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((Short description|River in Edinburgh, Scotland))
((about|the river in Scotland|the river in Dunedin, New Zealand|Water of Leith (New Zealand)))
((Use dmy dates|date=March 2017))
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((More citations needed|date=December 2015))

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The '''Water of Leith''' (Scottish Gaelic: ''Uisge Lìte'') is the main [[river]] flowing through central [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, that starts in the Pentlands Hills and flows into the port of [[Leith]] and then into the sea via the [[Firth of Forth]].

==Name==
The name ''Leith'' may be of [[Common Brittonic|Brittonic]] origin and derived from ''*lejth'' meaning 'damp, moist' ([[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''llaith'').<ref name="bliton">((cite web |last1=James |first1=Alan |title=A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence |url=http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |website=SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North |access-date=25 November 2018))</ref> It is less likely that the name derives from the [[Old Norse]] ''lodda'' meaning a river.((citation needed|date=May 2017)) The [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] form of the name is ''Lìte'' (Leith), with ''Uisge Lìte'' being the full translation of "Water of Leith".<ref name=Bell>((cite book|title=Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh|date=2017|last=Bell|first=Raymond MacKean|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Leamington Books|isbn=9780244644406))</ref>

The ''[[Dictionary of the Scots Language]]'' defines the term "water" here as "A large stream, usu. thought of as intermediate in size between a [[Burn (landform)|Burn]] and a river."<ref name="DSL">((cite web |title=Water |work=[[Dictionary of the Scots Language]]|url=https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/water|access-date=2 August 2020))</ref>

==Course==
[[File:Water of Leith.png|thumb|Water of Leith course]]
The length of the main stream is ((Convert|31.7|km|mi|0|order=flip)). Its source is the Colzium Springs in the [[Pentland Hills]].<ref name="Management Plan">((cite report |author=Helen Brown |date=3 April 2020 |title=Water of Leith Management Plan 2020-2030 |url=https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/28361/water-of-leith-management-plan-2020-to-2030 |publisher=Water of Leith Action Group |page=4 |format=pdf |access-date=22 August 2023 ))</ref> The river travels through [[Harperrig Reservoir]], past the ruins of [[Cairns Castle]], on to [[Balerno]], [[Currie]], [[Juniper Green]], [[Colinton]], [[Slateford]], [[Longstone, Edinburgh|Longstone]], [[Saughton]], [[Balgreen]], [[Roseburn]] and [[West Coates]]. The river nears Edinburgh city centre between [[West End, Edinburgh|West End]] and [[Dean Village]]; the site of old [[watermill]]s in a deep gorge. The [[ravine]] is dramatically spanned by the [[Dean Bridge]], designed by [[Thomas Telford]] and built in 1832 for the road to [[South Queensferry|Queensferry]].<ref>((Canmore |num=119344 |desc=Edinburgh, Queensferry Road, Dean Bridge |access-date=23 August 2023))</ref>

[[File:St Bernards Well - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|St Bernard's Well sits alongside the Water of Leith in the [[Stockbridge, Edinburgh|Stockbridge]] area, with [[Comely Bank]] opposite]]
The river flows on past [[Stockbridge, Edinburgh|Stockbridge]], [[Inverleith]], [[Canonmills]] and [[Warriston]] where it passes through shallows at a place known as Puddocky which is commonly thought to refer to "puddocks", the [[Scots language]] term for frogs,<ref>((Cite web |title=Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: puddock |url=https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/puddock |access-date=2023-08-22))</ref> but actually took its name from the former Paddock Hall sited nearby.<ref>((Cite journal |last=Ashford |first=Zella |title=The Lands of Warriston |url=https://oldedinburghclub.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BOEC_NS3_1994_The_Lands_of_Warriston.pdf |format=PDF |journal=The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club Journal for Edinburgh History |publication-date=1994 |volume=3 |page=1 |issn=2634-2618))</ref> The river continues past [[Bonnington, Edinburgh|Bonnington]], the site of another watermill, to [[Leith]] where it widens into the old harbour and port at the [[The Shore, Leith|Shore]]. Leith Docks have been extended considerably out into the [[firth]] from the old shoreline.

== Water of Leith Walkway ==
The [[Water of Leith Walkway]] is beside the river for ((convert|12.8|mi|km)) from Balerno to Leith.<ref name=":0" /> The route forms an attractive haven for wildlife, passing through areas of woodland, often well separated from roads. For some distance the walkway follows the route of former railway tracks, and the remains of tunnels, bridges and other features of more than one railway may be seen at many places along the route including the Colinton Tunnel Mural.<ref>((Cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.colintontunnel.org.uk/index.php |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=www.colintontunnel.org.uk))</ref>

== Water of Leith Conservation Trust ==
The Water of Leith Conservation Trust, founded in 1988 is a registered charity whose objective is to "conserve the Water of Leith and its environs" and "promote the natural and built heritage of the river . . . ".<ref>((Cite web |title=The Trust » The Water of Leith Conservation Trust |url=https://www.waterofleith.org.uk/the-trust/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=The Water of Leith Conservation Trust |language=en-GB))</ref>  The Trust runs educational programs and operates a visitor centre close to where the [[Union Canal (Scotland)|Union Canal]] passes over the Water of Leith via the [[Slateford Aqueduct]] in south-west Edinburgh.

==Wildlife==
[[File:Water of Leith resident - geograph.org.uk - 1302527.jpg|thumb|Heron on the Water of Leith]]
The river contains 15 different types of fish including [[brown trout]], wild [[Thymallus thymallus|grayling]], [[eel]]s, [[stone loach]], [[minnow]], [[three-spined stickleback]] and [[flounder]]. A few sea-trout run the river, and occasional Atlantic salmon are reported, although those from which scale samples have been obtained have turned out to be from other catchments. 

Until the weirs are either demolished or furnished with effective fish-passes, there is little chance of a population of salmon establishing themselves in this river again. Roe deer, badgers, otters and other mammals are often seen.<ref name=":0">((Cite web|last=The Water of Leith Conservation Trust|title=Welcome - A silver thread in a ribbon of green|url=http://www.waterofleith.org.uk/|access-date=14 October 2020|website=www.waterofleith.org.uk))</ref> The river and its environs are the haunt of a wide variety of woodland and water birds, including [[common kingfisher|kingfisher]], [[grey heron]], [[pied wagtail]], [[great spotted woodpecker]] and [[white-throated dipper]].

==See also==
*[[Rivers of Scotland]]
*[[River Almond, Lothian|River Almond]], which flows through [[Cramond]] and [[Kirkliston]]
*[[River Esk, Lothian]]
*[[Water of Leith (New Zealand)|Water of Leith]], a river which flows through [[Dunedin]], New Zealand

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((commons category))
*[http://www.waterofleith.org.uk/ Water of Leith Conservation Trust: The River, Visitor Center, Education, Conservation]
*[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2007/03/16085600  Scottish Government, 16/03/07: Water of Leith Flood Prevention Scheme]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060902170338/http://www.youredinburgh.info/opencms/opencms/cecrangerservice/sites_and_trails/water_of_leith.html Water of Leith]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071022134707/http://www.spokes.org.uk/oldsite/waterofl.htm Water of Leith Millennium Bid document]. The bid was successful and paid for new sections of the Walkway and the Visitor Centre.
* [http://www.fishforth.co.uk/fdsb "Forth District Salmon Fishery Board"]
* [http://www.fishforth.co.uk/rfft "River Forth Fisheries Trust"]



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