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The Colinton Tunnel - preserving history and heritage

Over 32 metres of brilliantly illustrated poetry.  Simply stunning!

Watch the striking image at the Slateford end of the tunnel - the empty platform will fill up soon!

This exciting major project is creating an enchanting mural in a Victorian railway tunnel, in order to preserve local history and make people smile. 

Read the RLS poem: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/railway-carriage

 We are turning a dark and scary tunnel into a safe and welcoming home for Scotland's largest historical mural, celebrating the industrial, social, artistic and literary history of our community.

Follow us on Facebook - @thecolintontunnel and Twitter - @tunnelcolinton

We've been busy! See our Latest News page. 

Thank you also to everyone who has donated to the project - we really appreciate your generosity.  If you haven't donated yet, please consider doing so and don't forget that Gift Aid can add £12.50 to every £50 that you give.  See the "How can you help" link or just click the red button below to go to Virgin Money Giving:

Here are a couple of the recent images at the Slateford end.  The train is just outside the tunnel, and the waiting passengers will be along shortly.  The horses are a detail from the line "here is a cart run away in the road".  Wow!

Huge thanks you to our generous sponsors, who include: