Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Breakfast at Circle
Any bus marked Canonmills will take you north along Hanover and Dundas streets
to the
Circle Cafe
(
www.thecirclecafe.com
; 1 Brandon Tce; mains £5-10; 8.30am-4.30pm
Mon-Thu, to 10pm Fri & Sat, 9am-4.30pm Sun)
, a popular neighbourhood eatery famed
for its lavish breakfasts. Choose from gourmet pastries, eggs Benedict, homemade
potato scones or a full fry-up.
Stockbridge Colonies
A short walk along Glenogle Rd leads to the Stockbridge Colonies, a series of ter-
raced stone houses built by a workers' co-operative in the 19th century to provide af-
fordable working-class accommodation (now highly desirable and not so affordable).
Browse St Stephen Street
crammed with tiny galleries, boutiques, restaurants and basement bars.
RM Art
(
www.rosiemckenzieart.com
; 51 St Stephen St; noon-6pm Wed-Fri, 11am-6pm Sat, 1-5pm
Sun)
specialises in works by up-and-coming local artists, while
Cherubim
(
www.edinburgh-cherubim.co.uk
; 11am-6pm Wed-Sat, to 5pm Sun)
offers antique and
secondhand furnishings. At St Stephen Pl, you can see the Georgian archway that
once led to the old Stockbridge meat market.
Gloucester Lane
This steep, cobbled street was once the main thoroughfare connecting Stockbridge to
the city, before the New Town was built.
Duncan's Land
, at the corner with India Pl
(now Songkran restaurant), is one of Stockbridge's oldest surviving buildings, dating
from 1790, though it used masonry from demolished Old Town buildings (the lintel
is dated 1605).
