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Edinburgh Underground Tour Gallery

A look inside the chambers beneath South Bridge — the stairs, the arches and the lamplit passages you explore on an Edinburgh underground tour.

Updated: August 5, 2026

Photographs from below the bridge. The vaults are dark and atmospheric by nature, so tours provide the light — and the stories that go with each chamber.

A guide leading a small group through a lamplit stone vault beneath South Bridge
A guide leading a small group through a lamplit stone vault beneath South Bridge
Arched masonry chambers of the South Bridge vaults in Edinburgh's Old Town
Arched masonry chambers of the South Bridge vaults in Edinburgh's Old Town
An evening ghost tour descending into the Edinburgh underground vaults
An evening ghost tour descending into the Edinburgh underground vaults
Candlelit passage on an Edinburgh underground vaults ghost tour
Candlelit passage on an Edinburgh underground vaults ghost tour
Visitors exploring a stone vault chamber on an Edinburgh underground tour
Visitors exploring a stone vault chamber on an Edinburgh underground tour
Damp stone walls and low arches on the South Bridge vaults tour
Damp stone walls and low arches on the South Bridge vaults tour
A shadowed vault used on Edinburgh underground ghost tours
A shadowed vault used on Edinburgh underground ghost tours
The entrance stair down into the Edinburgh underground vaults
The entrance stair down into the Edinburgh underground vaults
A wide arched hall deep in the Edinburgh underground vaults
A wide arched hall deep in the Edinburgh underground vaults

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