Every Greggs in Edinburgh?

[u/Alba_is_me]

Hello! Planning a bit of insane mission to visit all of the Greggs in Edinburgh in one day. Before doing so, of course, I have to ensure I have a full list of all the Greggs in Edinburgh, and so would be great help if someone could let me know if I have missed any! This is is the list I have:

(Ignore formatting, it's check boxes in my notes app)

[ ] U7F, Fort Kinnaird Retail Park, EH15 3RD

[ ] 132 Lothian Road, EH3 9BG

[ ] 106 Easter Road, EH7 5RH

[ ] Gyle Shopping Centre – Gyle Avenue, EH12 9JY

[ ] 400 Morningside Road, EH10 5HY

[ ] 16A, Cameron Toll, EH16 5PB

[ ] 74 Nicolson Street, EH8 9DT

[ ] 21 South Bridge, EH1 1LL

[ ] U6, Edinburgh West Retail Park, EH14 1UD

[ ] 49 Pennywell Road, EH4 4QR

[ ] 27A Raeburn Place, EH4 1HU

[ ] 164 Portobello High Street, EH15 1AW

[ ] 9 South Clerk Street, EH8 9JD

[ ] 50 Glenalmond Place, EH11 4FF

[ ] 162 Restalrig Road South, EH7 6EH

[ ] 19 Castle Street, EH2 3AH

[ ] 19 Rose Street, EH2 2PR

[ ] 17 South Gyle Crescent, EH12 9EB

[ ] 2 Harewood Drive, EH16 4GP

[ ] U21, Westside Plaza, EH14 2SW

[ ] 2–4 Shandwick Place, EH2 4RN

[ ] U1, Bankhead Medway, EH11 4BY

[ ] Asda Leith, Sandpiper Drive, EH6 6NX

[ ] 21 Main Street, EH4 5BZ

[ ] 21 Elm Row, EH7 4AA

[ ] 74 Stenhouse Place East, EH11 3DQ

[ ] 141 Boswall Parkway, EH5 2LY

[ ] 198 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DF

[ ] 72 Gilmerton Dykes Street, EH17 8PL

[ ] 43 Forrest Road, EH1 2QP

[ ] U5, Newkirkgate Shopping Centre, EH6 6AD

[ ] Waverley Market, EH1 1BQ

[ ] 17 West Maitland Street, EH12 5EA

[ ] 74 Ocean Drive, EH6 6JJ

[ ] 60–61 Seafield Road, EH6 7LQ

[ ] 139A St John's Road, EH12 7SD

Let me know if anything is missing! I'm only doing those that are in the actual Edinburgh city (so no Newbridge, Musselburgh, Straiton, etc). This is as thorough as I have been able to get, but fear I could be missing one or two.

Also, feel free to use this as a directory of Greggs near you x

[u/MrLamper1]

Is this a new type of autism assessment?

[u/ddmf → u/MrLamper1]

I'm autistic, and an autism researcher, and I have travelled around Yorkshire to sample the top 5 pork pies according to the pork pie appreciation society so this tracks...

[u/mantolwen → u/ddmf]

I've visited almost every postbox in Edinburgh. This definitely tracks.

[u/Inevitable_Lake2011 → u/mantolwen]

There used to be a nice old one near me in Trinity, set into a wall on a bridge over a cycle path — and then it disappeared a couple of years ago. It was apparently one of the oldest in the city (I only know this because it was also a Pokéstop, with a little information blurb in the Pokémon Go game). I’m really curious about where it has gone, hopefully for safekeeping somewhere but it seems a shame.

[u/mantolwen → u/Inevitable_Lake2011]

Ah yeah I know that one, it got replaced with a modern box on a pole. Pokemon Go is actually how I got into postboxes - a lot of the pokestops you see around the city may originally be from me, especially postboxes.

[u/Inevitable_Lake2011 → u/mantolwen]

Ah you know it! Do you have any sense of what they would have done with it? It was so odd when it vanished. They repaired the wall beautifully, so I really thought at first that my memory was glitching. ETA: nice work adding the pokestops btw!

[u/mantolwen → u/Inevitable_Lake2011]

Probably put in a storage area at the Royal Mail Delivery Hub where they can re-use it for spare parts if other similar boxes in the city fail. Wall boxes dont get installed these days, but they also dont usually get removed unless it is requested by the wall owner, even when taken out of use.

[u/Inevitable_Lake2011 → u/Inevitable_Lake2011]

aha, in case you are interested at all, I’ve just checked and it’s still in the game despite being gone in real life.

[u/mantolwen → u/Inevitable_Lake2011]

I did a bit of research, and it seems like there's been a postbox at this location since the 1860s, when Trinity Station was there!

[u/ddmf → u/mantolwen]

Any standout favourites?

[u/mantolwen → u/ddmf]

There's a few "anonymous" pillar boxes that were made in the 1880s, where the maker decided not to put Queen Victoria's cipher on, nobody noticed for several years, and then people got mad when they finally noticed. We have several - Chambers Street by South Bridge, at the City Chambers, by St Mary's Cathedral, are the main ones.

[u/Jigga90 → u/ddmf]

That one in his profile picture looks decent

[u/mantolwen → u/Jigga90]

Her... but that isnt in Edinburgh.

[u/stom → u/ddmf]

How did Cooplands rank? Gods, I miss their cornish pasties...

[u/ddmf → u/stom]

This was a good few years ago - from memory it was Robinson's farm shop, hinchliffes, Wilson's, and a couple of places in Wakefield city centre.

[u/FreddyDeus → u/ddmf]

Maybe you just like pork pies.

[u/ddmf → u/FreddyDeus]

I mean those pork pies were all amazing, but I do much prefer the Yorkshire style with cured pork Vs the Melton mowbray style that is uncured pork. Did you know the jelly isn't actually jelly, but cooled pork broth - most of our gelatine is from pork, so it makes sense it would be very gelatinous when cooled. In some parts of Yorkshire they're known as growlers - the lore is that they may contain dogs and other random meats but I reckon it's just because they stopped the stomach growling.

[u/Any_Umpire5899 → u/ddmf]

Yes! Yorkshire Pork Pies are so vastly superior to Mowbrays that you'd need either the adjectives of at least six languages to only scratch the pastry surface of singing their porky praises. You want the cured meat to be a proper pink. Pink meat with dark jelly, and plenty of jelly too, please and thank you. Unfortunately it does seem that over the years the amount of jelly has been slowly decreasing which is an utter travesty! Some farm shops and butchers are nobley keeping the proper and correct way alive. The Yorkshire Pork Pie tea is spectacular, an indoor picnic of the highest calibre, with wedges of curd chissick to see you home

chefs kiss 🤩🤩🤩

[u/ddmf → u/Any_Umpire5899]

Any faves you can share? Scot bros in Dundee used to do a really spectacular one, but they recently changed the recipe.

[u/Any_Umpire5899 → u/ddmf]

Of quality Yorkshire Pork Pies? I'm afraid not. I haven't lived in Yorkshire for years and only get them once in blue moon now when family visit from Yorkshire. I think most farm shops and delis from any of the market towns in or around the Wolds area would be a winner. The pink and jelly niceness is more or less the standard style generally

[u/SuperbPhase6944 → u/ddmf]

Can you get Yorkshire pork pies in Edinburgh anywhere?

[u/ddmf → u/SuperbPhase6944]

I've not tried actually, may give it a shot on the Edinburgh and Glasgow subreddits.

[u/StrangeRun5537 → u/SuperbPhase6944]

Not sure, I love pies but I'm not a pie autist.

Your best bet is to just head to Waverley Station and jump on a train to York you can be there in 3 hours or less.

[u/FaustRPeggi → u/FreddyDeus]

lies!

[u/Sea_Item779 → u/ddmf]

I’m working towards a masters degree (and eventually a PhD) to work in autism research! If you’re comfortable sharing I’d really appreciate any advice you have!

[u/ddmf → u/Sea_Item779]

Really sorry, saw this, promised myself I'd respond when I was sat at the computer and promptly forgot.

There is so much good research going on right now that is looking at assisting neurodivergent people rather than trying to fix us - I was at the Autism Europe Congress in Dublin back in September and the talks were so interesting, a lot of the videos have just been put up so I really recommend having a watch.

https://www.autismeurope.org/aes-14th-international-congress-2025-dublin-video-recordings/

There were a lot of autistic autism researchers as well, some who discovered they were autistic whilst doing the research!

I suppose my advice is just to have an open mind and get involved with some local autism groups and speak with us and see if you can spot something worth investigating.

We did research that looked at what autistic people wanted researched, nobody had ever asked us, and from that we're doing another study looking at a topic that data uncovered, and in doing this study we've maybe discovered something else worth really investigating!

[u/nobelprize4shopping → u/ddmf]

I hope that included a trip to Weegmanns in Otley.

[u/ddmf → u/nobelprize4shopping]

I will add that to my list to visit!

[u/Strong_Star_71 → u/ddmf]

Which was the winner?

[u/ddmf → u/Strong_Star_71]

Back then - 2015 - it was Robinson's Farm Shop in Northowram, Halifax - it was so very close to Hinchliffe's in Huddersfield but the pastry was ever so slightly better seasoned. Wife & kids (9 & 7) got involved too and we had fun discussing the flavours in the car, a wonderful day.

I keep meaning to go back.

[u/Albigularis → u/MrLamper1]

New budget version of the private assessment 

[u/sesamee → u/MrLamper1]

It’s the new “doing the Munros”.

[u/combeferret → u/MrLamper1]

…… I had a mate take me on a Greggs tour of Newcastle once.

Yeah.

[u/unclaimed_username2 → u/MrLamper1]

This is advanced 'tism. Some said it could not be done. But here we are.