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Forthquarter Park A new park under construction at Waterfront, Edinburgh |
The Quarry Pond from the Viewing Platform
© peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photograph taken: May 6, 2006, 10.42am
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Forthquarter Park |
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Edinburgh Waterfront A new park, Forthquarter Park, is being built at Edinburgh Waterfront to the north of the new Telford College complex on a strip of land running to the west from a point close to the new Scottish Gas Headquarters. |
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The Park The park includes: - a quarry pond with viewing platform for observing wildlife. The pond was previously used by Scottish Gas to provide a source of water for use in the event of a fire. - a section of Granton Burn, a stream that used to run through the site in a culvert, but has now been opened up. Granton Burn continues under the road then through the grounds of Caroline Park to the Firth of Forth. - newly planted mature trees and plants, cycle and walking routes, including new timber broadwalks. |
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Not Yet Open The park is currently, at May 2006, part of the Waterfront Development Site, so has not yet been open to the public - except for a single day for Edinburgh Parks & Gardens Open Day on May 6, 2006. The park is expected to be opened to the public during 2006 or 2007. |
