Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
1
Dean Bridge
Designed by Thomas Telford and built between 1829 and 1832 to allow the New Town to
expand to the northwest, the Dean Bridge vaults gracefully over the narrow, steep-sided
valley of the Water of Leith.
( 19, 36, 37, 41, 47)
BRIDGE
2
Dean Village
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Down in the valley, just west of the Dean Bridge, is Dean Village (dene is a Scots word for
valley). The village was founded as a milling community by the canons of Holyrood Abbey
in the 12th century and by 1700 there were 11 water mills here, grinding grain for flour.
One of the old mill buildings has been converted into flats, and the village is now an at-
tractive residential area.
( 19, 36, 37, 41, 47)
Local Life
Edinburgh Farmers Market
Every Saturday, against the impressive backdrop of the castle crags, the city's
farmers market
(E3; 652 5940;
www.edinburghfarmersmarket.com
;
Castle Tce; 9am-2pm Sat; all Lothian Rd buses)
is lined with stalls selling everything from heather honey to handmade cheeses, home-reared ven-
ison, smoked trout, seasonal wild game, and organic eggs from rare-breed hens.
