Tynecastle Park
The same Gorgie pitch where Hearts beat Tottenham in a 1902 "World Championship" — Edinburgh's oldest top-flight home ground, still in use.
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Hearts have played on this exact site since April 1886, when they inaugurated it with a friendly against Bolton Wanderers. The 19,852-seat stadium has hosted Scotland internationals and Scottish Cup semi-finals, and witnessed two informal "World Championship" matches — losing 5–3 to Sunderland, winner of the English Football League First Division, in 1895, then beating Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 in a second such game in 1902.
What to look for
- The South Stand, whose roof was first erected in 1892 — the year Scotland beat Wales 6–1 here with only 1,200 fans after a snowstorm kept most away
- The original Tynecastle on what is now Wardlaw Street was regarded as out of town when Hearts first settled there in 1881; by 1886 the city had expanded enough that tenements replaced it, prompting the move across Gorgie Road to the present pitch
- The compact scale of a UEFA category four ground that still sits tightly inside a working residential neighbourhood
On a matchday the streets around Gorgie fill fast; check Hearts' fixture list ahead of time if you want the full atmosphere rather than a quiet exterior look.
Tynecastle Park is one of 28 sights worth the detour in Edinburgh, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Edinburgh pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Edinburgh
- Edinburgh CastleAttacked 26 times over 1,100 years — research calls it the most besieged place in Great Britain.
- Holyrood PalaceScotland's working royal residence since the 1500s — the actual rooms where Mary, Queen of Scots lived are open to walk through.
- The National (Scottish National Gallery)Since 1912, two near-identical neoclassical buildings have stood side by side on The Mound — visitors have been walking into the wrong one ever since.
- National Museum of ScotlandDolly the sheep, one of Elton John's extravagant suits, and a Victorian cast-iron hall — all under one free roof on Chambers Street.
- Murrayfield StadiumScotland's largest stadium opened in 1925 with a Grand Slam win — 70,000 people watched it happen.
- St Giles' CathedralA prayer book read here in 1637 caused a riot that sparked a rebellion pulling three kingdoms into war.