6 iconic Scottish landscapes loved by the movie industry

Some landscapes and scenes in Scotland have become synonymous with Hollywood film making. Some because of their distinctive eye-candy appeal. And a few whose breath-taking grandeur have found them appearing time and again in movies all around the world.

Doune Castle

Walk Through

Castle Leoch the 1745 Scottish Highland residence of the clan MacKenzie and is where Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall first fell in love with each other in the Outlander series — Ricky's Video Channel.

Rosslyn Chapel

Philip Dean

Philip Dean talks about the legend of Rosslyn Chapel, located seven miles from Edinburgh, which helped to inspire a best selling novel and a block buster movie called The Da Vinci Code.

Glencoe

Drive Through

Alexander van der Leek drives through Glencoe.

Glenfinnan Viaduct

Train Journey

Life of Lincoln takes us on the Jacobite train via Glenfinnan Viaduct aka Harry Potter train Fort William to Mallaig.

The Old Man of Storr

Drone View

Drone views from a remarkable landscape by Iain Cumming.

Callanish Stones

Tour

Peter Vallance gives an explanatory tour of the Calanais / Callanish stone circle complex on the Isle of Lewis.

Glencoe

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Glencoe alone has been used so many times in movie making, including:

Being Human
Braveheart
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Complicity
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Highlander 1 and 3
Kidnapped
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Bollywood)
Made of Honour
Master of Ballantrae
Massacre of Glencoe
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Quest for Fire
Restless Natives
Rob Roy
Sawney Bean
Skyfall
The 39 Steps
Under the Skin

Skye

Visitor numbers to the The Old Man of Storr, an iconic rock formation on Skye, have soared in recent years, thanks to its use in several high profile films, including Roald Dahl’s The BFG, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and the 2015 remake of Macbeth.

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