Edinburgh

Update: this is the old front page of the Edinburgh focused wiki, and is old!! slow updates.

Guides

General

• Wikipedia: Edinburgh
  • WP: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Edinburgh
• Wikivoyage: Edinburgh

• Edinburgh Spotlight
• Everything2.com: Edinburgh

• Edinburgh - Inspiring Capital - the official introduction to Edinburgh City Region. Users are invited to explore the website for information about visiting, living, investing and studying in Edinburgh City Region.
  • Twitter

• EdinburghGuide.com has shown the way around Edinburgh, Scotland since 1998: from reviews galore from the Edinburgh's Festivals, to listings of great Edinburgh hotels and self-catering accommodation, from coverage of Edinburgh theatre, film in Edinburgh to events and activities for both Edinburgh visitors and residents alike. With our Edinburgh Guidebook you'll find essential sites to the Scottish capital whether you're looking for Edinburgh jobs or a good restaurant.

• VisitScotland: Edinburgh and the Lothians - the official consumer website of VisitScotland, Scotland’s national tourist board. Working closely with private businesses, public agencies and local authorities, we work to ensure that our visitors experience the very best of Scotland and that the country makes the most of its outstanding tourism assets and realises its potential.
  • Twitter

• myEdinburgh - directory and events

• Qype

• myvillage.com - directory, reviews

• Edinburgh Places - Residents of, and Visitors ( & potential visitors ) to, Edinburgh. This is not just a web site to thrill you with merely the various beauty spots of Edinburgh but, it is, most of all, a site to provide for your material needs whilst staying in Edinburgh, whether that is on a long, or short term basis. This site has been in existance since 1999 and I make no apology for the fact that these pages are constantly changing. Part of the joy of Edinburgh is that although the city is rapidly changing and mostly improving itself it somehow manages to remain constant and a place of peace & tranquility. I have tried to cover all aspects of life in Edinburgh and the things you might like or require while in Edinburgh.

• Stuck on Scotland: Edinburgh

• View Edinburgh

Maps

See also Mapping

OpenStreetMap

• CloudMade
• OpenCycleMap
• Edinburgh CycleStreets
• Öpnvkarte - public transport map

General maps

• Google Maps
• multimap
• multimap (OS data)
• Streetmap.co.uk

Extra info

• Shaded Relief
• Wikimapia
• loc.alize.us
• Panoramio
• Virtual Globetrotting

• The Great British Public Toilet Map

• Google Maps w/ annotations
• geograph - photographs for every OS grid square

• Dusk / Dawn :: Sunrise / Sunset :: Calendar and Calculator
• Monthly Sunrise Sunset Times

• Sustrans Transport routes
• Edinburgh Traffic ViaMichelin

• The Megalithic Portal and Map
• Heavens Above Daily predictions for brighter satellites

• Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site

• Automatic Packet Reporting System Stations Near Edinburgh

• GeoHack - Edinburgh - Meta, many map links, most already listed above.

• http://fallingfruit.org/?z=13&y=55.95080&x=-3.19597&m=true&t=roadmap&l=false

Community

Online

• http://changeworks.proggable.com/

• Meetup.com: Edinburgh
• LiveJournal - more LJ community links on the community info page
• /r/edinburgh

Gift economy

• The Frecycle Network Edinburgh

• Edinburgh Freegle Like Freecycle, but freer.

• Trash Nothing: Edinburgh Freegle
• Trash Nothing: Edinburgh Freeshare

• Freeconomy Edinburgh

• EdSpace - The Access Point - notes on sources for free food for the homeless.

• http://trashwiki.org/en/Edinburgh

Facebook

• The Meadows Share
• The Broughton-Leith Share
• The Cowgate-Grassmarket Share
• The Porty Share
• Roslin share
• The Slateford Share

• The Edinburgh Connection - Lift Share!

Swapshop

• Shrub Co-op - Swap and Reuse Hub Edinburgh - the student-led social enterprise: reducing waste and educating Edinburgh

• Edinburgh Palette: swap shop - formerly Arts Complex, St. Margrets

Mutual credit

• WP: Mutual_credit

• WP: Local_Exchange_Trading_Systems

• Edinburgh LETS

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/cclite/

Local sites

• South Edinburgh Net
• Portobello Online Serving residents, ex-pats and visitors to Portobello
• SCOT wiki a wiki to facilitate information sharing and to promote sustainable consumption in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Learning

• Edinburgh Grid for Learning

• OurEd is the Edinburgh student community website, a collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University, Heriot Watt University, Jewel & Esk College, Queen Margaret University, Stevenson College Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh. OurEd is an online resource for students interested in building a thriving, smiling community in the city of Edinburgh. Here you can find information on everything health, social justice, environment and development related: events, courses, societies, volunteering, internships, and more.

• http://www.ragged-online.com/tag/edinburgh/
  • Edinburgh - a map of places in Edinburgh which are free to visit and are places we learn and interact.
  • http://www.meetup.com/raggeduniversity/
  • https://www.facebook.com/RaggedUniversity

• http://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk/phil_events_programme

Volunteering

• Volunteer Centre Edinburgh
• Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations' Council
• Edinburgh Compact
• BTCV Edinburgh

• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
• FlockLocal

• http://attending.io/gfnedinburgh

• Xchange Scotland - Volunteer in Scotland &; Around The World

Youth

• http://grantonyouth.com/

Arts and media

• Future Shorts Edinburgh - UK homepage, Facebook
• EMPS :: Edinburgh Movie Production Society - Facebook
• Pilton Video - Edinburgh community video assistance

• Beltane Fire Society
  • https://facebook.com/beltanefiresociety
  • WP: Beltane_Fire_Festival

• Edinburgh Samba School - community carnival performance group which runs courses in Brazilian drumming and dance

• Imaginate Promoting and developing performing arts for children and young people in Scotland

• edinburghcontemporary.org provides you with information on current exhibitions, opportunities and professional practice in Edinburgh.
• Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

• Edinburgh Screen Works

• http://www.leithlapidary.org.uk/

• Edinburgh TAA Exhibitions F.R.E.A.K - Facebook, MySpace - old

• http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/kevin-buckle-edinburgh-needs-its-own-arts-quarter-1-3557357

Sci-tech

• http://opentechcalendar.co.uk/index.php/location/1

• http://edinburgh2.com/

• dorkbot alba people doing strange things with electricity - Facebook
• Tech Meetup Edinburgh - Forum, Facebook, Twitter
• Edinburgh Cafe Scientifique - Facebook, International homepage
• codebloc - edinburgh programming fringe
• Refresh Edinburgh (web development) - Facebook, Twitter
• The Edinburgh Linux Users Group Meets every first Thursday of the month
• Institution of Engineering and Technology: Scotland South East

• MoMoEdinburgh Mobile Monday Edinburgh! An informal gathering of folks interested in anything and everything to do with mobile technology and services

• Edinburgh Community Energy Co-operative

• http://edinburghhacklab.com/
  • http://wiki.edinburghhacklab.com/

• http://www.thisiscodebase.com/

• IET Scotland South East Network

• Edinburgh Eagle Lab

Nature

• Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association - Facebook
• Edinburgh Community Gardening Activists blog
• Edinburgh Guerilla Gardeners! (inactive?)

• Edinburgh Garden Share Scheme
• Landshare Connects growers with landowners

• Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust
• Edinburgh & Lothians Forest Habitat Network Partnership

• The Green Team

• Changeworks: Master Composter Project

• Bridgend Allotment

• http://www.edibleestates.co.uk/neighbourhoods/

Literature, etc

• Writers' Bloc - Facebook
• Poetry at the... - Facebook

• Edinburgh North book club

Activities & sport

• Sunday Brunch Club - Facebook

• Edinburgh Tango Society - Facebook
• Perfidious Albion, Edinburgh Uni's Medieval Re-enactment Soc (higher education students/staff only)
• the Scottish Intrepid Adventurers & chillout group - Facebook

• Edinburgh Kayak Club - Facebook
• Edinburgh Ski Club - Facebook
• Great Run - Facebook
• Edinburgh Parkrun - Facebook - weekly free 5km timed run

• Scotlands biggest waterfight!
• Come play rounders in Edinburgh..
• Crounders Edinburgh
• Edin-Roller
• The Edinburgh Ball-Ball Club

• Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club

• Touch Rugby in Edinburgh - Facebook
• Playing Touch Rugby on the Meadows

• Scottish Adventures Unleashed
• Active Outdoors Scotland

• The Edinburgh Lunch Club
• Edinburgh food lovers ahoy

• Open Roleplaying Community. Web portal to enable gamers to find a roleplaying game in Edinburgh.

Wellbeing

• AdvoCard - a service user-led, independent advocacy organisation. Our services are primarily for people with experience of mental ill-health in Edinburgh. We provide opportunities for people to participate more effectively in decisions that affect all aspects of their lives.

• Edinburgh Women's Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre

Religion

• http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/chaplaincy/religion

• http://www.edinburghbuddhistcentre.org.uk/

• Reclaiming Scotia - Facebook
• Paganism in Edinburgh

• http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/MeadowmootEdinburgh/

Esoteric

• Theosophical Society in Scotland

• Edinburgh Fortean Society

Historical

• te Pooka Big Red Door has also become an occasional licenced venue for all kinds of circus-based activity and performance.
  • http://bigreddoor.wordpress.com/
  • Facebook

Spaces & Places

• https://www.yelp.co.uk/edinburgh

Outdoors

• Edinburgh Outdoors

• Open Space Strategy and audit

• http://217.174.251.127/Atlas/CECAtlas.html

Parks

• Friends of Parks

• Friends of the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links
  • Friends of the Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill
  • Braidburn Valley Park, Edinburgh
  • Friends of Corstorphine Hill
  • The Craiglockhart Woods Group
  • Friends of Dalmeny Street Park
  • Ferry Glen
  • Friends of the Figgate Park
  • Friends of King George V and Scotland Yard
  • Friends of Harrison Park
  • Friends of the Hermitage of Braid & Blackford Hill
  • Friends of Hillside and Calton Area
  • Friends of Hopetoun Crescent Garden
  • Friends of Inverleith Park
  • Friends of Montgomery Street Park
  • Friends of the Pentlands, Pentland Hills Regional Park

Other

• Edinburgh's Grassmarket

• Water of Leith

• Edinburgh Canal Society

• Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh - events

• Cyrenians Farm A small community enterprise located just outside Edinburgh.

• The Edinburgh Waterfront

• Edinburgh Open Space Strategy

• http://www.elgt.org.uk/

• The Federation of Edinburgh and District Allotments and Gardens Associations
  • Bridgend Allotment
  • Inverleith Allotments
• Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society

• 7 day tide predictions for Leith

Community venues

• The Forest
  • BB forum
  • Facebook, Twitter

• Total Kunst Total Kunst is the Forest gallery - Twitter

previous Forest groups;

• Old Hat Books Radical book, zine and hat library in Edinburgh
• Stitch n bitch in the Forest - Crochet Wonderland

• Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh - Facebook
  • Events
• Edinburgh Peace and Justice Resource Centre

• LGBT Health & Wellbeing Centre - Facebook, Twitter
• Crew 2000 Mind altering information, advice and support - Twitter
• 6VT Youth Cafe - Running for over 14 years.

• North Edinburgh community cafe (inactive?)

• Out of the Blue Provides studio and production space for Edinburgh's cultural community.

• Venchie Children and young people's project, situated in Craigmillar

Libraries

• http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libraries/ Edinburgh Libraries]

• http://yourlibrary.edinburgh.gov.uk/

• https://prism.talis.com/edinburgh/login - renew/reserve books

Arts & culture

• National Galleries of Scotland - Free galleries of fine and modern art.
• National Museum of Scotland
• Museums and Galleries Edinburgh Council Guide
• Scottish Storytelling Centre
• Scottish Poetery Library - Facebook

• Coburg House Art Studios

• Cameo Cinema - Facebook, Twitter

Rehearsal

• http://www.woosh.tv/index.php/the-wel

• http://www.musotoolbox.com/studio/search/city.html?city_id=316

Cafes

Forest Café as above and elsewhere, in Tollcross.

• Café Renroc - 91 Montgomery Street, New Town. Neighbour of Nevo Complementary Health Studio, Café Renroc is a detoxifying refresher of a café. Expect herbal teas, freshly squeezed or blended fruit juices and plenty of tasty filled ciabatta or foccaccia breads, quiches and - somewhat unexpectedly, but yummy nonetheless - stromboli. And if the detox really isn't for you, Renroc is fully licensed. Why's it called Renroc? Cos it's on the corner! Geddit?

• Caffe Lucano is a real family affair. The values of brother and sister proprietors, Antonello and Elisa Esposito, are reflected in everything from the care of our cooking to the warmth of our welcome.

Pubs

• Red_Phil's Ramblings - ALL pubs in Edinburgh list : please help

• Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

Hostels, hotels, etc

• Scottish Youth Hostels Association
• Budget Accommodation in Central Edinburgh Sherwood guest house with other places info

• Edinburgh Holiday Lets

Cinema

• http://picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Cameo_Picturehouse/Whats_On/
• http://filmhousecinema.com/
• http://dominioncinemas.net/

• http://myvue.com/latest-movies/info/cinema/edinburgh-omni-centre/
• http://odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_times/s108/Edinburgh_Lothian_Road/
• http://cineworld.co.uk/cinemas/21

Office

• want don't want space: edinburgh

Housing

• http://www.edinburghtenants.org.uk/

Other

• Edinburgh Architecture

• http://www.socialsoundsproject.com/

Travel

Cycling

• Spokes The Lothian Cycle Campaign

• CyclingEdinburgh.info A personal site to highlight cycling activities and possibilities in and around Edinburgh
• ChangingPace Promoting cycling, walking and public transport use in Edinburgh Scotland.

• TryCycling In Edinburgh A campaign to encourage and support more people to ride bicycles in Edinburgh]

• Arthur's Seat Challenge

Cycling groups

• Cycling Edinburgh Organised bike rides in and around Edinburgh
• BikeEventsScotland

• Edinburgh 20 Milers Come with us and explore Edinburgh's cycle paths at an easy pace.

• Edinburgh Fixed Gear Bringing together those of us who enjoy fixed gear cycling and urban track bike culture in Edinburgh
• Edinburgh RC One of the biggest and most successful cycling clubs in the UK
• Musselburgh Roads Cycling Club One of the largest and most successful cycle racing clubs in Scotland

• Craigmillar Cycles
• The Mansion Bike Club A Project at Gracemount Youth & Community Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland

• CTC Lothians
  • CTC Scotland
• Cycling Scotland The national cycling promotion agency for Scotland

Cycle routes

• OpenCycleMap
• Edinburgh CycleStreets

• edinburghpaths.info This site has information about a few of the many walking and cycling routes in Edinburgh.
• CycleStreets Cycling intelligence for Edinburgh
• EveryTrail Cycling trails in and around Edinburgh

Cycle service

• The Bike Station The Bike Station is Edinburgh's bicycle recycling and cycling promotion charity. We repair unwanted bikes and put them back on the road.
• Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative
• The Bicycle Works
• Biketrax Edinburgh
• Leith Cycle Co
• Alpine Bikes
• The Bike Chain
• Macdonald Cycles
• FreeWheelin
• Blackhall Cycles
• Bicycle Repair Man
• Velo Ecosse
• Bains Bicycles
• Eastside Bikes

• Cycle Scotland Scottish Cycle Safaris, Wilderness Tours & Bike Rentals

Train

• Live train map for Edinburgh

Bus

• Lothian Buses Network Maps

Car

• City Car Club

Other

• Traveline Scotland Public transport information

Media

Local and Scottish news

• BBC News Edinburgh, East and Fife
• BBC News Scotland

• Edinburgh Outlook News from your Local Council
• Edinburgh Evening News, Facebook, Twitter
• North Edinburgh News

• scotsman.com Twitter
• The Herald
• Indymedia Scotland
  • Events

Social news

• http://reddit.com/r/edinburgh

Blogs

Edinburgh

• Edinburgh Sucks! A reportage. How the politicians and officials are screwing our city. - Twitter
• Pilton Sucks You mean it is THIS bad?

• The Edinburgh Blog Life in Edinburgh: Scotland’s capital city - Twitter
• Edinburgh Day By Day A Personal View of a Beautiful City
• History of Leith Written by John Arthur, a local historian from Leith.
• Jake's Progress The adventures of a lurcher in the Scottish capital
• Dear Scotland Notes on Scottish music, sport and the life - Twitter
• Edinburgh Visitor's Blog
• velocity-m An armchair expeditionary force.

• The Edinburgh Rock Network News and opinions from the Edinburgh music scene.

• Southside & Newington Newsblog Cameron Rose, Councillor for Southside/Newington, Edinburgh - Conservative

Scotland

• Scottish Roundup Politics and life through the eyes of Scottish bloggers - Twitter

Photography

• Edinburgh Cam An Edinburgh Photoblog
• Looking at Edinburgh
• Edinburgh Daily Photo

Microblogging

• http://uk.inagist.com/search?q=edinburgh
• inagist.com: edinburgh

• http://wefollow.com/location/edinburgh

Publications

• The Skinny - Facebook, Twitter
• The Leither - Twitter
• one magazine
• The Journal
• EUSci Magazine
• Edinburgh Outlook News from your Local Council

Radio & podcasts

• Frequency Finder UK Edinburgh
• LeithFM - Twitter

• Reading Room Podcasts from the Scottish Poetry Library
• TPN: The Edinburgh Fringe Show Podcasts from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

• Radio Times

Software

• http://www.edinburghapps.net/

Events

• Festivals

Misc

• The List
• https://www.itison.com/Edinburgh/events

• Eventbrite: Edinburgh

• It's On, It's Gone Rare and one-off events blog in Edinburgh
• I Know Where Its At!: Edinburgh

• http://www.chortle.co.uk/venues/7/scotland

• Craft Fairs in Edinburgh
• What is happening in edinburgh this weekend that's cool?
• theoracle.co.uk what's on, where and when
• edinburgh.gov.uk event listings
• http://www.dontstayin.com/search/uk/city-of-edinburgh/edinburgh/

• https://www.hugecity.us/

• Simple Satellite Tracking from Spaceweather.com - Edinburgh

Music

• Last.fm
• DontStayIn
• Songkick: Edinburgh
• Gigulate (doesn't do deep-linking to region, ffs)

• Edinburgh Clubbing Community Forum - Facebook
• Capital Punishment Edinburgh's underground music community
• Update Listing of marginal, weird and experimental music events

• Edinburgh Uni: Institute for Music in Human and Social Development
• Edinburgh Peoples Festival - Songs of the People Sat 15th August 7.30pm
• http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/reid-school-of-music

• http://celticpsytrance.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=planetmonkey

• About - Scots Music Group - runs traditional music and song classes for adults, informal sessions, monthly ceilidhs and other social events. We are a community-based charity in Edinburgh.

History & culture

Misc

• EdinPhoto
• Edinburgh World Heritage
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
• Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
• In Trust for Scotland - "A grouping of concerned current members of the National Trust for Scotland."
• NakedScotland.org.uk - Naturism, nudism and clothes-free opportunities in and around Scotland
• Edinburgh's Dark Side
• Old and New Edinburgh 1880s periodical about Edinburgh

• British Council: Scotland Works with organisations in Scotland, the UK and internationally to connect Scotland and the world through arts, education, science and governance.

• Morningside Heritage Association
• Granton History Group

Business

• Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

• Scottish Enterprise We help ambitious businesses in Scotland to grow and become more successful.
  • Business Gateway Practical help, advice and support

for new and growing businesses in Scotland

• UsefulStudents.com is a job site where only students can apply for jobs.

• Scottish Development International Formed in 2001 in order to attract direct foreign investment to Scotland and provide information about doing business in Scotland.

• https://www.gov.uk/battery-waste-supplier-reponsibilities

• http://www.investinedinburgh.com/

Social enterprise

• Firstport We work to identify, advise, connect, encourage and seed fund new start social entrepreneurs.

• Senscot For social entrepreneurs in Scotland

• Scotland UnLtd supports inspirational social entrepreneurs

• The Melting Pot stimulates and supports social innovation. We provide dynamic resources for social change makers. Our spaces and services enable people to work, meet, connect, learn, and hold events – all to make the world a better place.

Shopping

• The New Leaf Co-op - Edinburgh's local, unpackaged, scoop your own, nut-grinding, organic, worker-run box of delights!

• http://www.edinburghfood.org/

• http://www.edinburghfarmersmarket.co.uk/

• http://www.diginbruntsfield.co.uk/

Food

• EdinburghMenus.com - Twitter

Classifieds

• Gumtree
• craigslist
• flog.co.uk The totally free, classified advertising service

Other

• 5pm restaurant search - gah, post rather than get >:[

• allmediascotland - media & PR opportunities

• http://www.williamsplumbingedinburgh.co.uk/ - via pockets

Council

See also Politics#Edinburgh

• http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk

• http://www.edinburghnp.org.uk/

• Housing repairs

• tellmescotland.gov.uk - Public information notices for City of Edinburgh

• FixMyStreet Report, view, or discuss local problems (like graffiti, fly tipping, broken paving slabs, or street lighting)

• FillThatHole.org.uk: The City of Edinburgh Council

• Problems with stair lighting form (edinburgh.gov.uk)

• Locating postboxes: EH1

Waste

• http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20001/bins_and_recycling
  • PDF: Bins and recycling

• Report litter problems

• Sort It Useful information on how you can Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your household waste.
  • Recycling Centres & Points
• recyclelocal If you don't want it, recycle it, locally
• Re:use 'Exchange' Sites

• Community Recycling Network for Scotland
• Edinburgh Charity Shop Map

• Community recycling centres

• Old Dalkeith Road CRC, Craigmillar EH16 4TB
  • 8am - 7.30pm Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm Saturday & Sunday

• Fillyside Road CRC, Seafield EH7 6RD
  • 8am - 7.30pm Monday - Friday. 8am - 6pm Saturday & Sunday. Due to staffing difficulties, the commercial side of Seafield Community Recycling Centre will be closed from noon - 1pm until further no...

• Bankhead Avenue CRC, Sighthill EH11 4EA
  • 8am - 7.30pm Monday - Friday. 8am - 6pm Saturday & Sunday

To sort

• Edinburgh University Settlement
• Scotland Internet A Directory of Scottish Websites

• SANDEMANs NEW Edinburgh Tours

• Leith Links
• Leith & North
• Lothian Life

• http://www.careandrepairedinburgh.org.uk/
• http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/
• http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/council/partnerships/CEC_community_planning_homepage

• Edinburgh Interdisciplinary Discussions

• https://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/forum/

• A history of The Forest