The Edinburgh Marathon route, printed
The 2025 course, 42.195 km, from Edinburgh.
- Styles
- 19 colourwaysto choose from
- 300 DPIsharp at every size
- Price
- From £24.95delivered free
- Paper
- 240 gsmsmooth fine-art paper
The 2025 course is already drawn on the map, with the distance beneath it. Add your name and your finishing time, choose a style, and preview the finished artwork before you buy. Prices from £24.95, and delivery is free.
Edinburgh's marathon starts in the Old Town beneath McEwan Hall, reaches the sea at Portobello inside six miles, and spends the rest of the morning on the East Lothian coast as far as Gosford House.
The 2025 race started on Potterrow, with the University of Edinburgh's McEwan Hall behind the pens, and the opening miles are a tour of the Old Town. Runners pass Greyfriars Kirkyard and the Greyfriars Bobby statue, cross the Royal Mile between St Giles' Cathedral and the castle, drop down the Mound to Princes Street Gardens and the Scott Monument, then come back to the Royal Mile and down past the Scottish Parliament. From Holyrood the course runs under Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat before heading for the sea. The organisers put the descent at almost 90 metres, most of it before the coast.
Portobello promenade arrives at about six miles, and the race does not leave the shoreline for long after that. It goes on through Musselburgh, past the old links that claim to be the oldest golf course in the world, and here the map shows the cruellest bit of the course. At around nine miles runners pass within a few hundred metres of the finish, with the better part of seventeen miles still ahead of them. East of Musselburgh the crowds thin out through Prestonpans, and the road runs on towards Longniddry and the gates of Gosford House.
Gosford, a neo-classical house designed by Robert Adam, is where the course turns, and the way home follows the coast through Cockenzie and Port Seton, the quiet later miles where a shout from the roadside counts for most. The finish is on the playing fields of Pinkie St Peter's Primary School in Musselburgh. It has been there since 2007, when the organisers took the race out of the city and into East Lothian. The new route ran downhill overall, and the average finishing time that year fell by almost twelve minutes, which is how Edinburgh came by its reputation as a fast course.
Questions
Where does the course turn back?
At Gosford House, on the coast between Longniddry and Aberlady. From there the route comes back along the shore through Cockenzie and Port Seton to the finish in Musselburgh.
Is the course really downhill?
Overall, yes. The start in the Old Town is almost 90 metres above the finish, and most of that height is lost before the course reaches Portobello; the coastal miles after it are close to flat.
Can I add my finishing time?
Yes. The title and the line beneath it are yours to write, so your name, your finishing time and your club all fit. The 2025 course and its distance are drawn for you, and you see the finished artwork before you buy.
Is this an official Edinburgh Marathon print?
No. Maps & Son is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the organisers of the Edinburgh Marathon; the name says which course is mapped. The course is drawn from a route file we use with permission.
Can I change the map?
Yes. The designer opens with the course drawn and the map framed around it. Move the map if you like, choose from 19 styles, and preview the finished artwork before you buy.
How much does a race route print cost?
Prints start at £24.95, printed on 240 gsm smooth fine-art paper, with delivery included to the UK and 25 other countries. Sold as A4, A3, A2 or A1 prints, unframed, at standard sizes so a ready-made frame will fit.
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Maps & Son is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the organisers of the Edinburgh Marathon. The course is drawn from a route file we use with permission. For the race itself, see the organisers' website.