Landlord Voice Magazine November 2015 - Edinburgh | Page 12
Photo: Leith, Edinburgh
Trivia Time
Q - What name is given to the Edinburgh
monument celebrating the memory of a
Skye Terrier who kept vigil over his master’s
grave for 14 years?
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‘ECLECTIC
SHOPS, PUBS,
BARS AND
RESTAURANTS’
Leith
Baberton
Ideal for young professionals,
this up-and-coming district
just 2 miles north of the
city centre is now a much
more civilised place than the
crime and drugs-ridden one
depicted in the 1996 film
adaption of Irvin Welsh’s novel
Trainspotting.
These days you’re more
likely to find yourself rubbing
shoulders down the local pub
with a solicitor or website
designer than a boozeenraged Francis Begbie.
Though parts of the
port-side suburb remain best
avoided, recent years have
seen it increasingly gentrified
as property prices have shot
up closer to the city centre
and vibrant streets such as
Leith Walk have seen more
and more eclectic shops, pubs,
bars and restaurants popping
up.
And there is a huge
shopping centre at Ocean
Terminal which also boasts
bars, restaurants and a multiscreen cinema to cater for
more mainstream leisure
needs.
A two-bedroom flat
in Leith will cost between
£130,000-£140,000.
For those in search of a bit
more space for the kids and
some garden at a more downto-earth price then this early
1970s George Wimpey estate
is worth a once-over.
The quiet suburb,
served by buses every 15
minutes, is about six-and-ahalf miles from the city centre.
It is also well-served
by local amenities, including
four supermarkets within a
two-mile radius and is just ten
minutes’ drive from Edinburgh
Park business park, with major
employers and a retail park all
on the doorstep.
Your children’s
education will be well looked
after by some good primary
and secondary schools and if
you need some green space
for the weekends then the
35sq-mile Pentland Hills
Regional Park lies just six
miles to the south-east.
Property here, like
the rest of Edinburgh, is not
exactly plentiful but a threebedroom semi-detached
house will cost between
£220,000-£230,000.
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