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The TBCo shopfront on Great Junction Street, Leith.
Edinburgh

TBCo

The first shop of the Tartan Blanket Co., on Great Junction Street in Leith, opened in 2022 by founders Fergus and Emma Macdonald.

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Welcome

On Great Junction Street in Leith, a wide dark shopfront with the name tbco lettered on the glass is the first shop of the Tartan Blanket Co., a Leith business founded in 2014 by a husband and wife, Fergus and Emma Macdonald.

For its first years it sold only online, and in June 2022 it opened this shop in a renovated studio beside its offices.

The blankets are what made its name, in tartans and checks, some made from recycled wool, alongside lambswool scarves, cushions, cotton pyjamas and soft things for babies and pets. The shop is bright and calm, set out like a room at home, with throws folded over a leather sofa and clothes on rails by the window, and it holds a selection of the full range.

TBCo opens every day, a few minutes' walk from the foot of Leith Walk.

Close byThe Lioness of LeithA bar and bistro on Duke Street since 2013.2 min by roadSee itWooden tables and chairs beside large windows in a dark-panelled café
Before you go

Open every day.

Where
170B Great Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 5LJ.

Opening hours

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Monday
10am–5.30pm
Tuesday
10am–5.30pm
Wednesday
10am–5.30pm
Thursday
10am–6pm
Friday
10am–5.30pm
Saturday
10am–6pm
Sunday
10am–4pm
Where it is

On Great Junction Street in Leith, near the foot of Leith Walk.

Close byLeith.
  1. Water of Leith winding through Dean Village's stone tenements and old mill buildingsWater of LeithEdinburgh's river, followed by a walkway to the sea at Leith.Under a mile1 min by road
  2. Chefs work a pizza oven at the back of a tiled restaurantRazzoUnder a mile1 min by road
  3. Bittersweet LeithBittersweet LeithUnder a mile1 min by road
  4. Alby'sAlby'sA sandwich shop on the edge of Leith, serving big hot sandwiches on squares of focaccia in a mid-century room that was once the Snax Cafe.Under a mile1 min by road
  5. Hideout CafeHideout CafeA family-run coffee house on a pale blue corner of Constitution Street.Under a mile4 min by road
Directions
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Wooden tables and chairs beside large windows in a dark-panelled caféRestaurantsThe Lioness of Leith0.4 miles
Hand-painted "HERON" lettering on a shopfront window with reflected chimneysRestaurantsHeron0.5 miles
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Stone townhouse with sash windows and dark green door on Custom WharfShoppingBard0.7 miles
Fairy lights strung above a cobbled courtyard with wooden benches and stone buildingsCafeWilliams & Johnson Coffee Co0.7 miles
Stepped gable buildings and the Toast shopfront reflected in Leith's still waterAttractionsLeith Shore0.7 miles
Friends chat round a candlelit table beneath a "Guest Keg" chalkboard menuRestaurantsTeuchters Landing0.7 miles
Signal flags strung from the mast of a moored boat against grey skyAttractionsRoyal Yacht Britannia0.7 miles
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