16-525: The Gyle Shopping Centre is a shopping center located in the South Gyle area of Edinburgh , Scotland. The main centre has two anchor tenants, Marks & Spencer and Morrisons (formerly Safeway ), at opposite ends of the shopping centre. A new district shopping centre for West Edinburgh was proposed by a public inquiry in 1987. The findings of the West Edinburgh Inquiry of 1989 were approved by
32-440: A "bog", which would make sense given the former Gogar Loch in the area. There is also a North Gyle about one mile (two kilometres) away, which is named after a local farm. This is incorporated in some street names in that area. Edinburgh Airport is nearby at Ingliston , and also close is the city bypass (A720) , connecting to several major routes into the city. South Gyle has two branch railway stations: South Gyle station
48-524: A Disney store until 2021, when it closed. The Gyle is accessible from the Gogar Junction (Junction 11) of the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass road, and is also linked by a pedestrian underpass to Edinburgh Gateway station . Bus stops are located at the main mall entrance and are served by Lothian Buses , Scottish Citylink and HcL Transport. Gyle Centre tram stop is located 150m west of
64-453: A joint development between Edinburgh Council, Marks and Spencer and Asda, although by the time of opening, Asda was replaced by Safeway. In 1997, Gyle was purchased outright by Marks and Spencer, who then sold the centre to USS in March 2000. Ownership of the centre changed again in late 2020 or early 2021. A failed planning application to expand the food court and add a cinema to the centre has hit
80-430: Is on the line between Edinburgh and Fife , and Edinburgh Park station provides services to Edinburgh, Stirling and Dunblane , Bathgate and to Glasgow, Queen Street, low-level. Lothian Buses services 2, 12, 21, 22, 22A, 32, 36 & Skylink 400 serve the area. Edinburgh Trams serve the area with stops at Bankhead , Edinburgh Park Station, Edinburgh Park Central (Lochside) and The Gyle Shopping centre. North of
96-610: Is the name of a political ward within the Edinburgh West UK Parliament Constituency and the Edinburgh Western Scottish Parliament constituency . South Gyle railway station South Gyle railway station is a railway station serving South Gyle in the City of Edinburgh , Scotland. The station was opened on 9 May 1985 by ScotRail alongside new housing in the area, and is located on
112-697: The Fife Circle Line , 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7.2 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley . It has two platforms. There is a ticket machine and a shelter on each platform. Edinburgh Park station is also on the edge of South Gyle , which serves the North Clyde Line and the Edinburgh-Dunblane Line . Edinburgh Gateway station is to the north-west of South Gyle. Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley eastbound and two trains per hour head towards Inverkeithing and
128-459: The Fife Circle Line . A few peak hour services extend beyond Waverley to/from Tweedbank . Evenings and Sundays, two trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley and two along the Fife Circle; evening trains via Dunfermline terminate at Glenrothes with Thornton , whilst coast line trains terminate/start at Kirkcaldy . Sundays see one train per hour running both clockwise & anticlockwise around
144-510: The Gyle Shopping Centre , Edinburgh Park , Gyle Park (an actual park, but with some shopping centres near it), and South Gyle Crescent. The Royal Bank of Scotland and sportscotland are all based in this district. The Lochside development also features a number of busts of Scottish poets. "Gyle", which is pronounced with a hard "g", is of uncertain etymology. It has been suggested that it comes from an old Gaelic word "goill" meaning
160-776: The Gogar Roundabout, the Edinburgh Gateway Interchange opened in December 2016. It connects trains from Fife with the tram to and from the airport. A subway under the busy A8 provides access to the Gyle Shopping Centre. The Scottish Prison Service has its headquarters in South Gyle. The area is served by Gylemuir Primary School , on Wester Broom Place. The closest secondary schools are St Augustine's RC High School and Forrester High School . Drum Brae/Gyle
176-529: The beginning of 1994, by the Catering Development. The food court was added shortly after opening. Marks & Spencer have since added more shop space of their own, and took the opportunity to change their floor layout - adding a larger food hall - during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. The centre applied for planning permission to expand the food hall and add a cinema in 2019. The plans would have moved
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#1732845465657192-440: The buildings in the area are of recent origin, dating from the later 1980s, 1990s, and early 21st century, with the exception of some farm workers' cottages and an early 1970s council estate abutting South Gyle railway station . South Gyle can be neatly divided into two main zones – a residential one, incorporating Gogarloch and the neighbouring area centred on South Gyle Mains; and a commercial/business one which incorporates
208-555: The bus stance away from the front of the centre, and were ultimately rejected by the City of Edinburgh Council's planning committee due to potential issues with public transport and cycling that the changes could cause. Ownership of the centre then changed and the new owners started looking at grand plans to change the nature of the shopping centre to closer resemble a local town centre rather than an out of town shopping centre. Gyle Shopping Centre opened in October 1993. The centre began as
224-483: The complex hard, along with the pandemic. In August 2023, the centre was acquired by Capital & Regional for £40 million. Gyle has many stores, including WHSmith , Next , Virgin Media , Boots , Bank of Scotland , Marks & Spencer , Pandora , JD Sports , Holland & Barrett , Schuh and River Island . The food court was refurbished in 2005, and currently contains four outlets. The centre also previously had
240-451: The then Secretary of State for Scotland . The floor space in the shopping centre, which was originally called Maybury Park, was later scaled down to 9,290 m (100,000 sq ft) to protect nearby retail areas, such as Wester Hailes and Corstorphine . The management contractor, Wimpey Construction , began work on The Gyle in April 1992, and it opened in October 1993. A food court was later added in
256-474: The west mall entrance (Morrisons). 55°56′20″N 3°18′50″W / 55.93889°N 3.31389°W / 55.93889; -3.31389 South Gyle South Gyle (pronounced / ɡ aɪ l / ) is an area of Edinburgh , Scotland , lying on the western edge of the city and to the south and west of an area of former marshland once known as the Gogarloch , on the edge of Corstorphine . Most of
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