937 the park was gifted to the city.

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21.4 km

Leamington Lift Bridge

Highlight • Monument

Union Canal Bridge between Gilmore Park and Lower Gilmore Place - near the Edinburgh Quay / Lochrin Basin.

The bridge was installed around 1906 where Fountainbridge crossed the canal replacing a previous bridge built in 1869. When the canal was shortened in 1922 to make Lochrin Basin the terminus it was moved to its present site to replace a wooden drawbridge.[1] It fell out of use by the 1960s, but as part of the Millennium Link project to restore the Union Canal, it required to be restored at least to allow boats to pass. A report published in the year 2000 had suggested fixing it permanently open, but the decision was taken to restore it to full working order.

The restoration involved removing the deck and the top member of the bridge to access the inner workings. It opened for the first time on 16 May 2002, followed by an official opening ceremony on 24 May.

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leamington_Lift_Bridge

Tip by

21.4 km

Union Canal

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

You can cycle from here to Ratho if you like. Nice long boats along the way.

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22.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.67 km

6.28 km

3.64 km

2.39 km

2.32 km

393 m

Surfaces

13.9 km

6.82 km

743 m

623 m

291 m

260 m

Elevation

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

23°C

13°C

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Leamington Lift Bridge – Union Canal loop from Haymarket

Polwarth Crescent Bridge

Union Canal Bridge, Harrison Road

View of Arthur's Seat and Edinburgh Old Town

Lang Linn Path Steep Section

Singletrack on The Braids Hill

Hermitage of Braid House

Leamington Lift Bridge

Union Canal

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