# Lochrin

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{{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](/source/Edinburgh), the capital of [Scotland](/source/Scotland). It is in the south-west corner of the city centre, to the west of [Tollcross](/source/Tollcross%2C_Edinburgh), and south of [Fountainbridge](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Union_Canal_(Scotland)) were filled in and the canal truncated in 1921, Lochrin Basin became the eastern terminus. At that time, the [Leamington Lift Bridge](/source/Leamington_Lift_Bridge) was moved from where [Fountainbridge](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Forth_and_Clyde_Canal_Pathway).

== References ==
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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.

{{Areas of Edinburgh}}
Category:Areas of Edinburgh
Category:Fountainbridge

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