‘As well as LeithLate’s mural map, I’ve come across a few unofficial murals dotted around the neighbourhood.’
Extract taken from Pockets of Pretty: An Instagrammer’s Edinburgh
By Shawna Law
Published by Black and White Publishing
It’s only right that one of Edinburgh’s main artistic hubs is home to the largest collection of street art and murals in Edinburgh. It’s by no means as extensive as Glasgow’s or Aberdeen’s street art scene, but still Leith has murals dating back to the 1980s with an influx of newly painted walls from 2013, thanks to LeithLate’s mural project. As well as LeithLate’s mural map, I’ve come across a few unofficial murals dotted around the neighbourhood.
MURALS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
Wronger Rites by Kirsty Whiten (2015)
Dalmeny Street
Untitled Mural by Elph (2016)
115 Leith Walk
The Leith Aquatic
by Blameless Collective (2013)
Halmyre Street
Leith Dockers Club by Tom Ewing (2013)
17 Academy Street
Untitled Mural by Artists’ Collective (1984)
Tolbooth Wynd
Eduardo Paolozzi
by Russell Dempster (2014)
77 Henderson Street
Leith History
by Tim Chalk & Paul Grime (1985)
Next to Leith Library on Ferry Road
København by Chris Rutterford (2018)
Custom Lane
A survivor of the Gretna rail disaster
by Guido Van Helten (2013)
Out of the Blue
Pockets of Pretty: An Instagrammer’s Edinburgh by Shawna Law is published by Black and White Publishing, priced £20.00