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

Scotland on screen

Explore Scotland through practical filming-location guides, from Edinburgh and Fife to Stirling and the Highlands. Choose one area at a time and check live visitor access before travelling.

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Guides covering Scotland

An illustrated Highland glen at sunset with standing stones, heather and a ruined castleScotlandOutlanderScotland, scene by sceneAn illustrated Edwardian country house with formal gardens, a vintage motorcar and silver tea serviceBritainDownton AbbeyGreat houses and village storiesAn illustrated moonlit cloister overlooking a steam train crossing a Highland viaductBritainHarry PotterCastles, cloisters and Highland rails

Public places

Filming locations to explore

Stone passage and timber-fronted buildings in Bakehouse Close off the CanongateTown · Public close · residential neighboursBakehouse CloseOn screen as Carfax Close and the exterior approach to Alexander Malcolm’s print shopSee the locationStone buildings around the courtyard of Tweeddale Court off the Royal MileTown · Public close · homes and officesTweeddale CourtOn screen as An eighteenth-century Edinburgh market courtSee the locationCraigmillar Castle above snow-covered parklandAttraction · Ticketed Historic Scotland siteCraigmillar CastleOn screen as Ardsmuir PrisonSee the locationThe long classical rear elevation of Hopetoun HouseHistoric house · Ticketed · seasonal house and groundsHopetoun HouseOn screen as The Duke of Sandringham’s estate, Paris streets and Helwater interiorsSee the locationClose view of the stone frontage and gateway at Midhope CastleHistoric house · Grounds ticket required · exterior only · closures possibleMidhope CastleOn screen as Lallybroch / Broch Tuarach exteriorSee the locationThe pale classical frontage of Newhailes House behind its forecourtHistoric house · National Trust for Scotland · seasonal tours and groundsNewhailes HouseOn screen as Governor Tryon’s North Carolina homeSee the locationPreston Mill and its conical kiln roof reflected in the millpond at East LintonAttraction · National Trust for Scotland · guided seasonal visitsPreston MillOn screen as The mill at Lallybroch and a witch-trial anteroomSee the locationGosford House seen from the south-west across its lawnsHistoric house · Private estate · limited advertised open daysGosford HouseOn screen as The stable house at VersaillesSee the location

Plan by place

Useful bases and areas

EdinburghFifeStirlingHighlandsAll counties

Where to stay

Places to stay in Scotland

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