Dovecot Studios — Weaving Floor

Summary

The Weaving Floor at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh Old Town. 250-person capacity. From £7,200/session. An operating tapestry weaving studio opened as an evening event space — a raw, large-scale creative environment in a former swimming baths building.

About this location

Dovecot Studios occupies the former Infirmary Street Baths in Edinburgh Old Town — a Victorian public baths building converted for use by one of Britain’s leading tapestry studios. The Weaving Floor is the operational studio where weavers work during the day, opened to hire in the evenings. The description of the space as “big, raw, and beautiful” captures its character: high ceilings, industrial fittings, the visual texture of active craft production — looms, materials, the working infrastructure of a specialist textile studio. At 250-person capacity and £7,200/session it is priced for premium productions and significant events.

For film productions, the combination of a working industrial studio interior with the civic history of the former Victorian baths building provides a specific visual character that purpose-built film studios cannot replicate. Dovecot’s Old Town EH1 location puts it at the heart of Edinburgh’s historic centre, within the film-friendly zone near the Grassmarket and the Royal Mile. The Ladies Bath space at the same venue (£350/session, 160 cap) provides a smaller and more accessible entry point to the same building. Booking through the studio’s events team — the Tagvenue listing is a discovery route.