Join me as I head out with historian Hetty Lancaster of Hetty's History Walks to discover the history of Abbeyhill and its Colonies.  We toured old industrial sites, spotted ghost signs and repurposed buildings and Hetty told me all about Edinburgh's unique housing developments: the Colonies.

To follow our tour yourself:

We started at Meadowbank Shopping Centre and walked to the former Dunbar water factory ghost sign HERE

We viewed the former Redpath Brown factory on Albion Road HERE

The former shop at Sunnyside is viewed from Bothwell St HERE

The printwork and houses on Edina Place HERE

The Abbeyhill Colonies are HERE

You can view a copy of the railway map on Edinphoto 

To read Hetty's article on the Colonies and see old photographs: https://www.colonyofartists.co.uk/history

You can find Hetty's History Walks on her website: https://www.hettyshistorywalks.co.uk/