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Day 3 of 3 · Edinburgh · Secret Edinburgh & The Forth Bridges

Day 3 — Union Canal

DEPARTUREDEPARTUREurban canal

Departure day, with ≈ 1 h 03 of travel by public transport.

The stage: Water of Leith
The stage: Water of Leith© photographed on 19 April 2025 by 瑞丽江的河水 — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 1 · Edinburgh · United Kingdom

We sleep at Holiday Inn Express Edinburgh-Waterfront, 500 m away

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days 1 and 3 2 nights climate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 15. Based on: river reached from the stage (Water of Leith).

Departure around 17:30; activities end around 13:30.

travel and margin before departure

programme
2 h
public transport
≈ 1 h 03
usable window
6 h 33

This public transport time is an estimate, not taken from a real timetable.

To add if time allows: Craigmillar Castle Exploration (3 h) · Gilmerton Cove Underground Tour (2 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Leith Shore Walk

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