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148 Accessible Edinburgh: A Festival Guide Shopping 149

Leith

Leith is home to Edinburgh’s biggest shopping mall, Ocean Ter-
minal, with its wide range of big-name high-street stores. But the
streets around The Shore also harbour a small fleet of independ-
ent shops selling everything from gifts and homewares to kilts
and tartan.

Flea Market
http://www.outoftheblue.org.uk; Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny St; 10am-3pm
last Sat of month; all Leith Walk buses

A Paris-style flea market it ain’t, but this monthly rummage
through the back of Leith’s collective cupboards is an interesting
place to trawl for vintage clothes and accessories, old books,
tools, toys and scratched vinyl.

Kinloch Anderson
0131-555 1390; http://www.kinlochanderson.com; 4 Dock St; 9am-
5.30pm Mon-Sat; buses 16, 22, 35, 36

One of the best tartan shops in Edinburgh, Kinloch Anderson was
founded in 1868 and is still family run. It is a supplier of kilts and
Highland dress to the royal family. Management assures us that
it is wheelchair-accessible.

Ocean Terminal
0131-555 8888; http://www.oceanterminal.com; Ocean Dr; 10am-8pm
Mon-Fri, to 7pm Sat, 11am-6pm Sun; buses 11, 22, 34, 35, 36

Anchored by Debenhams and BHS department stores, Ocean
Terminal is the biggest shopping centre in Edinburgh; fashion
outlets include Fat Face, GAP, Schuh, Superdry and White Stuff.
The complex also includes access to the former Royal Yacht Bri-
tannia and a berth for visiting cruise liners.

New Town

Princes St is Edinburgh’s trademark shopping street, lined with
all the big high-street stores from Marks & Spencer to Deben-
hams, with more upmarket designer shops a block north on
George St, and many smaller specialist stores on pedestrianised
Rose St and Thistle St.
There are also two big city-centre shopping malls – Waverley
Mall, at the eastern end of Princes St next to the Balmoral Hotel,
and the nearby St James Centre, at the top of Leith St – plus

Multrees Walk, a designer shopping complex with a flagship Har-

vey Nichols store on the eastern side of St Andrew Square.

Cruise

0131-226 3524; http://www.cruisefashion.co.uk; 94 George St; 9.30am-

6pm Mon-Wed & Fri, 10am-7pm Thu, 9am-6pm Sat, 11am-6pm

Sun; buses 19, 23, 27, 37, 41

An ornately corniced and plastered foyer leads into three floors

of white-painted, minimalist art-gallery-like decor. This and a

second outlet at nearby 80 George St show off the best of main-

stream designer labels for men and women including Paul Smith,

Jasper Conran, Hugo Boss, Joseph Tricot, Armani and Dolce &

Gabbana. It’s listed as wheelchair-accessible on Yelp, but we

have no first-hand testimonial.

Fopp

0131-220 0310; http://www.fopp.com; 3-15 Rose St; 9am-6pm Mon-

Sat, 11am-6pm Sun; all Princes St buses

A good place to hunt for cheap CDs and vinyl, and the friendly

staff really know what they’re talking about. It’s listed as

wheelchair-accessible on Yelp, but we have no first-hand testi-

monial. However, as wheelchair users will know, bookshops and

music shops are not always easy to negotiate in a wheelchair.

Harvey Nichols

0131-524 8388; http://www.harveynichols.com; 30-34 St Andrew Sq;

10am-6pm Mon-Wed, 10am-8pm Thu, 10am-7pm Fri & Sat,

11am-6pm Sun; St Andrew Sq

The jewel in the crown of Edinburgh’s shopping scene has four

floors of designer labels and eye-popping price tags.

Jenners

0344 800 3725; http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk; 48 Princes St;

9.30am-6.30pm Mon-Wed, 8am-9pm Thu, 8am-8pm Fri, 8am-

7pm Sat, 11am-6pm Sun; Princes St

Founded in 1838, and acquired by House of Fraser in 2005, Jen-

ners is the grande dame of Scottish department stores. It stocks

a wide range of quality goods, both classic and contemporary.