Bristo Square

This spot is our meeting place for all of our Saturday jams, and most of the other impromptu jams that happen during the week. It’s a really cool place to get moving and very easy to get to for everyone.

Conditions

Slippery when wet, as with everywhere in Edinburgh pretty much, but the walls and trees generally have great grip.
Rating: 5

Plod

The place is generally filled with skaters so the security guards have just about given up on trying to chuck us all out. We were thrown off once by an angry security guard but it hasn’t happened again since.
Rating: 5

Supplies

There are various shops nearby and the forest café, an amazing volunteer-run place, where you may sometimes find traceurs resting after a hard day’s work.
Rating: 5

Watch your Back

Skaters skate here all the time, but they’re usually in bed until the afternoon. There are also often drunks with dogs who hang about at Bristo. Also beware of random passers-by and make sure you check where you’re jumping because you quite often see people sitting behind a wall on the steps.
Rating: 3

PK Heaven

Brilliant! We find new things to do every time we come. There are trees all round which are brilliant for climbing and for laches, there are also many varying sizes of walls for all abilities.
Rating: 5

Overall

A great place to start a Jam because everyone knows where it is and also because from there you can go pretty much any direction and find another hotspot.
Rating: 23/25

18 Responses to “Bristo Square”

  1. rachel says:

    I would love to try it out but have always been to much ov a wuss!

  2. Stuart says:

    I’ve been doing parkour for a while now, i even started a parkour group up in St Andrews. I would just like to know if i could come down at one point and train with you and go for some runs?

  3. Lee says:

    My Skill is like 6/10 but my confidence is like 0/10. any suggestions??

  4. dave says:

    is that potterow place any good its neer bristo

  5. Blue-Fox says:

    Am new to parkour. Am no the best and ma bravery and balance urny the best. Suggestions?

  6. mouse says:

    it anoys me wen ppl say my skills are like 6/10, david belles skills ar around that as you can never be 10/10, thers always goin 2 b anothr obstacle that u must overcome

  7. David says:

    Im headin up to edinburgh to get footage for my next edit need some more info on meets and location

    Add me on msn milk-and-cereal@hotmail.co.uk

    Grats David, AberdeenFPK

  8. callum says:

    im going there tomorrow hopefully unless it rains. not sure what time im going to be there but if any one wants to meet up get to me at callum601@hotmail.com.

    piece out

  9. Mitch says:

    You might want to put something down teling peolple about going to Briston during the Fringe. That Udderbelly causes problems

  10. David.M says:

    My phone gt nicked there but i got it back.
    look out for dodgey looking people at all times and keep an eye on your belongings aswell.

    David.M

  11. CodemasTer says:

    hi all i wont to do parkour em mayb u no my sis lucia she wos on holiday from spain she wos im bristol square any way if u like to i can come do some training. ive done parkour in spian my msn is codemaster2007@hotmail.com seeya all bye..

  12. david says:

    hey, swifty, you told me to leave you a comment on this site ages ago.
    well i finally got round to it.
    how are you, wubu2, the usual.

  13. Vilius says:

    im coming on the weekend with my m8, i only started parkour do they give you some hints or ideas? ;]

  14. Gavin says:

    me and my mates have been doing parkour for some time now about 6 months i can wall spin cong dash vault that sort of stuff i was wondering if we could come along some time weve been before but never seen use there

  15. Pikkit says:

    do you know about any parkour get to gether gym days soon for like S1s and S2s type of stuf

  16. louise says:

    hey,
    new to parkour
    want to learn real bad so does anybody
    know a place were i can get lessons or any other suggestions
    thanx
    let me know on msn loopyloo_rasso@hotmail.com

  17. Louis Waterson says:

    heyy guys my names louis i am fourteen and i reckon i am pretty good at parkour i have been doing it for quite a while now i am just wondering if it would be ok to turn up at one of your guys jams ??

  18. Andrew says:

    Can’t wait to join.My skill:9/10 and confidence: 9/10

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