Haymarket (Scots: Heymercat,[1] Scottish Gaelic: Margadh an Fheòir)[2] is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is 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.[3]
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.
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 were approved by The City of Edinburgh Council on 25 June 2008.[4] Tiger Developments purchased the site from City of Edinburgh Council for approximately £50 million in December 2006. The plans for the site included a 17 storey 5-star hotel, a 3-star hotel, office buildings, retail space, bars, shops and a small supermarket.[5] However, this approval was overturned by Scottish ministers in October 2009, on the recommendation of a planning inquiry reporter, citing concerns about the impact of the 17 storey hotel on Edinburgh's skyline.[6] A revised planning application, incorporating a similar mixed use, but with only one hotel and a lower skyline, was approved by the Council in December 2010.[7]