Path, Caroline Park Avenue, Edinburgh EH5 1QJ
With the building of Granton Harbour in the mid 1800s, the Duke of Buccleuch saw great financial opportunity with land either being leased or sold off for commercial and industrial development in the area. As a result, the Castle became neglected and by the mid 18th century it was already described as being in a ruinous state. Following the First World War, the Castle was bought in 1928 by a quarrying company Bain and Brown who demolished it to quarry the stone underneath it, but left sections of the wall in place. The Walled Garden survived and was bought by John Smith, market gardener and the business stayed in the family until 2005 when it was sold to the City of Edinburgh Council. Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden are now working to ensure that this beautiful community asset is safeguarded for the future.
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Hello could you add a photo taken last night of new mural in place to highlight the new mural in place to help identify the historic footprint of Granton Castle and brighten up a previously derelict looking bit of old corrugated iron? I can send to you via e-mail and also a beautiful pen and ink drawing by the Edinburgh Sketcher of the outside of the doocot. Please note the previous cycletrack through the Social Bite Village is for the residents use and closed off so walkers and cyclists are redirected around both sides with two paths now in place of one.
Hi Kristy,
Thank you for your feedback. Feel free to send any photographs to us and we will discuss them with the tour’s creators.