Stockbridge: the colonies, the market and St Stephen Street
A village inside the city — workers' terraces, a Sunday market, antique-shop lanes, the river running through. This is a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk.

1. Stockbridge Colonies
The Glenogle Road terraces, built from 1861 by a co-operative of tradesmen for tradesmen — narrow parallel rows with stairs to the upper flats outside. Walk between two rows and read the trade emblems carved on the end gables. Pure Victorian self-help in stone.

2. Stockbridge Market
The Sunday market in the yard off Saunders Street and Kerr Street — street food, bread, cheese, makers. It only runs Sundays, roughly late morning to afternoon, so come on the right day or you'll find an empty yard. The reason this walk is keyed to Sunday.

3. St Stephen Street
The curving lane that is the soul of Stockbridge — antique dealers, vintage shops, basement bars, the stub of the old St Stephen Street market arch at the end. Wander it slowly; this is browsing, not buying, unless something gets you.

4. St Stephen's Church
Playfair's 1828 church anchors the bottom of the hill with a vast clock tower — said to hold the longest pendulum in Europe. You're here for the way it closes the view down St Vincent Street, not the interior. A landmark to steer by.

5. Water of Leith at Stockbridge
The river runs right through the village under the road bridge. Drop to the bank for two minutes — the same green water you'd meet at Dean Village, here threading between back gardens. A breath of quiet between the shops and the market.

6. Hamilton Place / the main street
The village high street — delis, a fishmonger, the kind of bakery queue that tells you it's good. Stock up for later or eat now, then the bus back to the centre stops along here. End where the locals actually shop.

Stockbridge: the colonies, the market and St Stephen Street