Water of Leith Walkway – Prince Charlie-Aqueduct loop from Slateford

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Water of Leith Walkway – Prince Charlie-Aqueduct loop from Slateford

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Water of Leith Walkway – Prince Charlie-Aqueduct loop from Slateford

03:57

64.3km

550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 3, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 127 m for 8 m

After 64.3 km for 8 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

4.65 km

Buck Stane

Highlight • Historical Site

The "Buck Stane", built into a garden wall, is 3'4" in height, 15" across the widest face, and 11" thick, but it has no distinctive features. It is traditionally associated with the Barony of Penicuik and the royal hunts on the Boroughmuir (W Maitland 1753).
The Buck Stane now stands at NT 2450 6922. According to a plaque, the Buck Stane marked the place where the buckhounds were unleashed when the King of Scotland hunted in the region.

canmore.org.uk/site/51760/edinburgh-braid-road-the-buck-stane

Tip by

16.5 km

Penicuik Pond

Highlight • Viewpoint

29.5 km

St Andrew's Church

Highlight • Historical Site

St Andrew's Church stands towards the south end of the village with the large village green park on one side and the main street on the other. Shaped like a fairly stubby rectangle and tower. Church keeps its charms hidden from open view behind the trees.

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29.5 km

Olde Toll Tea House

Highlight • Cafe

Nice cafe on the junction out of West Linton. Nice coffee and scones. Also has veggie haggis for your morning rolls!

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63.7 km

Water of Leith Walkway

Highlight • River

Lovely quiet route beside allotments, then a graveyard, then a wooden dell, to the view: river on the right, wood on the left, rail bridge above, road bridge beyond, viaduct above all that

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64.0 km

Prince Charlie-Aqueduct

Highlight • Monument

This is not the The Slateford Aqueduct - this ia another aqueduct nearby.

Impressive building on Slateford Road (near Lanark Road) - looks from the street as a normal Bridge - but when I stood on top of it i was positively surprised.
The bridge is a navigable aqueduct (with the name 'Prince Charlie-Aqueduct') and the Union Canal flows over it.

(Sometimes called 'Lanark Road-Aqueduct')

- canmore.org.uk/site/52572/edinburgh-union-canal-lanark-road-aqueduct
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Canal_(Scotland)

Tip by

64.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

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