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Pedal On Parliament Leith feeder ride

Following some Twitter chat between local cyclists we decided that there really should be some sort of a Leith feeder ride for the Pedal on Parliam...

Community Force Vote needed for the Leith Links Children's Orchard

Here's a way that you can support Greener Leith, and help improve Leith Links from the comfort of your own home.  All you have to do is vote o...

New Leith Links path revealed

Yes, it was way back in 2007 that we first started campaigning for improvement to the path link between Leith and Portobello. Although there is a t...

Leith left out of play park plans?

Improving the quality of local play facilities in Leith has long been high on local residents agenda for neighbourhood improvements. Recently the c...

The mystery of the Leith Links Aveling-Barford

Regular morning visitors to Leith Links may be familiar with the sight of this marvelous hulk of industrial heritage trundling about the park, prep...

Edinburgh Mela Launch

A colourful celebration of the world’s different cultures returns to the capital, bursting at the seams with a jam packed three day programme. Th...

Links Links orchard getting more fruitful by the day

This is just the second growing season for many of the trees in the Leith Links Childrens Orchard, but as you can see from these photos this year i...

A miscellany of neighbourhood notices in July

Here's some photos of things that other people want you to know.  The Dog Watch Some anonymous people are setting up an email newsletter for l...

How many times must Leithers pay for failed regeneration projects?

 Once upon a time a waterfront promenade would have run over here. In early May, Ray Perman, posted an excellent blog post calling for a new v...

Government agencies line up to criticise Leith Biomass plans

It is no secret that Forth Energy have few friends when it comes to their giant power plant proposals for Leith. However, now that the election is ...

Leith Links Children's Orchard Volunteer Day

With spring certainly on its way, April the 5th saw volunteers turnout to help the Leith Links Childrens Orchard a spring clean. A team of voluntee...

Leith Links orchard spring volunteer day

Last spring, along with loads of other local volunteers, we planted more than 100 trees in Leith Links - and much to our surprise the slugs got to ...

Leith Links Statue Update

In April last year, Greener Leith shared news from the Leith Rules Golf Society about their plans to erect a statue of John Rattray on Leith Links....

In praise of jogging

After the coldest December ever in history or whatever it was, we thought we could do with a hand getting outside and getting active again. Greener...

Cool Wool

Leith Festival are always planning some exciting new wheeze for our amazement and entertainment. When we heard about their latest guerilla knitting...

Work to start soon on Leith path network upgrade

The City of Edinburgh Council has just released details of a confirmed plan to upgrade the existing cycle/pedestrian path running from Easter Road ...

The Big Leith Clean-up: Leith Links

Greener Leith would like to thank everyone who turned out at the weekend for a brisk clean-up of Leith Links. The weather held out for us, and the ...

The Big Leith Clean-up: Victoria Park

Thanks to everyone who turned out on Saturday to help give a quick clean to Victoria Park, especially the little people who were all very enthusiat...

Fixing the Seafield Stench

Last Friday, there was a Seafield 'Stakeholders' meeting. The meeting brought together representatives from Leith Links Community Council, Leith Li...

First plans for new tennis courts released

Ever since Greener Leith ran the Leith Links Ask we've been working to improve Leith Links, based on the priorities that local people identified as...

Cash for environmental improvements approved

Last week, the Housing and Built Environment Sub-group meeting of the Leith Neighbourhood Partnership agreed thousands of pounds to take forwards l...

Beaten to it!

Even though we only planted the Childrens Orchard on Leith Links in May, there is already a small amount of fruit there. As the slideshow above sho...

New dreams for an old waterfront

On Thursday the 26th of August, Greener Leith was lucky enough to be invited to a Charrette (that's a workshop in Architect speak) organised by the...

St Marys Pupils Lend A Hand

When we planted the Leith Links Childrens Orchard a few weeks ago, kids from the nearest Primary School - St Marys - missed out. This was because t...

Leith Festival - Our Picks.

Well, the Leith Festival is only a week away. And so, with more than 100 events, in 50 venues, within 1 square mile, we thought we ought to do a fe...

Planting the Childrens Orchard in pictures

Here's a Flickr slideshow of photos that show how the Leith Links Childrens Orchard is shaping up. We'll add to it as the Childrens Orchard develop...

Help us plant the Leith Links Childrens Orchard

  BTCV volunteers have already started building the fence that will help to protect the young treesLocal school pupils will be joining forces ...

John Rattray to return to the Links

The Leith Rules Golf Society have announced detailed plans for a £150,000 statue, designed to create "an internationally revered place f...

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