The Foundation of Hearts are urging Heart of Midlothian supporters to offer their views on the proposed Maroon Mile heritage trail at an upcoming public consultation.

The collaboration between the football club and the Foundation to celebrate Hearts’ history in Gorgie and Dalry, which received over £200,000 in funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, was first announced back in March.

The Maroon Mile, which will begin at the Haymarket War Memorial and finish at Tynecastle Park, will ‘highlight, capture and share the history of this diversely rich and vibrant working-class area and explore and mark the role the club has played in the lives of multiple generations’, focusing on ‘the social, economic and sporting history of Gorgie and Dalry’.

The mile-long heritage trail will be the centrepiece of the project and plans are already underway to include various outreach and engagement initiatives, such as an oral history project and community clean-ups.

The Foundation are keen to consult fans for their views for the project, and are holding a public consultation between 12 and 3pm on Saturday 8 June at the HMFC Museum, situated in the stadium.

Speaking when the Maroon Mile initiative was first launched, Ann Budge said she was ‘immensely grateful’ to the National Lottery for funding the project.

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“It is fitting that funding has come through collaboration between the Foundation of Hearts without whom, Heart of Midlothian could never have reached the milestone of 150 years and our own Heritage Department,” Budge said.

“Their joint vision and the passion of all those involved will create a memorable and enduring legacy for the communities of Gorgie and Dalry and for generations of Hearts supporters now and in the future.”

Gerry Mallon, chair of the Foundation of Hearts, added: “Heart of Midlothian is a club born out of this community 150 years ago, deeply rooted in Gorgie / Dalry and saved from oblivion by its supporters.

“We’re incredibly proud of the role the club and the community have played in supporting each other for a century and a half - and the Maroon Mile is a fantastic and appropriate celebration of that enduring relationship.”