Confirmed · Edinburgh Old Town · Town
Bakehouse Close
Carfax Close and the exterior approach to Alexander Malcolm’s print shop in Outlander. Public close · residential neighbours; allow 10–20 minutes.
- On screen as
- Carfax Close and the exterior approach to Alexander Malcolm’s print shop
- Series and episodes
- Season 3 · S3 E6
- Access
- Public close · residential neighbours
- Time needed
- 10–20 minutes
- Where
- Royal Mile, Edinburgh
On screen
How Bakehouse Close appears
Bakehouse Close supplies the approach to Alexander Malcolm’s Edinburgh print shop, the season-three place where Claire searches for Jamie after their long separation. The close features in ‘A. Malcolm’, during Claire’s search through Edinburgh and her long-awaited reunion with Jamie. Its stone passage, courtyard and stair provide the recognisable exterior setting; the print-shop interior was a constructed set elsewhere. That division matters when visiting: this is a short piece of screen geography within the Old Town, not a surviving shop that visitors can enter and explore.
The real place
What you can visit
The close opens off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, where narrow passages connect the principal street with smaller courts and buildings behind it. Bakehouse remains a residential and working lane, and the surrounding doors belong to real premises. The interest lies in the change of scale from the busy Canongate to an enclosed stone space. Allow time to look at that arrangement, rather than treating the stair as an isolated prop. The wider Old Town provides the historical setting that made this modest exterior useful to the production.
Photograph the entrance and courtyard together to show how Claire’s approach works, then move aside for people using the lane.
Forever Edinburgh ↗Treat this as a brief walking stop within an Edinburgh day. Keep the passage and doorways clear, and take photographs only from the public areas. Travellers with mobility requirements should check the narrow approach and the stair viewpoint independently before making this their principal stop. There is no verified interior visitor experience attached to the print-shop connection; an adjacent open door is not an invitation to explore.
Common questions
Planning a responsible visit
Can I go inside Jamie’s print shop?
The verified location is the exterior approach. The interior was a constructed set, so entering surrounding buildings will not reveal the television shop. Enjoy the stair and court from public space and respect the working premises around them.
Which episode is linked to Bakehouse Close?
The close features in season three, episode six, ‘A. Malcolm’. That is a narrower claim than saying every Edinburgh print-shop scene was filmed here; the exterior and studio interior should remain distinct.
Is this enough for a whole Edinburgh tour?
The close is compact and works best as one stop. Pair it with Tweeddale Court and a wider Canongate walk, allowing the Royal Mile’s real buildings and streets to supply the rest of the visit.
Plan your visit
Build it into the day.
Continue on foot to Tweeddale Court for a contrasting market-court location; save Craigmillar for a separate city transport leg.
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