Situated between Glenogle Road and of The Water of Leith, the Stockbridge colonies were built between 1861 and 1911 by the Edinburgh Co-oprative Building Company.

Their purpose was to provide owner occupied low-cost housing for, and organized by working people. Over a third of the shareholders were stonemasons and other tradesmen.

At the end of each of the eleven parallell terraces are the original artisan crests portraying the different trades of the workmen.

The cottage style, two storey houses each have a front garden (Victorian clothes poles are an original feature) This means that facing houses have different street names, for example the ground floor homes on Miller Place share the same street with the upper terraces accessed by Reid Terrace.

The streets were named after the founders of the Company including the geologist and writer Hugh Miller.

REID TERRACE
HUGH MILLER PLACE
RINTOUL PLACE
COLLINS PLACE
DUNROBIN PLACE
KEMP PLACE
BELL PLACE

The colonies are ofter considered to be a small village in their own right. With their social history and unique features of architecural interest and their close location to The Royal Botanic Gardens and Inverleith Park, the colonies are now considered to be prime real estate.