98.8 Castle FM

98.8 Castle FM (formerly Leith FM) is a radio station, covering the area of Edinburgh. The station started broadcasting on 7 May 2007 and was made available on 98.8FM throughout Edinburgh and its surrounding area as well as online. On 23 March 2012, the station changed its name to 98.8 Castle FM with the strapline 'Edinburgh's bigger local mix' serving the community of the Capital. The licence-holding company (Leith Community Mediaworks Ltd) filed accounts in 2012 as a dormant company with no assets. As of mid-December 2015 Castle FM changed its name to "Scotland's Castle", the station is available on all major streaming platforms 24hrs a day playing a mixture of current and oldies with the station's strapline "radio for Scotland".

1. Selected former presenters

Robert Baldock & Andy Fielding (Project Moonbase, 2007–2010) Paula Cameron Nikai Chalaman Cruz Al Chivers (The Al Chivers Alternative Show) Ally D Steven Hogg Donnie Hughes John Hunt Kerry Collins/Norwich (Sublime Sunday) Ewan Irvine Penny Jackson Dave Knight John Leslie Brad Linton-Boyce (Magic Hat Music Mix) Jonathon Rudall (Magic Hat Music Mix) Momo Lenny Love Ray McMahon Tony McQue Matt Shields Jason Smith Joanna Sproule Kathryn Sproule Richard & Carly Templeman Pamela Thomson Lewis Wilson

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Leith Waterworld

Leith Waterworld was a leisure pool in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built on the site of the former Leith Central railway station. It was the only pool in Edinburgh with flumes, and there was also a fast river run. It was closed in January 2012 in order to save funds for the Royal Commonwealth Pool's renovation and re-opening. A campaigning group against the closure, called Splashback, were funded to carry out feasibility studies but the property has been converted into a children's soft-play centre.

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Leith Central railway station

Leith Central Railway Station was a railway station in Leith, Scotland. It formed the terminus of a North British Railway branch line from Edinburgh Waverley. The station was built on a large scale, and it included a trainshed over the platforms. Following the amalgamation of the county of city of Edinburgh and the Burgh of Leith in 1920, the two formerly separate tram systems were joined (including the conversion of Edinburgh's system from cable haulage to electricity). The improved services provided intense competition with the railway, affecting the viability of Leith Central station. Until 1952 Leith Central had a regular passenger service to Edinburgh.

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Trinity House of Leith

Trinity House, 99 Kirkgate, is a building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, which was a guild hall, customs house, and centre for maritime administration and poor relief. In the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Era it also served as an almshouse and hospital. Now in state care, it houses a maritime museum. It is a category A listed building.

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South Leith Parish Church

North and South Leith Parish Church, originally the Kirk of Our Lady, St Mary, is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. Prior to the union with the former North Leith Parish Church in 2024, the building was known as South Leith Parish Church. It is the principal church and congregation in Leith, in Edinburgh. Its kirkyard is the burial place for John Home (author of Douglas) and John Pew, the man from whom the author Robert Louis Stevenson reputedly derived the character of Blind Pew in the novel Treasure Island. 18th-century Scottish Episcopal Church bishop and historian Robert Forbes also lies buried beneath the church floor. The church has been repaired, used as an ammunition store and reconstructed but still retains the basic layout of the nave of the old church.

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