The Caledonian Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Located at the west end of Princes Street, in the heart of Edinburgh beneath the castle.

The Caledonian EdinburghEdinburgh, United Kingdom

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Address: The Caledonian Edinburgh
Princes Street
Edinburgh EH1 2AB
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 131 222 8888
Official website: www.hilton.com
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A red sandstone railway hotel nicknamed “The Caley”, listed category A, with Peacock Alley set in the former station concourse beneath the original station clock.
Restaurants and bars include The Court, 1925 at The Pompadour and The Caley Bar.
Spa with pool and hot tub, plus eight meeting and event spaces for up to 250 guests.
Located at the west end of Princes Street, in the heart of Edinburgh beneath the castle.

10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1899 – 1903
The Caledonian Railway builds the hotel above its Princes Street station, to designs by John More Dick Peddie and George Washington Browne.
21 December 1903
The Caledonian Station Hotel opens with 205 rooms decorated in Louis XV style, rivalling the North British hotel at the other end of Princes Street.
1925
After the merger into the LMS railway, the drawing room becomes the Pompadour, a luxury restaurant named after Louis XV’s favourite.
1 January 1948
The hotel is nationalised along with the railways under the British Transport Commission.
6 September 1965
Princes Street station closes; its demolition makes way for a new wing of 50 rooms.
18 June 1981
Privatisation: the hotel is sold to Gleneagles Hotels plc together with the North British and Gleneagles hotels.
March 2000
Hilton International buys the hotel for £44.2 million and renames it the Caledonian Hilton Edinburgh.
2011
A £24 million refurbishment brings it into the Waldorf Astoria brand; the old station concourse becomes the Peacock Alley bar.
July 2023
Henderson Park and Klarent Hospitality buy the hotel for £85 million.
5 June 2024
The hotel is rebranded The Caledonian Edinburgh, Curio Collection by Hilton, ahead of a £35 million renovation and expansion.