Hidden within Edinburgh’s modern landscape lies the ghost of a railway network that once fuelled the growth of Scotland’s capital.

Walking Edinburgh’s Lost Railways uncovers this forgotten world, tracing the routes of long-abandoned railway lines that have been transformed into some of the city’s most attractive walking and cycling paths.

Featuring 14 interconnected walks beginning at Waverley Station in the heart of Edinburgh, the book offers a fascinating journey through two centuries of railway development, urban growth and community transformation.

Richly researched and engagingly written, Walking Edinburgh’s Lost Railways reveals how the legacy of the railway age continues to shape the capital today.

In this book you can

• Discover Edinburgh’s hidden railway heritage
• Explore a network of interconnected routes
• Learn how disused railways were transformed into green corridors.

Perfect for anyone interested in local history, industrial archaeology and uncovering secret corners of the city.

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...a lovely book that helps bring many of these disused railways back to life. Not as railways, obviously, but as routes to be followed by walkers. The book is beautifully produced and highly illustrated with modern colour and period B&W photographs. Plus maps. A book like this cries out for high quality maps, and those on view here certainly don't disappoint, being based on outtakes of old railway network maps.