Cables Wynd House

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The famous Leith 'Banana Flats'
The famous Leith 'Banana Flats'

Cables Wynd House, better known as the Leith Banana Flats[1][2] or as the banana block[3] because of its curved shape, is a 9-storey public housing block in Leith, Edinburgh.

It was first occupied in 1962, and for many families offered a welcome improvement over the overcrowding and slum housing conditions that were still common problems at the time.[4]

It contains 204 flats, which have a 24 hour concierge service and CCTV coverage. Most of the properties use deck access, but the ground floor flats are accessed via individual front doors. These properties are preferentially allocated to older people. All but two of the flats remain in public ownership as of 2006.

[edit] External links

  1. ^ Airgun incident, 2006
  2. ^ Suicide fire, 2005
  3. ^ LCACA (pdf), Leith Conservation Area Character Appraisal, approved 18 April 2002 (Google html)
  4. ^ Record View


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Nick-named The Square