On for summertime in Edinburgh

type of mechanism. In 1969 it was converted to an electric mechanism located between the dials. Junction improvements in 1974 led to the clock's removal, causing public consternation, as a result of which it was returned to a spot close to its original position. St Stephen's Church

Housed in a 160ft tower, the clock of the William Henry Playfair designed church in Stockbridge boasts the longest clock pendulum in Europe. The church was completed in 1828 at a cost of £18,975 and was designed for a congregation of 1,600 God fearing souls, which at one point included the parents of Robert Louis Stevenson. The church and clock tower now has claim to being one of the most photographed in Scotland by dint of nearby picturesque Circus Lane, which has become a favourite spot for

Bell's Tower Clock

Instagrammers who descend daily on the cobbled street to take photographs.

War Memorial - Hearts Clock Located at Haymarket is the war memorial in the form of a clock tower, principally for former players of Heart of Midlothian FC who gave their lives in the two World Wars but also for players from other Scottish clubs who made the ultimate sacrifice, including Hibs, Raith Rovers, Dunfermline, East Fife and St Bernard's. Unveiled in 1922, the memorial was designed by the sculptor Henry Snell Gamley and the clock itself by James Ritchie & Son.

Floral Clock, West Princes Street Gardens.

Arguably Edinburgh’s most famous clock, alongside the Balmoral Hotel clock which has chased travellers toward departing

The famous Floral Clock in Princes Street Gardens trains at Waverley Station.

The first of its kind in the world, the Floral Click was installed in 1903 and initially operated with just an hour hand, with a minute hand added in 1904.

For the next seven decades the clock mechanism had to be wound daily until it was mechanised in 1972.

The cuckoo, which every child of Edinburgh must have stopped to watch at some point in their young lives, did not come home to roost until 1952 and it now appears every hour. It takes three gardeners six weeks to plant more than 35,000 plants used in the design, which each year follows a topical theme, and the clock flowers from July until October.

Not that we want to remind you, but the clocks go back one hour on Sunday 25 October to mark the official start of winter.

War Memorial, Hearts Clock