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Filming

Our sites provide an awe-inspiring setting for all kinds of filming.

  • Film crew working in Holyrood Park

    Guidelines & applying

    Read our filming guidelines and begin the process of booking one of our sites for filming.

  • Exterior view of Hermitage Castle from the south-east

    Popular and inspiring

    Explore our shortlist of frequently requested and inspiring filming locations.

  • Drone flying at a property

    UAS

    Learn how we handle requests to fly UAS (drones) at our sites.

  • Two cast members from Outlander in a field with Doune Castle behind them

    Outlander

    Uncover the romance and drama of the real life locations featured in hit TV series Outlander.

  • Chris Pine and Florence Pugh on Linlithgow Peel in Outlaw King as Robert the Bruce and Elizabeth Burgh

    Robert the Bruce

    Go behind the scenes and visit the filming locations of Outlaw King and discover the real story of Robert the Bruce.

  • Saoirse Ronan who plays Mary Stuart firing a gun and Eileen O’Higgins in the background who plays her attendant, Mary Beaton

    Mary Queen of Scots

    Follow in the footsteps of the most famous and intriguing of Scottish monarchs, and discover Blackness Castle which features in the 2019 film, ‘Mary Queen of Scots’.

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Contact us

Historic Environment Scotland Head offices:

Longmore House
Salisbury Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1SH
John Sinclair House
16 Bernard Terrace
Edinburgh
EH8 9NX

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Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public body established to investigate, care for and promote Scotland’s historic environment.

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