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Edinburgh’s Dean Village: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 1h 15m
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
Overview
- Follow along Dean Village's History from industrious prosperity to disrepute
- Hear from producer Olga Gogoleva, a designer, tutor and founder of Cobble Tales
- Do it all in 75 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control
- Get unlimited use of the tour before your booking date and after it
- Use the virtual tour option at home
Activity location
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Kerr St, Edinburgh EH3 6TQ, UK | The tour starts on the street crossing next to Stockbridge market. Stand facing the river, with your back to the community notice board.
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Edinburgh’s Dean Village: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in English
- 1h 15m
- Opening hours: Thu 0:00-23:59
- English
What's included, what's not
- Lifetime access to this tour in English
- VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
- Smartphone and headphones
- Transportation
- Food and drink
What you can expect
Chart the fate of Dean Village from industrious prosperity to complete disrepute, before it became the most desirable residential district in Edinburgh. During this walking tour, I’ll take you around the ancient and picturesque milling village that still contains traces of its Baronial legacy. I’ll show you the old bridge, the tollbooth, the mill and the weir, which were all formerly controlled by the Incorporation of Baxters (bakers).
I’ll point out easy-to-miss details on buildings, and share old maps and drawings with you as we walk the lush green banks of the Water of Leith. Together, we’ll marvel at the goddess Hygeia depicted in a Neoclassical mineral water temple before taking in the 1830s stonework of Dean Bridge, designed by architect and stonemason, Thomas Telford. While hearing about model Victorian social housing, we’ll wander around Well Court, a heritage building commissioned in the 1880s by the owner of the Scotsman Newspaper.
Lastly, we’ll walk through a chic cemetery which was the place to be buried in the 1800s, to see two modern art galleries, once glamorous Georgian orphanages.
Along the way, I’ll answer questions like:
• Where are signs of Dean Village’s former industrial activity still visible?
• Which Scottish castle is the Well Court design based on?
• Why did the Lord Provost pay for the Dean Bridge out of his own pocket?
• Where does the name “St Bernard’s Well” come from?
If you’re after a peaceful walk away from the busy city streets then join me, an architecture tutor and tour guide, on this walk through Edinburgh’s picturesque Dean Village.
Location
Activity location
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Kerr St, Edinburgh EH3 6TQ, UK | The tour starts on the street crossing next to Stockbridge market. Stand facing the river, with your back to the community notice board.
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom