Murrayfield Rugby Stadium Edinburgh Accommodation
Only two invigorating miles from Murrayfield - join the crowd and walk,
it's a short two miles on the way and a shorter mile back if your team wins!
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Inaugurated 1925
Renovated 1994
Capacity 67,500
Owner SRU
Surface Underheated Grass
Murrayfield Rugby Stadium;
Home of Scottish Rugby.
Edinburgh Bed and Breakfasts are hard to find during the Six Nations, the Heineken Cup or the World Cup. There is no better choice than our B&B which has three big family rooms, also suitable for groups of 5, 6 or even 7. AND we are only a mile from Murrayfield Stadium, within easy walking distance. If you don't feel like walking there is a dedicted bus and taxi lane right outside our front door to whisk you past tailbacking cars on their way to parking problems outside the stadium. No parking worries for you - our 7 car guest car park will keep you safe from the yellow peril (now grey) while you watch the game!

Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium in Scotland's capital, Edinburgh and is the home of Scottish Rugby and a name known throughout the rugby world. It also used to hold the record for the largest ever attendance for a rugby union match, with 104,000 watching Scotland play Wales in 1975. At present, its all-seater capacity is 67,800.

Murrayfield is located in the west-end of Edinburgh, just off Corstorphine Road and close to the Edinburgh Zoo. It is named after the area of Edinburgh it is located in, Murrayfield. It has good public transport links, being particularly well-served by bus links along the Corstorphine Road. However, its nearest train station is Edinburgh Haymarket railway station, which is a 20-minute walk from the stadium.

The SFU bought some land and built the first Murrayfield Stadium which was opened on 21 March 1925. Previously internationals had been played at Inverleith. The first visitors were England, who Scotland beat to win their first Five Nations Championship Grand Slam.

During the Second World War the ground at Murrayfield was offered to the nation and was taken over by the Royal Army Service Corps and used as a supply depot. During the war years the armed forces sports authorities managed to arrange two Scotland v. England services internationals each year, on a home-and-away basis. Scotland's home matches were played at Inverleith for the first two years with a return to Murrayfield in 1944 after that ground's derequisition.
The ground was home to what was believed to have been the largest ever attendance for a rugby union match, with 104,000 watching Scotland play Wales in 1975; many more (mostly Welsh) fans were not allowed into the stadium on safety grounds.

Currently Murrayfield is used for most Scottish international rugby union matches, with all Scotland's Six Nations home games being played here. Beginning in 2007, Murrayfield will host the Scotland Sevens, the final event in the annual IRB Sevens World Series in rugby sevens. Murrayfield will also host select matches from the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The stadium has also been used to host the Heineken Cup Final, being the venue for the 2004-05 final where Toulouse beat Stade Français by 18 points to 12.

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