Haymarket, Edinburgh

Haymarket (Scots: Heymercat,Scottish Gaelic: Margadh an Fheòir) is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is in the west of the city and is a focal point for several main roads, notably Dalry Road (which leads south-west to Gorgie Road and the M8 motorway to Glasgow), Corstorphine Road (leading west to the M9 for Stirling and the north), and Shandwick Place (leading east to Princes Street and the city centre).

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

In the centre of the crossroads at the heart of Haymarket is a war memorial in the form of a clock tower, for former players of Heart of Midlothian F.C. who died in World Wars I and II. The memorial was temporarily removed in 2010 to allow construction of the tramway across the road junction. It was replaced in a slightly different position in 2013, in time for the commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.

The newly redeveloped Haymarket railway station is located here and is called at by the busy commuter services to Glasgow and Fife, as well as long-distance services to Carlisle, Inverness and Aberdeen.

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