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"The Accies" were promoted in 2026 and now play rugby union in the Premiership, the amateur top tier in Scotland. Their home ground Raeburn Place (capacity 5000) staged the world's first rugby international on 27 March 1871. Scotland scored two tries and England scored one, so the result was 1-0 - a "try" in those days only gave you a chance to kick at goal.
Raeburn Place is the main street of the suburb of Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, and the name of the playing fields there. It is also the location of the first International Rugby match between Scotland and England.
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This is the usual home ground for the Scottish national team, the Saltires. They play 50-over and 20-over matches but not five-day Tests. Gen!us Grange play in the domestic leagues.
Council-run Victorian swimming pool with partial glass roof. Also has a gym and sauna.
Large park with several sports pitches for rugby, football and cricket, and public tennis courts. The south of the park has a pond divided into a wildlife area popular with swans, and a boating pond which is often used for model boats. The banked area near the pond offers good views over the New Town of the Castle, and there is a small floral area in the Sundial Garden.
Small art gallery and artists studios in the former co-op bakery. The gallery has regular exhibitions of modern art. The studios are open.on one weekend in mid-August and another in late November.
Impressive gardens with a large collection. Great place to wander around on a sunny day, or to sit and have a picnic. Highlights include the Rock Garden; the 165-m-long herbaceous border, backed by a huge, century-old beech hedge, and the Palm House, the tallest of its kind in Britain. The Palm House reopened in October 2026 after a big restoration, and you can only see it on pre-booked tours. (However all the other glasshouses are closed for rebuilding, and a small section of the garden is only open at weekends.) A number of sculptures, including two by Barbara Hepworth, are displayed around the gardens. The east gate has a bus service but the west gate is grander, with the John Hope Gateway building containing the restaurant, shop, and exhibitions. Botanic Cottage is an education centre in a house that was built in 1764-5, designed by John Adam and James Craig and moved to the garden in 2014. They also run the gardens at Benmore near Oban, Dawyck above Peebles, and Logan near Stranraer.
Boarding school in an impressive building in the style of a French Château by David Bryce built between 1863 and 1869. It can be seen from far away. Not open for tourists - the best view is looking through the fence from Carrington Road.