11 Edinburgh filming locations featured in popular new Netflix detective drama Department Q

With a new Edinburgh-based detective drama currently topping the Netflix chart, we’ve taken a look at some of the Capital locations featured in Department Q.

Filmed in Edinburgh and East Lothian, Department Q follows troubled detective DCI Carl Mork, played by Downton Abbey star Matthew Goode.

The nine hour-long episodes follow Mork and his police colleagues, as well as lawyer Merritt Lingard, played by Chloe Pirrie, around the Capital, with lots of exterior shots filmed in the city.

Prominent locations include the former job centre on Castle Terrace, which is transformed into the fictional Edinburgh Police headquarters. While the City Chambers becomes the city’s courthouse, and lead character Mork lives at a flat on Leith Links.

See our gallery below to check out 11 of the Edinburgh locations with feature in the hit new Netflix drama Department Q, available to stream now.

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