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The pub’s story
Cask & Barrel Southside is a modern pub in an older Southside tenement frontage, opened in its present form in 2010. Its strongest physical signature is the broad, dark-green shopfront across numbers 24-26 and the single-room interior organised around a large wooden horseshoe bar. Contemporary and specialist accounts describe a drinks-first ale house with changing cask beer, sport and a weekly folk session rather than an antique interior preserved unchanged. Its screen history arrived when Good Omens dressed the West Preston Street exterior as The Resurrectionist for the second season. The fictional name belonged to the production, not the real pub, and the checked evidence supports the entrance/frontage scene rather than a claim that the real interior played the whole fictional bar.
Film and television details
Each entry separates the real venue from its fictional role and states which part of the site was filmed. Scene notes avoid major spoilers.
Good Omens
On screen: The Resurrectionist
Aziraphale approaches and enters the fictional Resurrectionist. The recognisable West Preston Street frontage was redressed for the production; the published connection is limited to the exterior and entrance rather than an unverified claim about the whole interior.
Filming footprint: Exterior only
- Good Omens — The Resurrectionist location Scene-level location guide identifying Cask & Barrel Southside, the fictional Resurrectionist and season two episode three.
- Edinburgh pub transformed for Good Omens 2 Contemporary report documenting the West Preston Street pub being dressed with temporary Resurrectionist signage for filming.
Nearby screen locations
These are separate filming or historical locations. They are not extra pub listings, and they do not show that filming happened inside this venue.
- National Museum of ScotlandPublic during opening hoursChambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF
Fast & Furious 9 2021
Film Edinburgh lists the Museum of Scotland among the F9 locations. The official summary does not identify a room, so no gallery-level claim is made.
Fast & Furious 9Access: Public museum access is subject to opening hours, events and security. Step-free access and lifts are available; check the museum’s current access information.
- Arthur’s SeatPublic outdoor locationHolyrood Park / Arthur’s Seat
One Day 2011
Arthur’s Seat is one of the official Edinburgh locations for the 2011 film.
One Day (2011)One Day 2024
The 2024 series filmed the climb and view at Arthur’s Seat; it is a real hill walk, not a set.
One Day (2024)The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby 2005
Arthur’s Seat appears in Film Edinburgh’s official location list for the film.
The Adventures of Greyfriars BobbyAccess: This is a steep hill walk on rough, exposed paths, not a quick city-centre detour. Wear suitable footwear, avoid poor weather or darkness, and check Historic Environment Scotland access notices.
- Old College quadranglePublic during opening hoursSouth Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
One Day 2024
Old College’s quadrangle was used for the graduation-ball material in the 2024 series.
One Day (2024)Access: A working university campus. Public passage and event access vary; follow university signage and do not interrupt teaching, ceremonies or security operations.
What to notice
- 01
Read the two-part frontage: the main Cask and Barrel sign spans numbers 24-26 while the smaller right bay is lettered “Ale House”.
- 02
Inside, the large horseshoe-shaped wooden bar is the defining feature; it is modern pub character, not evidence of an untouched Victorian room.
- 03
The real venue is Cask & Barrel Southside. “The Resurrectionist” was temporary fictional production signage.
- 04
The verified screen connection is to the frontage and entrance; no interior filming claim is made here.
- 05
CAMRA reports that step-free access and an accessible toilet are not available; confirm directly if access arrangements are important.
The time rail
The building, the pub and its interior may date from different periods. The timeline keeps documented dates separate from tradition.
CAMRA dates the opening of Cask & Barrel Southside in its present form to this year.
An independent review described the established horseshoe-bar layout and drinks-led character.
The West Preston Street frontage was temporarily dressed as The Resurrectionist during filming for Good Omens season two.
Good Omens season two was released, with the real pub exterior appearing as the fictional Resurrectionist.
The operator continues to publish the Southside address, telephone and weekly opening schedule.
Sources & confidence
Current identity, address, contact and hours come from the operator. CAMRA and independent pub coverage support the 2010 present-form opening, horseshoe layout and ale-house character, but the fittings are not presented as an untouched historic interior. Two independent screen-location sources support the Good Omens frontage transformation and episode-three scene. No interior filming or additional episode is claimed.
Research reviewed
- Cask & Barrel SouthsideCask & Barrel Southsideofficial
SupportsCurrent identity and drinks-led venue offer.
- Contact usCask & Barrel Southsideofficial
SupportsCurrent address, telephone, email and weekly opening hours.
- Cask & Barrel (Southside), EdinburghCAMRAspecialist
SupportsCurrent pub record, 2010 opening, single-room horseshoe layout, cask-beer and folk-session character, and access limitations.
- Licensed PremisesCity of Edinburgh Councilgovernment
SupportsCouncil premises data naming Cask and Barrel Southside at 24-26 West Preston Street.
- Good Omens — The Resurrectionist locationFind That Locationappearance
SupportsScene-level identification of the pub exterior as The Resurrectionist in season two episode three.
- Edinburgh pub transformed for Good Omens 2Edinburgh Live / Inkleditorial
SupportsContemporary report of temporary fictional signage and filming at the West Preston Street frontage.
