 The Union Canal which originally continued a short distance north-eastwards to Port Hopetoun at Lothian Road now terminates at the Lochrin Basin.The canal to the south and the route of the former Caledonian Railway (now converted to the West Approach Road) to the north continue to define the area.Prior to the mid-18th century (when a sweet-water well, or "fountain" was erected near Grove Street, the area was called Foulbridge