The Location Ledger

Shows

All Creatures Great and SmallYorkshire DalesBridgertonBath, London and EnglandCall the MidwifeKent, with trips to the HebridesDoc MartinNorth CornwallDownton AbbeyHampshire and OxfordshireFather BrownCotswolds and GloucestershireGame of Thrones and House of the DragonNorthern Ireland, Wales and CornwallHarry PotterBritainMidsomer MurdersOxfordshire and BuckinghamshireOutlanderScotlandPeaky BlindersBlack Country, Liverpool and CheshirePoldarkCornwallPride and PrejudicePeak District, Wiltshire and KentRivalsCotswolds and BristolShetlandShetland IslesVeraNorthumberland and Tyneside

Filming-location destination

The Highlands on screen

Plan Highland screen-location stops around Glencoe, Glenfinnan and Newtonmore, with guides connected to Outlander and Harry Potter.

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Guides covering The Highlands

An illustrated Highland glen at sunset with standing stones, heather and a ruined castleScotlandOutlanderScotland, scene by sceneAn illustrated moonlit cloister overlooking a steam train crossing a Highland viaductBritainHarry PotterCastles, cloisters and Highland rails

Public places

Filming locations to explore

Thatched buildings in the Baile Gean township at the Highland Folk MuseumAttraction · Open-air museum · seasonal hoursHighland Folk MuseumOn screen as MacKenzie clan crofts during the rent-collection journeySee the locationThe Three Sisters ridges above the floor of Glen CoeLandscape · Public roads, viewpoints and mountain paths · conditions varyGlencoeOn screen as Landscape in the opening-title sequenceSee the locationA steam train crossing the curving Glenfinnan Viaduct below green Highland hillsBridge · Outdoor viewpoints; rail service separateGlenfinnan Viaduct and Loch ShielOn screen as The railway journey to HogwartsSee the locationClachaig Gully cutting down the hillside above the floor of Glen CoeLandscape · Open landscape; no surviving setGlencoe and Clachaig GullyOn screen as Hogwarts grounds and Hagrid’s hut landscapeSee the locationAn Steall waterfall pouring down the hillside above the Water of NevisWaterfall · Public path; weather-dependentSteall Falls and Nevis GorgeOn screen as Mountain backdrop for the Triwizard dragon taskSee the locationBen Starav rising across the head of Loch EtiveLandscape · Open landscape under Scottish access rightsGlen Etive and Loch EtiveOn screen as The trio’s Highland campsiteSee the locationThe West Highland Line running from Rannoch station across open moorlandLandscape · Public station and paths; trains are infrequentRannoch Moor and the West Highland LineOn screen as Wild moorland on the wizarding journeySee the location

Plan by place

Useful bases and areas

Fort WilliamGlencoeGlenfinnanNewtonmoreAll counties

Where to stay

Places to stay in The Highlands

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