EDINBURGH FILM & TV LOCATIONS TOUR
FROM AVENGERS TO OUTLANDER
90 MINUTES • OLD TOWN • FROM £25PP
WITH FILM JOURNALIST JONATHAN MELVILLE
Edinburgh has been a film set for decades
This 90-minute walking tour takes you to Edinburgh’s most popular movie and TV locations.
You’ll visit the streets, closes and historic buildings seen in Outlander, Avengers: Infinity War, One Day, Fast & Furious 9, Frankenstein, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Rebus, Trainspotting 2, Good Omens, Department Q, Restless Natives, Baby Reindeer, Cloud Atlas and many more films and TV series.
If you’re lucky, you might even see something new being filmed in Edinburgh while we’re on the tour – J.J. Abrams’ upcoming The Great Beyond was shot here, while Rebus and Department Q will soon be back on TV.
90 minutes · from £25pp · small group
Prefer a private tour?
My scheduled 90-minute walk covers the best-known locations, and it’s a great way to see the city on screen. A private tour offers you the whole morning or afternoon, built around the films you care about.
Where you’ll go
Sir Sean Connery once said, “Edinburgh seems to have been built as a film set,” and you’ll discover why.
The tour begins in Parliament Square, where Wanda and Vision fought for their lives in Avengers: Infinity War, and ends in Bakehouse Close, where Claire was reunited with Jamie in season three of Outlander!
Find out more about what was filmed in Edinburgh.
Locations include:
- St Giles’ Cathedral
- Parliament Square
- The High Street
- Victoria Street
- Lady Stair’s Close
- Makar’s Court
- The Mound
- Waverley Station
- Cockburn Street
- Tweeddale Court
- Tolbooth
- Bakehouse Close
- and more…
Tour details
Duration: 1.5 hours (includes approximately 30 minutes of walking and a distance of around 1.5 miles)
Tour start: Parliament Square (full details on booking)
Tour End: Bakehouse Close, with unlimited time for photos
Terrain: Edinburgh is a hilly city, but this walk isn’t strenuous. The standard tour includes some sections that will be harder for those with access needs (there are some steps), but alternative routes can easily be arranged—please mention any concerns during booking or email me in advance to discuss.
Places available: There are up to 10 places on each public tour, with introductory prices starting at just £25 per person. A private version of the tour is also available.
Your guide
I’m Jonathan Melville, an Edinburgh film journalist and author who has covered movies and TV for BBC Radio Scotland, the Edinburgh News and other outlets for almost 20 years.
In addition, I’ve written six books on film and TV series, including Local Hero: Making a Scottish Classic, A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander and The Art & Making of Highlander.
By regularly talking to the cast and crew of new and older productions about where they filmed, I’m able to keep the tour as up-to-date as possible. Find out more about me.
