Scottish walkers up in arms over Edinburgh footpath shut for five years
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6EJN1)
Radical Road at foot of Arthur's Seat, beside Holyrood Palace, was closed in 2018 after rock falls led to safety concerns
A footpath built by Scottish revolutionaries two centuries ago in the royal park beside Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh is at the centre of a modern revolt over public access rights.
The Radical Road was laid around the foot of Salisbury crags, a spectacular basalt cliff that curves around the foot of Arthur's Seat, by unemployed Scottish weavers who had threatened an insurrection against rapid industrialisation in 1820.
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