Maybury

{{Short description|Area on the western edge of Edinburgh, Scotland}} {{for|the surname|Maybury (surname)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} alt=Front of the Maybury Roadhouse|thumb|Maybury Roadhouse '''Maybury''' is an area on the western edge of Edinburgh, Scotland, near South Gyle and Ingliston, named after the road, which is itself named after the civil engineer Sir Henry Maybury (1864–1943).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The Maybury Roadhouse, Edinburgh Art Deco|url=https://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/the-maybury-roadhouse-an-art-deco-gem-of-edinburgh|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Maybury from The Gazetteer for Scotland|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst11652.html|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.scottish-places.info|language=en-gb}}</ref> In 2021, residents have been undertaking community clean ups to clear the foot paths along the road.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edinburgh residents create their own spaces for people - by clearing overgrown pavements|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/environment/edinburgh-residents-create-their-own-spaces-for-people-by-clearing-overgrown-pavements-3164381|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com|language=en}}</ref> The area is residential in the north east/east and commercial in the south and west and The Gyle Shopping Centre is nearby. In 2021, there was a consultation about creating a Primary School and Health Centre in Maybury.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Maybury Primary School and Health Centre - City of Edinburgh Council - Citizen Space|url=https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/cg/maybury/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk}}</ref>

== Historic buildings == Dominated by a major road junction, the most notable feature is the Maybury Roadhouse, built in 1936 and one of Edinburgh's examples of Art Deco architecture, it was designed by Paterson and Broom.<ref name="Bell">{{cite book|title=Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh|date=2017|last=Bell|first=Raymond MacKean|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Leamington Books|isbn=9780244644406}}</ref><ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=151013|num2=NT17SE 156|desc=Edinburgh, Maybury Road, Maybury Roadhouse|access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref> It was converted into a casino in the late 1990s. The casino has retained many art deco features within the building.<ref name=":0" /> It is a listed building, category B.<ref>{{HEScotland|num= LB29309|desc=5 South Maybury, Maybury Roadhouse|cat=B|access-date=7 October 2021|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> Nearby are two other listed buildings,138-140 Glasgow Road, where are traditional farm cottages, originally belonging to North Gyle Farm. The cottages were the result of the 19th century drives to the living conditions of farm workers and are Category C listed buildings. North Gyle Farm is also a Category C listed building nearby.<ref>{{HEScotland|num= LB29441|desc=1 North Gyle Farm Court Gyle House|cat=C|access-date=7 October 2021|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> There is a police box<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=85637|num2=NT17SE 76|desc=Edinburgh, Glasgow Road, Police Call Box|access-date=23 June 2025|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and Cook's Garage<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=219390|num2=NT17SE 292|desc=Edinburgh, Maybury Road, Cook's Garage|access-date=23 June 2025|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> that were built or recorded as existing in the 1930s and that are still in the area today.

== History and archaeology == The area was farmland and the former Gogar Loch, though historical records in the 1600s describe the loch not as a standing body of water but as an area full of bogs and marshes. Archaeological excavations, between 1990 and 1992, in advance of development found a Neolithic trackway, evidence for Bronze Age settlement and a large stone-built structure dating to the beginning of the first millennium AD. The archaeologists believe the area was first settled in the Neolithic by farmers and that this agricultural work continued on into modern day, though probably not always continuous.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vol 23 (2006): Excavations at Maybury Park, Edinburgh (1990-2) {{!}} Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports|url=http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sair/issue/view/39|access-date=2021-07-29|website=journals.socantscot.org}}</ref>

== Images == <gallery> File:The Maybury - geograph.org.uk - 33048.jpg|alt=Photo of the front of the Maybury Roadhouse|Maybury Roadhouse  File:Edinburgh trams at the Maybury (geograph 3579298).jpg|Edinburgh trams at the Maybury File:Maybury Road - geograph.org.uk - 984415.jpg|alt=image of Maybury Road|Maybury Road </gallery>

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Category:Areas of Edinburgh