Cllr Jack Caldwell 🇺🇦

Huge yellow transition platform in Leith viewed from East Claremont Street.

LOOMING ON THE HORIZON.—A towering presence in Leith: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/towerin...
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #wind #shipping

A building on a street (Links Place) under blue skies.

Grand to attend the Capital City Partnership board meeting at Leith Links today.

Despite challenges, they've helped 580+ Edinburgh & South East Scotland residents find good-paying work, guided 313 into further education, & pushed the Living Wage between Apr-Dec 2025.

Broken pavements at from the ground level.

Last month, I met Council officers, @leithcentralcc.bsky.social, & NT Broughton CC to assess issues & results of pavement parking along Leith Walk.

While work's underway for poss. new loading provision & physical protection, a team will run the length of Leith Walk from 23/3 to fix loose paving.

Full programme of events too long for alt text - please see thr Bethany Christian Trust website for PDF text.

The Bethany Christian Trust on Bonnington Road has released their programme of 2025/2026 drop-in groups for individuals who may need support.

Please note a large number of them are in Leith:

Edinburgh Central Youth Hostel at night.

HUGE THANKS to the Edinburgh Central Youth Hostel on Annnandale Street for hosting a community group meeting at the literal last minute tonight when locked out of their venue.

Great space too. Fair play, guys 👏

A park with a litter grabber in the foreground

Fantastic to join the Friends Of Montgomery Street Park litterpick this afternoon now Spring is in the air and the crocuses are out! 🌱☀️🚮

They host volunteer sessions on the last Monday of the month.

A bunch of leaflets of various third sector organisations.

A guy holding a sign reading "EU for peace & prosperity"

Great time at #SLDConf at Dynamic Earth this w/e & got to meet a wide range of orgs to discuss the future of Leith community policing, the push to re-open the Powderhall path, Bonnington's ME & #LongCovid centre, the importance of trees in high density urban environments, & the UK rejoining the EU.

The LeithChooses 2025/2026 results are in! The results are now in for LeithChooses 2025/2026. Following the voting day and the online voting period, and after totting up all the votes cast by the Leith community, the groups that have been s…

CONGRATS to the 10 organisations who've received #LeithChooses funding for new community projects across Leith, Hillside & Broughton!

From new equipment by the Water of Leith, to cooking classes, to support for older people - thank you to everyone who voted! www.leithchooses.net/the-leithcho...

A sign reads "Bonnington Book & Bee Garden" in front of plants, a car park and flats.

A fantastic new initiative by Bonnington residents on common land. 👇🌱🦋🐝

Despite Edinburgh's green reputation, there are loadsa "corridors" where bees & butterflies have no rest stop.

I hope we can improve this in the near future with more trees in urban areas like Leith.

Leith Walk Police Box Well it’s been a first weekend of sellouts. Thanks for visiting the box on our opening weekend of 2026 Coming this week dear listener:- Monday 16th & Wed 18th maintenance- can you help us with any.....

💡🔌 Tomorrow at the Leith Walk Police Box, @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social Edinburgh are holding a drop-in session 12pm -4pm to give advice on lowering energy bills. www.facebook.com/LeithWalkPol...

We’re delighted to share that £4m of Visitor Levy funding has been agreed for the Leith Links Masterplan 🎉

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City of Edinburgh Council confirm £5m investment for Leith Theatre — Leith Theatre Leith Theatre secures £5m through Edinburgh’s Visitor Levy to reopen as a permanent, year-round cultural venue for Leith and the wider city.

📣 Leith Theatre has secured £5m from Edinburgh’s new Visitor Levy nearly 100 years after it was gifted to the people of Leith.

This investment brings us closer to opening as a permanent, year-round cultural venue.

Read more: www.leiththeatre.co.uk/news-feature...

#LeithTheatre #VisitorLevy

Edinburgh tourist tax to fund extra police and help tackle housing emergency From July 2026, Edinburgh will charge a 5% tax to visitors who come to the city and stay in hotels, B&Bs and Airbnb's

Delighted to vote against further delays to the Edinburgh Transient Visitor Levy yesterday, which should free up bed & breakfasts by building social rent homes, fund the upgrade Leith Theatre, & improve the Leith Walk "town centre" public realm. news.stv.tv/east-central...

Home - Sea Cadets Leith

⚓️ Great to visit the Leith Sea Cadets AGM tonight - well done again to all the volunteers and young people keeping Leith's nautical purpose & heritage alive!

They have formed a new executive & are looking for charity trustees with the next meeting on 12th March. www.sea-cadets.org/leith

A bus tracker with cloudy and blue skies behind it, and tenement buildings with shops on the right.

Glad to see recent wee changes rolled out to Edinburgh bus trackers incl. no. 13 now visible & Lothian Buses part routes/diversions displaying.

Trackers on Leith Walk now live except 2 places: Pilrig Street northbound due to power issues & Foot of the Walk southbound.

#Leith Last few days to vote online for your top #LeithChooses projects - by Tuesday 10th!

See edinburgh.gov.uk/voteleithchooses

DPEA letter from the Scottish Government granting planning permission with 13 conditions.

Just as this article was published, the ScotGov DPEA has again overruled local planners & Edinburgh cllrs to grant another PBSA development on a former mixed-housing site in Bonnington.

We desperately need a mix of new affordable housing in Leith & Edinburgh. www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...

Made my day - thank you!

White arrow pointing to green foliage of spring bulbs emerging through evergreen foliage in a rusty corten street planter.

Arthur Street Planter update: Spring bulbs emerging through evergreen foliage...
2026 looking to be a bumper year - we even have overwintering kale.
#Leithlife #urbangardening #greensky #biodiversity
@leithcentralcc.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social

150 years of Hibernian Football Club

Sorry not to make this tonight @thehibees.bsky.social but am giving a talk tonight to the Pilrig/Broughton Beaver Scout Troop about Edinburgh! ⚜️

Belated happy 150th birthday & thanks especially to the Hibs Community Foundation for all the work you do for Leith!

LeithChooses Participatory Budgeting for the Leith Neighbourhood Network

In person voting has now closed 🛑

Thank you to all organisations, volunteers and voters for a fantastic #LeithChooses day!

Remember you can vote online for your favourite projects from 27 January - 10 February at this link: 🔗 www.leithchooses.net

Leith Chooses takes place on Saturday Leith Chooses takes place on Saturday - the public voting event when all locals can vote for their favourite project from a long list of 30 to receive funding - and is held at the Leith Community Centre. There is, however, a last minute change as the lift at Newkirkgate Shopping Centre is out of order. Anyone who needs step-free access for the public voting can do so in the Utilita Energy Hub, or be assisted to use the ramp in the Lidl car park.

Leith Chooses takes place on Saturday

Leith Chooses takes place on Saturday - the public voting event when all locals can vote for their favourite project from a long list of 30 to receive funding - and is held at the Leith Community Centre. There is, however, a last minute change as the lift at…

Calton Hill Archaeology Project Photogrammetry Workshop Join us for a workshop on how photogrammetry technology is being used for the first time to discover more about the archaeology of the hill

CALTON HILL ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT First Workshop Saturday 31 January starting 10.00, Headland Archaeology, 13 Jane Street, Leith EH6 5HE. Looking at the results of the recent drone photogrammetry survey. All welcome: members & non-members. See Eventbrite. 1/
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No worries, will do. It's fully back up and running again.

UPDATE 17:30 We still running part route between Balfour Street and Edinburgh Airport due to technical issues on the line between Balfour Street and Newhaven. Ticket acceptance is in place with Lothian Buses from Balfour Street and Newhaven We apologise for any inconvenience caused to your journey. #edintravel ^JM A sign below reads "Customer Information"

🚊 There's been a power loss on the Leith section of the tramline so trams from town are stopping at Balfour Street at the moment.

Please see the latest update from Edinburgh Trams 👇

Thanks - I’m meeting project lead on 29th Jan & also onsite with parking officers on 17th Feb as we’re all keen to get this finished off & more pedestrian/cycling friendly before end of March 2026.

Edinburgh Council calls for increase in unlicensed short-term let fines The city's regulatory boss will write to the Scottish Government asking for consideration to be made for increasing the maximum fine.

Colleagues & I fought for (& introduced) controls on Short Term Lets in Leith & Edinburgh to improve safety.

But we need greater deterrence against individuals choosing to operate illegally, unsafely, & who don't care for the impact they have on neighbours. www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...

I'm not aware of anything but will keep my ear to the ground

Leith Chooses banner around a lamppost with traffic and twilight in the background

Really looking fwd to @leithchooses.bsky.social on Sat 24th Jan at Leith Community Centre.

30 orgs are bidding to start brand new local projects in Leith & voting 🗳 is in-person (above) & online (from 27th) at leithchooses.net!