Scotland's most comprehensive tennis centre has six indoor and eight outdoor courts, and provides coaching to all standards. The sports centre has a fitness room, badminton and...

This multi-million-pound climbing arena ran into financial problems just five months after it launched in late 2003, but by summer 2006 was in the final stages of being taken...

earts have been operating at close to capacity since their upturn in fortune in 2005, so getting tickets on match days might prove tricky. Book ahead, particularly for games...

This club has a serious pool and well-equipped gym, plus saunas and steam rooms. A smaller LivingWell is attached to the Hilton Caledonian.

A swooping, testing hillside course perched around 900ft (270m) above sea level, again affording great views of the city. One of the cheaper private courses in or near the city.

Open each year from April to September, the facility at the Meadows has 16 tar courts.

Situated just south of Edinburgh, the Midlothian Centre is in proud possession of the longest artificial ski slope in Europe, measuring 1,150ft (400m), as well as a jump slope...

Murrayfield's handsome 18-hole course is set around Corstorphine Hill to the west of the city. Visitors must book in advance.

Home to the Edinburgh Capitals ice hockey team (see p239), this large rink is also used for public skating sessions and curling. Disco skating sessions on Friday and Saturday...

Scotland's most famous rugby venue still draws sell-out crowds - if you want to see any high-profile games try and buy tickets well ahead. Or if you're not fussed about big...

It's worth a visit here simply to pay homage to the world's oldest active golf course. You can even hire a set of hickory clubs and guttie balls for a taste of the 19th-century...

The University of Edinburgh's sports centre has an impressive gym and sports injury centre, plus badminton, squash, basketball facilities and more. Non-students can pay a day...

Housed in an elaborate building that dates back to 1901, the old Portobello Baths have had a couple of facelifts in their century-plus lifespan. A Lottery grant in 1998 turned...