Edinburgh Marathon course map poster
The Edinburgh Marathon starts on Potterrow by McEwan Hall, passes Greyfriars Bobby and crosses the Royal Mile, with St Giles' Cathedral on one side and the castle on the other. It runs down the Mound into the New Town and through Princes Street Gardens, then back up past the Scottish Parliament to a turn in Holyrood Park below Arthur's Seat.
From there it heads east to the promenade at Portobello and follows the East Lothian coast past Musselburgh, home of the oldest golf course in the world, out to Gosford House. Then it turns back along the coast to finish in Musselburgh. After a drop of almost 90 m from the city center to near sea level, the rest of the course is flat.
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The course
- Start
- Potterrow, by McEwan Hall
- Finish
- Musselburgh, East Lothian
- Passes through
- Old Town, New Town, Holyrood, Portobello, Joppa, Musselburgh, Prestonpans, Cockenzie and Port Seton, Longniddry, and Gosford
- Elevation
- Net downhill: a drop of almost 90 m from the city center to near sea level, then flat along the coast.
Key facts
- First held
- 2003
- Month
- May
- Finishers
- 6,596 in 2016
Along the way
- 0.2 mi (0.3 km)Greyfriars BobbyThe statue by Greyfriars Kirkyard, after the first corner
- 0.4 mi (0.6 km)Royal MileCrossed with St Giles' Cathedral to the right and Edinburgh Castle to the left
- 0.8 mi (1.3 km)Scott MonumentIn Princes Street Gardens, after the run down the Mound
- 1.7 mi (2.8 km)Scottish ParliamentAt the foot of the Royal Mile, by the Palace of Holyrood
- 2.2 mi (3.6 km)Holyrood ParkA turn below Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags
- 6.0 mi (9.6 km)Portobello promenadeWhere the course reaches the coast
- 10.3 mi (16.5 km)Musselburgh LinksThe oldest golf course in the world, with golf recorded as early as 1672
- 18.0 mi (28.9 km)Gosford HouseThe turn at the Robert Adam mansion, before the run back along the coast
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Questions
The organizer says it was voted the fastest marathon in the UK by Runner's World. It drops almost 90 m from the city center to near sea level, then stays flat along the coast.
In Musselburgh, East Lothian. The course runs east along the coast to Gosford House, then turns back to finish in Musselburgh.
Usually in May. The 2027 race is on Sunday, May 30.
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