Towns & cities

Edinburgh

capital city of Scotland, UK

Scotland · 55.9533, -3.1892

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Edinburgh is recorded as a filming location for 55 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Edinburgh, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 25 more.

1 place inside Edinburgh has a page of its own: listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Edinburgh as well.

“The filming of the Scotland–France international athletic meeting took place at Goldenacre Sports Ground in Edinburgh, owned by George Heriot's School, while the Scotland–Ireland meeting was at the nearby Inverleith Sports Ground.”

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Movies and TV series filmed in Edinburgh

• Avengers: Endgame 2019
• Trainspotting 1996
• Chariots of Fire 1981
• The 39 Steps 1935
• Cloud Atlas 2012
• T2 Trainspotting 2017
• The Jacket 2005
• One Day 2011
• Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959
• Shallow Grave 1994
• Arn: The Knight Templar 2007
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969
• The Angels' Share 2012

  “Filming in Glasgow and Edinburgh started 25 April 2011.” Wikipedia

• The Railway Man 2013
• Jude 1996

  “The film was shot in late 1995 in Edinburgh and locations in County Durham including Durham Cathedral, Durham City, Ushaw College, Blanchland village and Beamish museum.” Wikipedia

• Mary Reilly 1996
• Death Defying Acts 2007

  “The film was shot on location in London and Edinburgh, and at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, produced by Myriad Pictures and was distributed by The Weinstein Company.” Wikipedia

• Young Adam 2003

  “The film was shot on location in Gullane in East Lothian, along the Union Canals from Edinburgh to Falkirk, on the Forth and Clyde and in Clydebank, Dumbarton, Renton in West Dunbartonshire, Grangemouth and Perth and Kinross.” Wikipedia

• Filth 2013
• Burke & Hare 2010
• Department Q 2025–
• The Awakening 2011
• The Correspondence 2016
• Taggart 1983–2010
• North & South 2004–

  “Gaskell's fictional town of Milton, Darkshire, was loosely based on Manchester, but the producers decided to shoot many of the town scenes in Edinburgh, which maintains more of its visual and architectural heritage from the industrial Victorian era.” Wikipedia

• Driving Lessons 2006
• Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End 2008
• The 39 Steps 1959

  “The film also includes a large section at Waverley Station and at Princes Street Station, Edinburgh, on the Forth Bridge and on board a train hauled by an ex-LNER Class A4.” Wikipedia

• One Day 2024–
• The Little Vampire 2000

  “Parts of the film were shot on farmland near Cockburnspath in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders, Culross and nearby Dunimarle Castle in Fife, Newliston House, Dalmeny House and Dundas Castle near Edinburgh, Gosford House in East Lothian and on roads in West Lothian around Oatridge, near Broxburn.” Wikipedia

• Hallam Foe 2007
• Margaret's Museum 1995
• Acid House 1998
• Book of Blood 2009

  “Adapted and directed by John Harrison from one of Clive Barker's Books of Blood, the film shoot occurred in Scotland, including Dundas Castle and Edinburgh through December 2007 and into early 2008.” Wikipedia

• Mausam 2011

  “The film was shot primarily in Edinburgh and India while the Air Force scenes were shot at the Gwalior Air Force Base.” Wikipedia

• Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes 2000–2001
• The 39 Steps 2008
• Shoebox Zoo 2004–2005

  “Many interior sets were built at the Castle Brae Business Centre (formally Castlebrae High School) in Edinburgh.” Wikipedia

• The Rig 2023–
• Happy Go Lovely 1951
• 16 Years of Alcohol 2003

  “The movie was set and filmed in Edinburgh and Aberdour.” Wikipedia

• Man to Man 2005
• The Wicker Tree 2011
• Tommy's Honour 2016
• Great Expectations 1999
• Rebus 2000–2007
• Skagerrak 2003
• Ivanhoe 1997–
• The Debt Collector 1999
• Doors Open 2012
• Pramface 2012–2014

  “The show was filmed in and around Edinburgh, Scotland, with specific locations including amongst others The Grange suburb and the Corstorphine parish church.” Wikipedia

• Dani's House 2008–2012

  “The popularity of the show resulted in the ordering of a second series, which was filmed in Edinburgh during the early summer of 2009, and was broadcast that autumn.” Wikipedia

• Complicity 2000
• One More Kiss 2000

  “The original intention was for the film to be set in Jean's home town of Bristol, but ultimately the landscapes of Northern England and Edinburgh, Scotland were used instead – with the former being the main setting.” Wikipedia

• Castles in the Sky 2014

  “Locations on the east coast of Scotland were used as filming locations including, Dunbar Beach and Hedderwick Sands in East Lothian, Newbattle Abbey and Arniston House in Midlothian, Gosford House in Longniddry and in Edinburgh.” Wikipedia

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Edinburgh as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Filming locations inside Edinburgh

1 place inside Edinburgh, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Edinburgh too.

Drawn from this place

Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Edinburgh as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.

Filming locations nearby

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  Streets & squares

  Regent Bridge

  Scotland·under 1 km

  arch bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland

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  Streets & squares

  Calton Road

  Scotland·under 1 km

  road in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Landmarks & buildings

  Edinburgh Waverley railway station

  Scotland·under 1 km

  main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh

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  Landmarks & buildings

  Edinburgh City Chambers

  Scotland·under 1 km

  city hall in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Streets & squares

  Royal Mile

  Scotland·under 1 km

  succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland

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  Landmarks & buildings

  St Giles' Cathedral

  Scotland·under 1 km

  Church of Scotland cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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