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As seen on screen: Map of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray and Highlands & Islands filming locations

A Castle for Christmas and Lost at Christmas are among the productions which have filmed in locations around the north and north-east of Scotland.

By Karen Roberts & Emma Morrice
Glenfinnan viaduct on the railway between Fort William and Mallaig and was the first mass concrete bridge to be built in Britain . Barbie would love it, before sorting out uniforms for people.
Glenfinnan viaduct on West Highland Line has made regular appearances on TV and in films. Image: Sandy McCook/DC Thomson.

There are some spectacular film locations around Aberdeenshire and the Highlands to appear on screen – including Lost at Christmas and A Castle for Christmas.

More places than you might realise from around the north and north-east appear in both big name productions, as well as smaller independent ones.

Films such as Skyfall to Harry Potter as well as TV series such as The Crown,  Outlander and of course Shetland have all featured locations that we know and love.

Brooke Shields in 'A Castle For Christmas'
Brooke Shields starred in ‘A Castle For Christmas’ which filmed at several Scottish locations including Inveraray Castle: in Argyll. Photo credit: Mark Mainz / Netflix / The Hollywood Archive

We’ve taken a look at what has been filmed around Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Highlands and Islands and created a map with more than 100 locations.

One location which has appeared repeatedly on screen is Ardverikie Estate, near Newtonmore in the Highlands.

The estate was used as the filming location for the fictional Glenbogie Estate in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen.

It also had a starring role in Mrs Brown, and stood in for Balmoral in the Netflix drama The Crown. Ardverikie is also popular with 007, with some scenes from No Time To Die being shot there.

What has been filmed around the north and north-east?

While the production billed as Scotland’s first Christmas film, Lost at Christmas which had Sanjeev Kohli of Still Game fame in the cast, saw filming take place at the Clachaig Inn in Ballachulish.

Meanwhile, Peterhead-born director Jon S Baird turned to Aberdeen when making Tetris.

The movie, which starred Taron Egerton,  famously featured the Aberdeen University Zoology building, which became the ELORG HQ.

More recently filming has taken place in the city for BBC series Granite Harbour, with the harbour and beach appearing in the drama.

The film Nobody Has To Know was filmed on the Isle of Lewis.
Bouli Lanners stars in Nobody Has To Know alongside Game of Thrones star Michelle Fairley. Image: Ruth Marsh

And in the Western Isles the Isle of Lewis was the location for 2021’s Nobody Has To Know by Belgian filmmaker Bouli Lanners.

Of course there’s one location our film map wouldn’t be complete without.

Beloved by wizards and muggles alike, Glenfinnan Viaduct has appeared in several Harry Potter films, as well as Monarch of the Glen, The Crown and Stone of Destiny.

  • Our map will be updated as required, please let us know if there are any locations or productions that can be added, get in touch at pj.features@pressandjournal.co.uk

 

 

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