Welcome to the Esk Valley Trust.

The Trust is a charity that exists to protect, restore and celebrate the natural and cultural heritage of the Esk Valley, inspiring people to enjoy, value and care for the landscape while promoting biodiversity conservation and action on climate change.

Our interests and activities are within the catchment areas of the Lothians Esk in eastern Scotland.  We are supported by Membership subscriptions (individual or family), donations from individuals and organisations and grants.

The River North Esk rises in the Pentland Hills; the source of the River South Esk is in the Moorfoot Hills. Both rivers flow northeast through wooded, deeply incised valleys rich in wildlife, natural and cultural history, towns and villages, to their confluence at Waters’ Meet in Dalkeith Country Park.

As one river, The Esk then flows for a short distance through East Lothian and enters the sea at Musselburgh on the Firth of Forth.

When the Trust started in 2002 we were a Limited Company and we switched to be a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation ) in 2019. We own and manage ~30ha of land and woodland at the northern end of Roslin Glen in Midlothian, organise talks and walks, have worked to create the Esk Way (a pathway along the North Esk River) and help to monitor the health of the Esk rivers in the Lothians through the Riverfly on the Esk team.

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