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title: "HQ 6 Coates Crescent"
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# HQ 6 Coates Crescent

Coates Crescent belongs to the part of Edinburgh that was laid out when the city decided to stop growing inside its medieval walls. Instead of the tight closes of the Old Town, the West End of the New Town offers curved terraces, wide pavements and stone frontages in the Georgian manner, and HQ 6 Coates Crescent sits in that setting, at the western end of the New Town, beside Melville Street and Walker Street. The New Town and Old Town together form a World Heritage Site, so the street outside has a character that no modern business park can imitate.

HQ is the IWG brand for flexible, fully serviced offices, a little more relaxed than a traditional serviced-office floor but built on the same idea: a furnished private office, a staffed reception and shared rooms you can book. The listing for this centre names a lounge area, a gym and meeting rooms, and the official description adds that the centre occupies a classic Edinburgh townhouse over five floors, with coworking areas, kitchens and a reception. Those are the facilities to rely on; anything about layout, finish or the size of the individual offices is best judged on a visit, as the details of a historic building can differ a great deal from one floor to the next.

Location is the reason to look at this address. The West End is where Edinburgh's financial and professional firms have long clustered, with law practices, banks and accountants around Melville Street and Walker Street, with shops and cafés along Shandwick Place. Haymarket station, with fast ScotRail services to Glasgow Queen Street, Fife and the north, is about 600 m away in a straight line, and the Edinburgh Trams stop at West End, right by the building, and at Haymarket, which gives a direct link to the airport without a change. Charlotte Square, Robert Adam's elegant square at the end of George Street, is about 400 m in a straight line, and Princes Street is within easy reach on the other side.

The immediate surroundings suit a working day. Shandwick Place and the streets around it have cafés, sandwich counters and pubs that fill at lunchtime, and St Mary's Cathedral, the Episcopal cathedral on Palmerston Place, is a short way along. The Water of Leith runs a little further to the north-west, with a path that is good for a break when the weather allows. Evenings are quieter than in the heart of the Old Town, which some teams prefer and others find a little formal. If you are bringing clients in from out of town, the combination of a recognisable street, a mainline station and a tram line to the airport takes much of the effort out of arranging a meeting, and it means visitors rarely need directions beyond the street name.

HQ at Coates Crescent is a fit for several kinds of occupier. A small professional practice that wants a recognisable Edinburgh address without taking a long lease, a project team from out of town that needs a base for a season, or a start-up that has outgrown a kitchen table and wants meeting rooms for client calls will all find the format useful. The gym in the listing is a small but real differentiator for people who like to start or end the day with some exercise rather than commuting back out. Teams that need to be near Haymarket for the train, and in walking range of the main business streets, benefit most.

In price terms it sits well below the centres on George Street and Princes Street while still offering a New Town postcode, which is a useful trade for firms whose clients mostly care that the address is respectable and easy to reach. It is less suited to those who want the energy of a shared community floor or the very latest finish, and a historic terrace brings the usual caveats about access and layout that are worth asking about directly.

Availability, terms and contract length are the operator's to confirm. Ask which offices are free, how the meeting rooms and the gym are booked and what the arrangements are outside normal hours, and visit at the time of day your team would arrive so you can judge the journey from Haymarket as well as the room itself.

- **Location:** Edinburgh — New Town
- **Address:** 6 Coates Crescent, EH3 7AL Edinburgh
- **Operator:** HQ
- **Amenities:** Reception, Purified Water, Ergonomic Chairs, Snacks, High-speed WiFi, Office Supplies, AC / Heating, Meeting Rooms, External Monitors, Lockers, Printer / Scanner, Gym, Kitchenette, Lounge Area

## Pricing

- Private office at HQ 6 Coates Crescent (Private Office): £189/month

## Nearby transport

- West End (tram, 1 min walk)
- Shandwick Place (bus, 2 min walk)
- Atholl Crescent (bus, 3 min walk)
- Queensferry Street (bus, 3 min walk)
- Haymarket (train, 9 min walk)

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