Dean Path is a tranquil, cobblestone route that winds through the historic mill buildings of Dean Village, tracing the Water of Leith. This quiet pocket of the city provided a sharp contrast to the spectacle of studio-bound adventure films.
Edinburgh Classic Screen
This walk leads you through the iconic Edinburgh locations featured in Chariots of Fire and the 1959 classic Journey to the Centre of the Earth, showing how the city’s historic architecture was brought to the silver screen.
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1. Dean Path
2. Inverleith Rugby Club
Inverleith Rugby Club sits along the edge of the grounds that hosted international rugby matches for over two decades starting in eighteen ninety-nine. These fields were selected by the producers of Chariots of Fire to film the Scotland…
3. Heriot's Rugby Club
Heriot's Rugby Club occupies the sprawling grounds of Goldenacre in the north of Edinburgh, defined by twenty-four acres of manicured playing fields and a prominent grandstand. Founded in eighteen ninety as a club for former pupils of…
4. 16 Broughton Pl
The Broughton McDonald Church on Broughton Place features prominently in Chariots of Fire as the setting for a key moment in the life of Eric Liddell. While Liddell’s story in the film often centers on the tension between his athletic…
5. Cafe Royal
The Cafe Royal is defined by its ornate Victorian interior, featuring a grey and white diamond-patterned marble floor and a compartmented ceiling with gilt embellishments. Its walls are lined with nine ceramic murals made by the Royal…
6. Assembly Hall
The Assembly Hall sits atop the Mound, defined by its position between Castlehill and Mound Place, where it overlooks the city from the heart of the Old Town. Designed by David Bryce and completed in eighteen fifty-nine, this building…
7. Grassmarket
The Grassmarket is a wide, cobbled rectangle lying directly beneath the craggy, vertical rock face of Edinburgh Castle. You can identify it by the way the immense stone walls of the fortress tower nearly one hundred meters above the…
8. Old College, The University of Edinburgh
Old College is defined by its massive neoclassical entrance front and a grand central dome that rises above the South Bridge. This structure, which serves as a centerpiece for the University of Edinburgh, is built of ashlar stone with a…
9. Holyrood Park
Holyrood Park is defined by the jagged, rocky silhouette of Arthur’s Seat, an ancient extinct volcano that rises two hundred fifty-one meters above the city. This six hundred fifty-acre expanse sits at the edge of central Edinburgh,…