Meadowbank developed extensively during the Victorian era as Edinburgh expanded eastwards. Meadowbank lodge is a Category C listed lodge, built in 1858, that borders the park and Meadowbank.
The area is best known for Meadowbank Stadium, a multi-purpose sports facility that opened as an international sports stadium in 1970. The stadium closed in 2017 and was redeveloped as a local sports and athletics facility that was officially opened in November, 2022.
We found lots of great photos of the old stadium, showing its changes over the years, as well as the two Commonwealth Games held there, in 1970 and 1986.
25. Changing face
St Ann's, the old Robert Younger brewery on Croft-an-Righ Lane in Abbeyhill, which closed in 1961, is demolished to make way for a housing development in July, 1987. | TSPL Photo: Iconic Media
26. Rugby legends
A view of the All Blacks New Zealand rugby team training at Jock's Lodge in November, 1967, showing Brian Miller running with the ball. | TSPL Photo: Iconic Media
27. Garage closure
The old Shell Garage on Abbeyhil, pictured in April, 2011, after it was closed down after a leaking a petrol pump. | TSPL Photo: Dan Phillips
28. Wrestling action
Scotland's Albert Patrick gets a grip on Australian's Dru Schaffer in the 1986 Commonwealth Games wrestling (130 kg class) at Meadowbank Stadium. | TSPL