2012

NT2570 : New bridge over the Braid Burn

taken 12 years ago, near to Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland

New bridge over the Braid Burn
New bridge over the Braid Burn
In the Hermitage of Braid Park. The original bridge, known as the Scout Bridge, and possibly built by scouts when the Hermitage House was used as a scout hostel, NT2570 : Footbridge over the Braid Burn became difficult to maintain and was replaced by a temporary bridge NT2570 : Temporary footbridge and NT2570 : Bridge over the Braid Burn. As well as passage for the main burn there is provision for dealing with increased flows during times of high water levels - considerable work has been done along the cours of the Braid Burn in recent years - e.g. Link.
Queen Elizabeth II Fields

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, and also the London Olympic Games, in 2012, Fields in Trust (the trading name of the National Playing Fields Association) set up the Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge. The scheme mirrored in many respects the King George Field programme of 1935 in that it aimed to give protection in perpetuity to free outdoor recreational spaces. Whereas the 1935 scheme largely resulted in new spaces, to a large extent the 2012 Challenge involved funding of improvements to existing open space.
The fundamental link is that open space associated with Fields in Trust cannot be disposed of without the Trust's consent.
The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge has resulted in around 1600 spaces across the UK* being designated, totalling over 20,000 acres of protected recreational space. Each location is awarded a heraldic plaque cast in aluminium, 40cm in diameter including the royal coat of arms and an inscription.
*In Scotland the fields are known as Queen Elizabeth Fields


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Hermitage of Braid [74] · Braid Burn [40] · New House [11] · Temporary Bridge [6] ·
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M J Richardson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 25 May, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 25 May, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2565 7027 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:55.1847N 3:11.4737W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2563 7027
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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