{{Short description|Area of Edinburgh, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{coord|55|56|33.24|N|3|12|29.29|W|region:GB|display=title}} thumb|right|Lochrin Basin thumb|right|An 1831 map of the area '''Lochrin''' is a small area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is in the south-west corner of the city centre, to the west of Tollcross, and south of Fountainbridge.<ref name=gmap>{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9427476,-3.2085206,18z |title=Lochrin |accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref> Lochrin contains a wide mixture of retail shops, leisure facilities, other businesses and tenement housing. Major new office and residential developments have replaced some of the older buildings. alt=Lochrin Basin Fountainbridge|thumb|Lochrin Basin Fountainbridge alt=Lochrin Basin and boats at Edinburgh Quay|thumb|Lochrin Basin and boats at Edinburgh Quay When the basins at the eastern end of the Union Canal were filled in and the canal truncated in 1921, Lochrin Basin became the eastern terminus. At that time, the Leamington Lift Bridge was moved from where Fountainbridge crossed the canal to its current location just to the west of the basin.<ref name="can">{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=52717 |num2=NT27SW 88 |desc=Edinburgh, Gilmore Park, Union Canal Lifting Bridge |access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref> alt=Residential boats 2021|thumb|Residential boats 2021 Lochrin Basin is the centrepiece of Edinburgh Quay, a mixed-use development providing office and residential accommodation and licensed premises, which was voted the Best Regeneration project in Scotland at the Scottish Design Awards 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/edinburgh-quay |title=Edinburgh Quay – EQ1 |access-date=2015-06-30 }}</ref> It is also the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal Pathway.
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==External links== {{commons category|Lochrin Basin}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130419095252/http://unioncanal.wikidot.com/ Union Canal Edinburgh] - a community website about the Lochrin Basin and Union Canal in Edinburgh, including information about building developments.
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