This article is about the river in Scotland. For the river in Dunedin, New Zealand, see Water of Leith (New Zealand).
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The Water of Leith (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Lìte) is the main river flowing through central Edinburgh, Scotland, that starts in the Pentlands Hills and flows into the port of Leith and then into the sea via the Firth of Forth.
The WaterofLeith (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Lìte) is the main river flowing through central Edinburgh, Scotland, that starts in the Pentlands Hills and...
Leith (/liːθ/; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the WaterofLeith. The earliest surviving...
/ 55.8860361; -3.3398083 The WaterofLeith Walkway is a public footpath and cycleway that runs alongside the river of the same name through Edinburgh...
and appears on the 1560 map of the Siege ofLeith. In the Town Council Minutes of 1585 WaterofLeith is used as the name of the village. The term 'Dean...
The siege ofLeith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland. French troops arrived in Scotland by invitation...
Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ "moist". See WaterofLeith. Notable people with the name include: Abu Laith al-Libi (1967–2008), senior leader of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan...
Àth na Sglèata) is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the WaterofLeith. The former village of Slateford lies on the Lanark...
words for watercourses. A "Water" (Lallans: "Watter", Scots Gaelic, "Uisge") is a smaller river, e.g. Ugie Water, WaterofLeith etc. Many Scottish rivers...
up around the WaterofLeith and its tributary, the Bavelaw Burn (evidence of flax production can be seen in Harlaw Woods). The largest of these mills was...
The WaterofLeith is also to the west. The name is first recorded in 1278 as "Crag quam Stephanus Loccard miles tenuit", thus "Craig (or rock) of Loccard"...
owned lands on the west bank of the WaterofLeith), which culminated in the construction of Dean Bridge 1829/31. Land south of this road line, including...
The Lindsay Creek is a tributary of the WaterofLeith which runs through the northern suburbs of Dunedin, New Zealand. The Māori name, Puke-haukea, has...
WaterofLeith Walkway. The physical topography has ensured that the original historic core to the south of Lanark Road West including the Waterof Leith...
point on the WaterofLeith, and expanding from there, Colinton's history dates back to before the 11th century. Close to the WaterofLeith is Colinton...
transmitter tower. The hill lies between the valleys of the Leith River (usually called the WaterofLeith) to the west and its tributary Lindsay Creek to...
currently waymarked, it follows parts of several long-established walking routes in the city - John Muir Way, WaterofLeith Walkway, River Almond, Lothian Walkway...
valley of the WaterofLeith, a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) long stream which flows from the slopes of Mount Cargill south through the northern suburbs of Dunedin...
North Leith Parish Church was a congregation of the Church of Scotland, within the Presbytery of Edinburgh. It served part ofLeith, formerly an independent...
The Dean Bridge spans the WaterofLeith in the city of Edinburgh on the A90 road to Queensferry on the Firth of Forth. It carries the roadway, 447 feet...
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