Haymarket, Edinburgh
in Edinburgh, United KingdomCategory: Attraction
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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. It was designed by the sculptor Henry Snell Gamley. 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. It should be pointed out that the Memorial commemorates other players from Scottish clubs who also made the ultimate sacrifice; those from Hibernian, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline, East Fife and St Bernard's, were also part of McCrae's Battalion, known as "The footballers' Battalion".
