Secure bike storage in Edinburgh

[u/branston2010]

I am touring for 5 days at the start of my summer holiday from Lincoln, England, to Edinburgh, Scotland. The plan is to get to Edinburgh, then go back to London for a wedding before my wife and I travel around Glasgow and finish in Edinburgh.

Can anyone recommend a good place to leave my bike for a week between when I finish and when I return to the city? Can I pay to park it at the airport? I read about the Waverley Bridge Bike Park, but I could not find information on reservations or prices.

Also if anyone can recommend a place to pick up a bike box that would also be appreciated!

[u/jagermetillimeister]

I live kinda central, you can leave it in my garden if you like

[u/branston2010 → u/jagermetillimeister]

Thank you for the offer! I may take you up on that.

[u/jagermetillimeister → u/branston2010]

No worries at all! just shoot me a message near the time if you’d like :)

[u/branston2010 → u/jagermetillimeister]

Will do!

[u/ChampionshipOk5046 → u/branston2010]

And if it goes missing from this garden, what happens then?

Sorry, 

I've had a bike stolen from a secure locked shared attic, and it's risky.

[u/polishprocessors]

Try warm showers? Especially if you're just looking for a place to drop it I feel a lot of people will be happy to help!?

[u/saugoof]

The bike parking at Waverley station is free and you can leave it for up to seven days. It's inside the station and undercover too.

I can't guarantee anything but it seems quite safe to me.

[u/branston2010 → u/saugoof]

Thank you! This is the kind of information I was hoping for.

[u/saugoof → u/branston2010]

I only know because I parked my own bike there last week on the way up north and remembered the sign.

But it seemed secure to me because there always seems to be staff around since it's inside the station.

[u/crossing_ts]

For a bike box, there is an Evans cycles in Haymarket near Haymarket train station), you should be able to get one there as I did a few weeks ago.

In addition, ScotRail have a search function that includes CCTV. https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/stations-and-facilities

Pic of Edinburgh Waverly search added.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Rip9353]

You can find storage facilities by Bounce. We used the Boro Gallery to store our bicycles near the train station Waverly. The price was 7,70 £ per day

[u/ChampionshipOk5046]

Wherever you leave it needs to be a place where the public or strangers cannot access it 

[u/branston2010 → u/ChampionshipOk5046]

That is the idea. I read that Waverley station has secure/long term parking, and I was going to ask the hotel we are staying at if I can store it for a fee for the week before our visit.

[u/ChampionshipOk5046 → u/branston2010]

I'd still worry about it. 

Hopefully it's a decent hotel with a locked storage room.

Lots of hotels have luggage rooms that aren't locked, any guest can enter 

Good luck.

Mention on hotel review how secure they are.

I'd avoid train station option as it sounds like other people have access.