Haymarket, Edinburgh

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Haymarket, with war memorial in foreground.

Haymarket Station

Haymarket is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated in the west of the city and is a focal point for many main roads, notably Dalry Road (which leads to Gorgie Road and the M8 motorway to Glasgow), Corstorphine Road (leading to the M9, Stirling, and the north) and Shandwick Place (leading to Princes Street, and the city centre).

Haymarket contains a number of popular pubs, cafés and restaurants.

The Haymarket railway station is here and is called at by the busy commuter services to Glasgow, amongst others. It is being considered for development to integrate train, bus and tram stops.^[1]

In the centre of the crossroads at the heart of Haymarket is a war memorial for former players of Heart of Midlothian F.C. who died in World Wars I & II; the memorial is in the form of a clock. At one time, clocks were a feature in the centre of a number of Edinburgh crossroads.

There are plans to develop the former Morrison Street Goods Yard, a former railway site which has been partially derelict and partially a car park for many years. Tiger Developments purchased the site from City of Edinburgh Council for approximately £50 million in December 2006. The proposed plans for the site include a 12 storey 5-star hotel, which is overlook the war memorial, and a 3-star business hotel which will overlook the Dalry Colonies. The proposed plan also has two other high-rise buildings which will be used for office space, with the lower floor used for retail space, bars, shops and a small supermarket. A 400-space underground car park will replace the existing surface-level car park.^[2]^[3]

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