Edinburgh Taxi Outing 2025: Route and how to watch ahead of 77th annual event

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6 days ago

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The iconic annual Edinburgh Taxi Outing is set to take place next week in what will be the 77th event.
Every year taxi drivers across the city decorate their cabs with colourful balloons and form a huge convoy to travel through the city and East Lothian for children with additional needs, life-limiting conditions and terminal illnesses.
Thousands take to the streets to watch on as taxis decorated as floats or with bright colours assemble and travel from Edinburgh Zoo all the way through Musselburgh, Prestonpans and finish at Archerfield Walled Garden in Dirleton in the afternoon.
The event also encourages those attending to come armed with water pistols and judges will also be awarding prizes for the best float taxi, best balloon taxi, best fancy dressed driver and best fancy dressed child.
The convoy then stops outside Luca's in Musselburgh to refill water tanks and eat 'as much ice cream as possible' before a 'fun-filled afternoon' at Archerfield and back home around 4pm.
The annual event is organised and funded by taxi drivers and begins at 9am on Tuesday, June 10. The full route and timings are as follows below:
Edinburgh Zoo 10:00
Costorphine Road 10:05
Roseburn 10:10
Haymarket 10:15
Princes Street 10:20
The Mound
High Street 1025
Canongate 10:35
Abbeyhill 10:40
London Road 10:43
Portobello Road 10:46
Portobello High Street 10:50
Joppa 10:55
Musselbugh (stopping for ice cream at Lucas) a11:10 d11:40 then the coast road through
Prestonpans 11.50
Cockenzie 12.00
Port Seton 12.10
Aberlady 12.25
Gullane 12.35
Dirleton 12.45