Edinburgh Waterfront is a redevelopment of parts of Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

 along the shores of the Firth of Forth

Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian to the south...

 in Leith

Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

 and Granton

Granton, Edinburgh

Granton is a district in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland. Granton forms part of Edinburgh's waterfront along the Firth of Forth and is, historically, an industrial area having a large harbour. Granton is part of Edinburgh's large scale waterfront regeneration programme.-Name:Granton first appears...

. There are three main landowners: Arcus

Arcus

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 (formerly Forth Ports

Forth Ports

Forth Ports Limited is one of the largest port operators in the United Kingdom. It is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is situated on the Firth of Forth...

), National Grid

National Grid

-Electric power transmission systems:*National Grid , the electricity transmission network of Great Britain.*National Grid , the electricity transmission network of Malaysia....

 and City of Edinburgh Council. Since the area was masterplanned in the early 2000s it has undergone significant change with approximately 1400 new homes in the Granton

Granton

-Places:Australia* Granton, TasmaniaCanada* Granton, Nova ScotiaScotland* Granton, EdinburghUnited States* Granton, Wisconsin...

 area and 900 in Leith

Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

, 41,000 square metres of retail development at Ocean Terminal

Ocean Terminal

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, new food retail stores at both Leith

Leith

-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....

 and Granton

Granton

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, the new Telford College at Granton

Granton

-Places:Australia* Granton, TasmaniaCanada* Granton, Nova ScotiaScotland* Granton, EdinburghUnited States* Granton, Wisconsin...

, and approximately 16,000 square metres of commercial office space.

Decontamination has also been carried out across Edinburgh Waterfront and land reclaimed at Western Harbour for future delivery of housing. A new road, Waterfront Avenue, has been constructed at Granton along with a 110 acre public park as part of National Grid’s Forthquarter development.

Following the recession of 2008 a new Area Development Framework has been prepared by the planning authority reflecting a flexible approach to future development. Some of the existing business uses including Leith Docks will continue for the foreseeable future providing much needed employment in the area. The Waterfront will provide a mix of uses and already houses the Scottish Government Office at Victoria Quay. Leith will be the location of the first projects in the UK to be funded by Tax Incremental Finance; the use of future non-domestic rateable income to finance capital projects.

Tourism

Tourism

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 remains an important sector in the local economy with the Royal Yacht Britannia attracting 500,000 visitors each year and a new waterside promenade already started which will link the river Almond

Almond

The almond , is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia. Almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree...

 at Cramond

Cramond

Cramond is a seaside village now part of suburban Edinburgh, Scotland, located in the north-west corner of the city at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth....

to the Esk at Joppa allowing access to 18 kilometres of walkway/cycleway.

External links

Official website

City of Edinburgh Council

Marketing Edinburgh Ltd.

National Grid

Telford College

Ocean Terminal