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The Glassworks, Salamander Street, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6

Land size
3.46 acres

Key Features

  • Site extending to 1.4 Ha (3.46 Acres)
  • Planning permission in principle for 247 residential units & commercial space
  • Prominent site located approx. 500m from tram route

Description

Residential Development Opportunity

Map Location

Property details

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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good LimitedO2 Good NoneThree Good GoodVodafone Good None

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • St Mary's RC Primary School (Leith)248 metres
    Pupils
    289
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • Leith Primary School725 metres
    Pupils
    306
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Hermitage Park Primary School941 metres
    Pupils
    304
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Lorne Primary School0.8 miles
    Pupils
    175
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pairce (Parkside Primary)0.8 miles
    Pupils
    399
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Leith Academy881 metres
    Pupils
    982
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Trinity Academy1.4 miles
    Pupils
    1,000
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Drummond Community High School1.5 miles
    Pupils
    570
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Holy Rood RC High School2.4 miles
    Pupils
    1,163
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • St Thomas Of Aquin's High School2.6 miles
    Pupils
    799
    Type
    Roman Catholic

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Farmfoods Seafield Road Edinburgh, Edinburgh470 metres
Morrisons Daily Edinburgh 59 Restalrig Road, Edinburgh629 metres
Sainsburys Edinburgh Bernard Street Local, Edinburgh663 metres

GP surgery

Links Medical Centre622 metres

Pharmacy

Bestway National Chemists Ltd505 metres

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces211 metres

Walking trail

Claremont and Easter Road,286 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Edinburgh Rail Station1.9 miles

Nearest bus stop

Salamander Place233 metres

Typical drive times

Dalkeith16 min · 9.1 miles
Bonnyrigg19 min · 10 miles
Musselburgh14 min · 5.5 miles
Edinburgh (city)10 min · 2.7 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

SEPA open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Not on SEPA's flood maps

Surface water

Mapped risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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