South West Edinburgh
Join the Friday night exodus onto Lothian Road , Fountainbridge,
Tollcross and witness the coming together of revellers,
theatregoers and office workers from the Exchange financial
district.
Residents and visitors descend on the area to sample Caledonian
ale from the nearby brewery or a play by Chekhov at the The Royal
Lyceum Theatre. The diverse architecture of the area reflects
the social mix: Scottish Baronial tenements; Modernist offices and
flats; neo-classical theatres.
Wonder at the grand acoustics of the Usher Hall, one of the
UK’s premier live music venues. The Traverse
Theatre showcases the best in contemporary theatre.
For film fans, the Cameo Cinema and Filmhouse show art house releases.
The area around Haymarket and Dalry becomes
the social centre of the city during rugby international weekends.
The main transport routes to the wider city region converge
here. The train station and the A8 (M8) shuttle commuters to
Livingston, Linlithgow, Falkirk and Glasgow.
Craiglockhart Tennis Centre plays host to large international
tennis competitions, with a series of well kept indoor and outdoor
courts. One famous product of the centre is the tennis ace Andy
Murray, who often trained there. Craiglockhart is also home
to a Napier University campus which incorporates the
Craiglockhart Hydropathic Hospital buildings. Formley known as
Craiglockhart War Hospital, this is where First World War poets
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon were treated.
