Where was Trainspotting filmed?
1996 film by Danny Boyle
Trainspotting (1996) was filmed in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Waterloo Bridge, Tower 42, Wellington Arch and 6 more places — 12 recorded filming locations in the United Kingdom. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
London
United Kingdom
capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
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Towns & cities
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
capital city of Scotland, UK
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Towns & cities
Glasgow
United Kingdom
city in Scotland, United Kingdom
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Landmarks & buildings
Lloyd's building
United Kingdom
building by Richard Rogers in London
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Streets & squares
Princes Street
United Kingdom
major thoroughfare in central Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
“The opening scene of the 1996 film Trainspotting shows the main character Mark Renton being chased by shop security guards along Princes Street.” Wikipedia
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Streets & squares
Waterloo Bridge
United Kingdom
bridge in London, England, UK
“The bridge features in the closing scene of the 1996 film Trainspotting.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Tower 42
United Kingdom
skyscraper in the City of London
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Landmarks & buildings
Firhill Stadium
United Kingdom
football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Landmarks & buildings
Corrour railway station
United Kingdom
railway station in Corrour, Highland, Scotland, UK
“The station, and the nearby mountain Leum Uilleim, gained fame when they were featured in a scene from the film Trainspotting.” Wikipedia
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Streets & squares
Calton Road
United Kingdom
road in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Streets & squares
Hanover Street
United Kingdom
historic street in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Landmarks & buildings
Wellington Arch
United Kingdom
triumphal arch in London
Also per Wikipedia's Principal photography section
Wikipedia’s Principal photography section names 6 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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Towns & cities
Paddington
United Kingdom
area within the City of Westminster, in central London, England
“The scene where they parody the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road takes place as they walk out of Smallbrook Mews across Craven Road to the Royal Eagle, 26–30 Craven Road, Paddington.” Wikipedia
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Streets & squares
Regent Bridge
United Kingdom
arch bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland
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Landscapes & nature
Rouken Glen
United Kingdom
park in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
“A scene from the film Trainspotting was also filmed in Rouken Glen, and the pondside cafeteria, 'Boaters', was featured in an episode of the BBC Scotland drama series Sea of Souls.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Giffnock
United Kingdom
town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
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Landscapes & nature
Leum Uilleim
United Kingdom
mountain in the United Kingdom, near Corrour railway station
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Landmarks & buildings
Jordanhill School
United Kingdom
school in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
“The school was used as a filming location for Trainspotting, the film of the 1993 Irvine Welsh novel.” Wikipedia
Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Calton Hill United Kingdom
“The eastern end of the ornate Regent Bridge is built into the side of the hill, crossing a deep gorge (at the bottom of which the opening scene from Trainspotting was shot) to connect the hill with Princes Street, now Edinburgh's main shopping street.” Wikipedia
Also shot in these places
- Doctor Who 1963–
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010
- Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011
- Lawrence of Arabia 1962
- The King's Speech 2010
- Skyfall 2012
- Sherlock 2010–2017
- Gravity 2013
Set in the same places
- Assassin's Creed III 2012
- Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 1999
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 2011
- Mass Effect 3 2012
- Need for Speed: Shift 2009
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate 2015
- Tomb Raider III 1998
- Rise of the Tomb Raider 2015
- Resistance: Fall of Man 2006
- Watch Dogs: Legion 2020
- Steamboy 2004
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Trainspotting have?
12 places recorded on Wikidata, and 6 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United Kingdom.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Doctor Who (1963–), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.