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New shops unveiled after £50m transformation of famous Edinburgh street

One of Edinburgh’s most famous streets is set to be significantly revitalised by an exciting range of independent retail businesses which are due…

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Local Edinburgh residents slam construction workers for 'drilling at midnight'

The Trams to Newhaven project, which runs through Leith Walk and Broughton Street, has caused traffic, bus diversions and community frustrations in the local area.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh crossing designed for blind people branded 'confusing' and a 'big muddle'

A local transportation consultant has criticised a newly redesigned pedestrian crossing on Elm Row. The redesign may make it confusing or dangerous for people with visually impairments to cross.

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Edinburgh councillor hits out after motorists 'ignore' road signs near primary school

Taking to Twitter to vent his frustration, Liberal Democrats Councillor Jack Caldwell, shared a picture of the street outside Leith Walk Primary School and said that in just ten minutes, he witnessed seven drivers turning onto a "green man"

Edinburgh Live

Plans to transform Edinburgh city centre industrial unit into food market

A planning application has been submitted to the city council to change classes at 254 Leith Walk from class six, to Sui Generis, following the applicant's wishes to turn the sizeable unit into a food and retail marketplace

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh motorists wait 'over an hour' in city centre due to ongoing tram works

As part of the final adjustments to a section of the Trams to Newhaven project at the top of Leith Walk, a closure to northbound traffic between Picardy Place and Annandale Street is currently in place for three weeks

Edinburgh Live

The grand forgotten Edinburgh plan to build a 'third' New Town off Leith Walk

In 1819, grand plans were drawn up by the renowned architect William Playfair for a 'third' Edinburgh New Town that would never come to be built. Today, we can only imagine what might've been.

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Swanky new Edinburgh beer shop to arrive in Leith as owners finally get the keys

Speaking to their customers on social media this week, Cornelius Beers shared the news that they had "finally" got the keys to their new store on Leith Walk, which is hoped to open soon.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh tutor fuming as customers 'squashed' on narrow pavement outside business

Iftikhar's tuition school has suffered at the hands of the ongoing tram construction works on Leith Walk as he described the pavement as a "one person zone" and said people have to "squash" past each other

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh's Leith Walk set for exciting new bakery and coffee shop

This October, a popular bakery which has appeared at various pop-ups across the capital will have a new permanent home. Here's everything you need to know as Hobz arrive on Leith Walk.

Edinburgh Live

Huge new Edinburgh Street Food market set for Leith Walk with stalls and bars

The Edinburgh Street Food Market will be hosted on Leith Walk with a view of Calton Hill, bringing a number of different street food vendors and bars together in one place.

Edinburgh Live

Victims of sex pest former Edinburgh councillor feel 'badly let down'

Lewis Ritchie, former SNP councillor for Leith Walk, was found guilty of committing sex attacks on three women between 2016 and 2019.

Edinburgh Live

Iconic Edinburgh clock returns to Leith Walk after 15 years as part of tram works

The London Road clock has returned to Leith Walk after a full restoration and 15 years in storage as part of the Trams to Newhaven project. The clock will be fully situated and installed by tomorrow.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh residents warn they are 'at risk' due to controversial street crossing

A continuous walking path on Leith Walk has been caught on film by a local resident who claims he has seen a child walk in front of traffic at the intersection as well as additional close calls and dodgy driver and pedestrian encounters.

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Edinburgh Fringe food pop-up announced for Dirty burgers on Leith Walk

There'll no doubt be a few food pop-ups appearing in the city over the next couple of weeks and this one is well worth a visit if you're a fan of a wagyu burger.

Edinburgh Live

Part of Edinburgh's Leith Walk set to reopen to traffic after progress on tram line

The City of Edinburgh Council confirmed that this marks the construction works between Montgomery Street/Annandale Street and Pilrig Street are now complete, with fencing being removed from outside businesses and homes.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh locals want building work on Leith Walk to boost 'working class culture'

Gentrification, over-development and parking are all issues discussed by residents, workers in Leith.

Edinburgh Live

Construction on new Edinburgh Leith Walk flats to begin this month

Construction will begin this month after refurbishment of the historic sandstone buildings is near completion - the site will eventually create 38 affordable homes

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Edinburgh Live

Tense Edinburgh video shows cyclist and driver in stand-off trying to navigate tram works

Footage of a furious cyclist and driver shouting at one another about cycle lanes in the middle of tram works on a busy Leith Walk emerged on social media this week.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh man mocks 'untouchable phone boxes' marooned in middle of tram works

Leith Walk Lib Dem councillor Jack Caldwell posted a photo of the ongoing Trams to Newhaven construction project showing new pavement laid around an old vandalised phone box.

Edinburgh Live

Video captures moment Edinburgh residents forced to abandon their home during fire

On Wednesday morning, June 15, a fire ravaged a tenement block on Leith Walk, with multiple people rushed to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, and others treated at the scene

Daily Record

Five people rushed to hospital following early morning fire in Edinburgh

Emergency services raced to an address at Leith Walk at around 2.35am on Wednesday, June 15.

Edinburgh Live

Five rushed to hospital after Edinburgh firefighters race to early morning blaze

The blaze started in a dwelling on Leith Walk, around 2:35am, with two casualties being taken to the Royal Infirmary to be treated for smoke inhalation, with a further three treated at the scene.

Edinburgh Live

A bus through Edinburgh Leith Walk's tram works takes as long as walking

The work to install the new tramlines from the city centre down to Newhaven continue to cause travel chaos for commuters as it takes bus services nearly 25 minutes to travel Leith Walk

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh shop 'locked in by tram works' as construction on new line continues

In a desperate plea to customers this week, arts and textiles store Logan Malloch said the extension had been a huge "hurdle" for themselves and many others on Leith Walk.

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