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Fort Kinnaird is Edinburgh’s largest retail and leisure destination, with over 70 shops and restaurants and is also home to The Odeon cinema and Pure Gym.

It is situated just off the A1 and is easily accessed by car with 2,600 free car parking spaces, and public transport available. Fort Kinnaird also offers a Shopmobility service which provides powered scooters and manual wheelchairs to our visitors. Only 30 minutes’ drive across much of the city, from East and Mid Lothian town, and 45 minutes’ drive from West Lothian.

As the city’s leading retail destination flagship stores include Boots, Marks and Spencer, H&M, Primark, HomeSense, Next, TK Maxx and River Island. Fort Kinnaird’s leisure offering includes a seven-screen Odeon, Five Guys, Pizza Express, Nando’s, Tony Macaroni, Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito, TGI Friday’s, Starbucks and Caffe Nero.

Recent top brand-new store openings include Swarovski, Wilko, Schuh and Schuh Kids, Goldsmiths, Office, Typo and Wren Kitchens. While Starbucks, JD and Curry’s PC World all recently upsized their presence at Fort Kinnaird. Wagamama has chosen Fort Kinnaird as the location for its fourth Edinburgh restaurant, opening in 2020.