Outlander filmed all over Scotland, but it didn't come into the city until season three. Claire goes looking for a printer called Alexander Malcolm, and Edinburgh plays itself in the eighteenth century.
Most of the city locations are within a twenty minute walk of each other. Here they are, with the castles beyond the city at the end.
Bakehouse Close
Off the Canongate, through the arch beside the Museum of Edinburgh. On screen it is Carfax Close, where Jamie keeps his print shop. The sign is long gone. The close still looks the part, which is why Guillermo del Toro came back in 2024 and turned it into a butchers' alley for Frankenstein.
Tweeddale Court
Further up the hill on the High Street, on the right as you walk down. A quiet courtyard that the crew dressed as a crowded market for the scene where Claire finds Fergus again.
The Signet Library
In Parliament Square, behind St Giles'. It played the Governor's mansion in Jamaica. The simplest way to see the room is afternoon tea at the Colonnades. Book ahead.
Summerhall
The old veterinary college at the east end of the Meadows. Its anatomy lecture theatre appears in season three. It's an arts venue now, with a bar worth the walk.
Craigmillar Castle
Three miles south east of the centre, so take a bus or a taxi. Ardsmuir Prison on screen. In life, a castle where Mary Queen of Scots took refuge. It's far quieter than the one on the rock, and you can climb all over it.
The World's End
The pub by the old city gate is in the books, not the series. Worth a drink if you've read them.
Beyond the city
The best known locations are an hour away or less.
Midhope Castle is Lallybroch. You see the outside only, and you need a ticket booked ahead.
Hopetoun House next door is the Duke of Sandringham's home, and two dozen other Outlander settings.
Blackness Castle is Fort William. A fortress shaped like a ship, pointing into the Forth.
Linlithgow Palace was a prison in season one. Twenty minutes by train from Waverley.
Doune Castle is Castle Leoch. The audio guide has Sam Heughan.
Culross in Fife is Cranesmuir, and Falkland plays Inverness in the 1940s.
You'll need a car for most of these. Book Midhope and Hopetoun ahead in summer. All of them, with the rest of Edinburgh's film and TV locations, are in On Location, the StoryLed guide to the city on screen.
Walk it with StoryLed
The Old Town walk takes film and TV stops on request. Mention Outlander when you book and the route bends to suit. Six guests at most, three hours, led by a resident of twelve years.
