Edinburgh

Things and Stuff in Edinburgh was what spawned this wiki, the aim being to document for info on free, low-cost, worthy and notable groups, institutions, spaces and other things and stuff in and around or relating to Edinburgh.

The site was born on 22/6/09. Old: Facebook and Twitter.

Update: this is the old front page of the Edinburgh focused wiki, and is old

Guides

General

• Wikipedia: Edinburgh
• Edinburgh Spotlight
• Everything2.com: Edinburgh

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Edinburgh
• http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Edinburgh

• EdinburghGuide.com
• myEdinburgh
• myvillage.com
• VisitScotland - Twitter
• Stuck on Scotland
• Edinburgh - Inspiring Capital - Twitter
• Auld Edinburgh

• Edinburgh's Grassmarket

• e-Edinburgh.com designed for life in Scotland's Capital
• NileGuide Edinburgh Travel Guide
• Qype
• View Edinburgh
• Edinburgh-Places The favourite places of Edinburgh - Scotland

• Scotland.org The Official Online Gateway
• RampantScotland

Speciality

• EdinburghMenus.com - Twitter

• http://opentechcalendar.co.uk/

Recycling & reuse

• 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

Services

• Edinburgh Libraries

• 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

Power

• electricityinfo.org an independent website providing consumers with environmental information on the UK electricity supply industry

Gift economy

• The Frecycle Network Edinburgh
• Edinburgh Freegle Like Freecycle, but freer.

• Freeconomy Edinburgh

Mutual credit

• Edinburgh LETS (Exchange Trading System)

News

Local/Scotland

• 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

UK/Europe/World

• BBC News Front page
  • BBC News Video stream
• The Independent
• The Guardian
• EurActiv.com
• euronews | europa
• euronews | world
• New York Times Wire
• Wikinews

• El Reg Biting the hand that feeds IT
• Boing Boing A Directory Of Wonderful Things

• The Big Project News
• Chipwrapper Search UK newspapers

• BBC News: The Editors del.icio.us

Weather

• BBC Weather: Edinburgh
• Met Office: Edinburgh
• School of GeoSciences weather station summary

Maps

OpenStreetMap based

• 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

• 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.

Media

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

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

Video & TV

• Flixity

• BBC iPlayer
• Zingzing TV Listings

Events

• Festivals

Misc

• The List
• Upcoming.org

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

• 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

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

Weather

• http://www.forthroadbridge.org/weather

Spaces & Places

Outdoors

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

• Water of Leith
• Edinburgh Canal Society
• Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh

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

• The Edinburgh Waterfront

• Edinburgh Open Space Strategy

• 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 - forums, Facebook, Twitter
  • Total Kunst Total Kunst is the Forest gallery - Twitter
  • Old Hat Books Radical book, zine and hat library in Edinburgh
  • Stitch n bitch in the Forest - Crochet Wonderland (inactive)
• te Pooka Big Red Door has also become an occasional licenced venue for all kinds of circus-based activity and performance. - Facebook

• 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?)

• Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

• 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/

• 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

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

Other

• Edinburgh Architecture

Groups

• http://www.oured.ed.ac.uk/

Meta

• Meetup.com
• Groups Near You: Edinburgh
• CitySocialising: Edinburgh

• LiveJournal - more LJ community links on the community info page

• Edinburgh Beltane - Resources and event listings for Edinburgh educational organisations.

Arts

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

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

Sci-tech

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

• 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/

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/

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.

Paganism

• Reclaiming Scotia - Facebook
• Paganism in Edinburgh

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

Esoteric

• Theosophical Society in Scotland
• Edinburgh Fortean Society

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

Volunteering

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

• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
• FlockLocal

Education

• Education UK Scotland
• Universities Scotland
• Edinburgh Grid for Learning
• Community Learning and Development Adult Education Programme Day, evening and weekend courses.

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.

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

Spaces

• want don't want space: edinburgh
• Edinburgh Screen Works

Shopping

• Nearbuyme.com Supporting local shops.

Other

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

• allmediascotland - media & PR opportunities

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 & clubs

• 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

Car

• City Car Club

Other

• Traveline Scotland Public transport information

Twitter

• Happn.in: Edinburgh

• Twitter Creative Commons
• twitterfeed.com

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

Classifieds

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

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

Community websites

• 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.

Other

Things and Stuff online

• Facebook
• Twitter

The Forest

• Forest Volunteer Guide - Don't Panic!
• A history of The Forest

Beltane

• How to make a fire brand
• Cloak design
• Exercise routine

Techy

• Distributed social network thoughts
• Thoughts on Drupal

• qm.thingsandstuff.org
• thingsandstuff.org

• Forest Drupal set-up
• Forest IT set-up

Pipedreams

• Edinburgh co-operative thoughts