7 legendary Outlander locations in Scotland to visit

Sing me a song and join me during a Droutlander. It’s been awhile since my last post and allow me to roar back to life with a tribute to Outlander – one of my favorite shows and one of the biggest influencers of tourism to Scotland! Visiting Outlander locations in Scotland is one way to make it through the Droutlander – connect with the show and experience the land that inspired the show.

Now, I’m not going to go through every Outlander filming location and I can’t guarantee any time travel through the stones, but I’ve included the main sites that any Outlander-fans must visit. And don’t worry, the main Outlander castles (i.e. Lallybroch, Castle Leoch) and all of the classic Outlander locations are on this list!

And because the (Outlander) Fraser family motto is Je Suis Prest (“I am ready”), I’ve tried to tailor this post to give you the most helpful information to prepare you for your visit!

• I’ve included ticket prices, seasonal openings, and public transportation directions. If it was easy for me to find the transport costs, I’ve included that as well, but they’re not included for each location.
  • For most buses in Scotland, you don’t need to buy a ticket in advance, and can tap a contactless card when boarding to pay for your journey.
• There are also some guided tour options, for some of the locations harder to reach by public transportation, or if you want to just take it easy on the logistical plans for your trip.
• If you’re planning to visit multiple locations, there could be some cost savings if you join National Trust of Scotland or the Historic Environment of Scotland. There’s a section at the end detailing out the admission costs if you’re planning to visit more than one.
• Be sure to check out the map of Outlander filming locations at the bottom of the post. Save the map and pin the post to help you plan!

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1. Lallybroch – Midhope Castle

Take me home to Lallybroch.

🎬 Lallybroch, Broch Tuarach
📍 Midhope Castle, Abercorn, Scotland
 – 45 min drive west of Edinburgh
Seasonal openings
🎟️ Free entry, but you must book a ticket
🚌 Accessible by public transportation?  No.

🎥 Did they actually film here?  Yes! This is Lallybroch, both in the 18th century and the 21st century, as Bri and Roger’s new home. Interior scenes not shot here, due to structural issues with the building. Lallybroch (or Midhope Castle) is arguably one of the most iconic Outlander locations in Scotland! Along with Castle Leoch (or Doune Castle), its one of the two main Outlander castles.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Included in Outlander tours of Scotland? mostly. But read the fine print – often times during winter (low) season, Midhope Castle is substituted with another location (likely Linlithgow Palace).

• 4-day Outlander Tour from Edinburgh from 325 GBP per adult: Clava Cairns, Doune Castle, Loch Ness, Glen Affric, Culloden, Culross, Falkland, Midhope Castle, Glencoe
• 1-day Outlander Tour from Glasgow from 56 GBP per adult: Doune Castle, Culross, Falkland, Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle
• 1-day Outlander adventure from Edinburgh from 61 GBP per adult: Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Culross, Doune Castle
• The Outlander 1-Day Experience from Edinburgh from 65 GBP per adult: Midhope Castle, Blackness castle, Linlithgow Palace, Culross and Falkland

2. Craig Na Dunh – Callandish Standing Stones

🎬 Craig Na Dunh
📍 Callanish Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
– Ferry from Ullapool or Uig (Skye), or
– Flight to Stornaway from Edinburgh, Glasgow, or Inverness
🎟️ Entry free
🚌 Accessible by public transportation?  No.

🎥 Did they actually film here?  No, the Callanish Standing Stones are technically not one of the official Outlander filming locations in Scotland.  For various reasons, the stones were made from styrofoam and filmed near Loch Rannoch (in Perth).  But the stones are said to be inspired by the Callanish Standing Stones.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Included in Outlander group tours? Not in an Outlander themed tour, but there are 3 day tours of Lewis and Harris where the Callanish Standing Stones are! The tours depart from Inverness.

3. Castle Leoch – Doune Castle

🎬 Castle Leoch, home of Clan MacKenzie
📍 Doune Castle, Doune, Scotland 
– 1 hour+ drive west of Edinburgh
🎟️ Entry: 10 GBP adult. Depending on how many Historic Environment Scotland locations you visit on your trip, you should consider their Explorer Pass, for 35 GBP. I’ll include a list of their Outlander sites below so you can properly evaluate with your full Scotland itinerary!
🚌 Accessible by public transportation?  Yes. 
– ScotRail Edinburgh to Stirling, bus 59 to Callander, exit Bank Street.

🎥 Did they actually film here?  Yes. Many of the Castle Leoch scenes in Season 1 were filmed here!
⭐️ Not to ruin the surprise but Sam Heughan narrates the audio tour, so you’ll definitely get a behind-the-scenes look into the Outlander filming at Doune Castle!
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Included in Outlander group tours? mostly.

• 4-day Outlander Tour from Edinburgh from 325 GBP per adult: Clava Cairns, Doune Castle, Loch Ness, Glen Affric, Culloden, Culross, Falkland, Midhope Castle, Glencoe
• 1-day Outlander Tour from Glasgow from 56 GBP per adult: Doune Castle, Culross, Falkland, Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle
• 1-day Outlander adventure from Edinburgh from 61 GBP per adult: Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Culross, Doune Castle
• Outlander, Palaces & Jacobites Experience from Edinburgh from 56 GBP per adult: Blackness Castle, Culross, Doune Castle

4. Cranesmuir – Culross

🎬 Cranesmuir
📍 Culross, Fife, Scotland (pronounced COO-riss)
 – 1 drive north west of Edinburgh
🎟️ Entry is free to Culross village; however to visit Culross Palace, entry is 10.50 GBP. Seasonal openings for the Palace. Consider joining the National Trust of Scotland for additional cost savings, including family memberships! Especially if you’re headed to Culloden, or other sites as well. Individual memberships start at 65 GBP.
🚌 Accessible by public transportation?  Yes.
– ScotRail Edinburgh to Falkirk, bus 28 to the Palace.

🎥 Did they actually film here?  Yes.  Inside Culross Palace, they filmed Geiliss Duncan’s parlor. Culross Palace gardens also doubled as the Castle Leoch herb gardens.  If you opt to tour Culross Palace, you’ll get more behind-the-scenes info inside! Be sure to roam around the village too. Nearby is the Culross Mercat Cross where that poor boy got his ear nailed to the cross!  
⭐️ Strolling around in Culross transports you back to 1745 Crainsmuir. If there was ever a village that embodies Outlander more, it has to be Culross!
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Included in Outlander group tours? mostly – see list below!

• 4-day Outlander Tour from Edinburgh: locations included Clava Cairns, Doune Castle, Loch Ness, Glen Affric, Culloden, Culross, Falkland, Midhope Castle, Glencoe
• 1-day Outlander Tour from Glasgow: locations included Doune Castle, Culross, Falkland, Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle
• 1-day Outlander Tour from Edinburgh: locations included Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Culross, Doune Castle
• The Outlander, Palaces & Jacobites Experience – Winter from Edinburgh: locations included Blackness Castle, Culross, Doune Castle
• The Outlander 1 Day Experience from Edinburgh: locations included Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Culross and Falkland

5. Culloden Battlegrounds

🎬 Culloden Battlegrounds
📍 Culloden Moor, Inverness, Scotland
 – 3+ hours drive from Edinburgh or Glasgow
🎟️ Entry is free to the battlefield, which is open 24-7; however I would highly recommend including the visitor center in your Culloden plans, entry is 14 GBP. Culross Palace and Pollock House are all part of the National Trust of Scotland, so consider joining the National Trust of Scotland for additional cost savings, including family memberships!
🚌 Accessible by public transportation?  Yes.
– ScotRail to Inverness, Bus 27 from Inverness to the Culloden Battlegrounds.

🎥 Did they actually film here?  Technically, the actual Culloden battle scenes in the series was not filmed at Culloden, but part of the 1960s flashbacks when Claire the Clan Fraser memorial stone to talk to the ghost of Jamie. Fans will note the Clan Fraser memorial stone has been blocked off due to heavy foot traffic. Please be respectful, as this is an actual battlefield site with clan memorials and shallow graves of the fallen.

The visitor center at the museum is great and helps to explain the Bonnie Prince Charlie’s story which brought the Jacobites directly to this battleground.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Included in Outlander group tours? Most day tours only stay around Glasgow and Edinburgh, so head to Inverness on your own to visit Culloden Battlefield. Read about my visit to Culloden.

6. Pollok House and Pollok Country Park

🎬 grounds of Castle Leoch / French countryside where Jamie & Back Jack Randall dueled
📍 Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Scotland
 – 20 minute drive from Glasgow Central
🎟️ Entry is free to the Pollok Country Park; however to visit Pollok House, entry is 8.50 GBP. Consider joining the National Trust of Scotland for additional cost savings, including family memberships!
🚌 Accessible by public transportation?  Yes.
– ScotRail from Glasgow to Shawlands (20 minutes, less than 3 GBP one way)

🎥 Did they actually film here?  Yes. 
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Included in Outlander group tours? No, but easy to access yourself.
⭐️ The Pollok Country Park is a lovely green space located just outside of Glasgow central. There are highland cows grazing the grounds, and an incredible art museum at the Burrell Collection. The area is a must visit for when you’re in Glasgow!

7. “Fort William” – Blackness Castle

🎬 used as “Fort William” in Outlander, where Jamie was infamously flogged 😥
📍 Blackness, Scotland
 – less than 1 hour drive from Edinburgh
🎟️ Entry: 7.50 GBP per adult
🚌 Accessible by public transportation?  Yes.
– ScotRail train from Edinburgh to Linlithgow (25 minutes, less than 3 GBP one way), Bus F49 from Linlithgow to Blackness Square

🎥 Did they actually film here?  Yes. The scenes were not filmed in the town of Fort William.
⭐️ One of my favorite Outlander locations in Scotland to visit! Blackness Castle is a mighty castle at the edge of the sea. A uniquely shaped castle closely resembling a ship (“the ship that never sailed”), Blackness Castle was built onto the rocky outcroppings on the shore. This rockiness is seen even in the courtyard of the castle, where a young Jamie Fraser was flogged. You can walk along the wall, and imagine Jamie and Claire diving into the sea as they escape Fort William.

🦞 If you’re a fan of seafood, and you’re visiting Blackness Castle, pop by a lobster hidden gem on my Best Seafood of Scotland list.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Included in Outlander group tours? mostly.

• 1-day Outlander Tour from Glasgow: locations included Doune Castle, Culross, Falkland, Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle
• 1-day Outlander Tour from Edinburgh: locations included Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Culross, Doune Castle
• Queensferry sightseeing boat cruise, with cream tea: see Blackness Castle from the sea
• The Outlander, Palaces & Jacobites Experience – Winter from Edinburgh: locations included Blackness Castle, Culross, Doune Castle
• The Outlander 1 Day Experience from Edinburgh: locations included Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Culross and Falkland

– Other Outlander locations in Scotland to visit:

• Falkland Palace and Falkland village – One of the rooms in the palace served as the apothecary where Claire buys medical supplies. Falkland village doubles as Inverness during Frank and Claire’s honeymoon. The exterior of the Fayre Earth Gift Shop in Falkland is used as a furniture shop window, as Frank and Claire window-shop during their honeymoon.
  • 🎟️ entry to Falkland Palace: 13 GBP per adult
  • Seasonal openings
  • Public transportation: challenging but doable. Bus X59 Edinburgh Princes Street to Gateside Cottage, Bus 64A from Gateside Cottage to Palace (1h 46 min)
  • included in 1-day Outlander Tour from Glasgow and 4-day Outlander Tour from Edinburgh

Above: a window at Culross Palace

• Preston Mill – at Lallybroch where Jamie hides underwater beneath the mill, while Claire and Jenny hide him from the redcoats
  • 🎟️ entry: 7.50 GBP per adult
  • Seasonal openings
  • 🚌 from Edinburgh Bus X7 to Phantassie Farm, then 12 min walk (1h 6 min)
• Hopetoun House – Duke of Sandringham’s home
  • 🎟️ entry: 13.50 GBP per adult
  • Make it easy and book tickets to Hopetoun House and Midhope Castle together
  • Seasonal openings
  • Public transportation not advised.
• Drummond Castle Gardens – Gardens of Versailles
  • 🎟️ entry: 10 GBP per adult
  • Seasonal openings
  • Public transportation: challenging but doable. Scotrail from Edinburgh to Stirling, Bus 15A to Templemill Road End, then 12 min walk (2h 10 min).
• Linlithgow Palace – Wentworth Prison, where Jamie suffers torture from Black Jack Randall 😥.
  • Also, the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots
  • 🎟️ entry: 8 GBP per adult
  • 🚂: Scotrail from Edinburgh Waverly to Linlithgow (9.60 GBP return fare, 26 min)

• Craigmillar Castle – Ardsmuir Prison
  • 🎟️ entry: 7.50 GBP per adult
  • 🚌 Buses 33, 30, 14, 8, 49 from Edinburgh Princes Street / Leith Street to Craigmillar Castle Road (25 min), then 15 min walk
• Aberdour Castle and Garden – Benedictine monastery, Abbey Ste Anne de Beaupre where Jamie recovers from his injuries by Black Jack Randall.
  • 🎟️ entry: 7.50 GBP per adult
  • 🚂: Scotrail from Edinburgh Waverly to Aberdour (8.40 GBP return fare, 32 min)
• Newhailes House – Governor Tryon’s House
  • 🎟️ entry: 14 GBP per adult
  • 🚌 Buses 44, 113, 124 from Edinburgh St. Andrews House to Brunstane Mill Road (23 min), then 15 min walk
• Highland Folk Museum – This open air museum doubles as a MacKenzie village, visited in Season 1 with the Clan MacKenzie rent-collecting party. In this village, Claire found a group of women and joined them in singing and waulking wool. Step back in time and experience Highland life from the 1700-1900s. (I really really really want to visit this!)
  • 🎟️ entry is free but donations are welcome
  • Seasonal openings
  • 🚂: Scotrail from Edinburgh Waverly to Newtonmore (2h 35 min, 54 GBP any time return fare), then a 1.3 mile walk.
  • or connect through Inverness and take the train from Inverness to Newtonmore (2h hour, 8.70 GBP one way), then a 1.3 mile walk.
• Duncarron Medieval Village – This open air museum doubles in Outlander as Fort Ticonderoga (in New York) in Season 7’s Battle of Ticonderoga. Fun fact, it was also used in the filming of Robin Hood (2010) and Outlaw King (2018). Various period-related film props and sets that were built for filming these movies (+ Outlander) were donated to Duncarron Medieval Village. From Outlander, there is now a Bastion, some outbuildings, and a tower in the village.
  • 🎟️ entry: 18 GBP per adult
  • Public transportation not advised. You can take a combination of trains/buses from Edinburgh or Glasgow to Stoneywood, Denny. However, there is still 6 miles from there to Duncarron Medieval Village.
• There are also several filming locations around Glasgow that you shouldn’t miss: Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow University, among others! My friend, Hailey (also known as the Sassenach Historian) offers private Outlander tours including a walking tour of Glasgow!

Planning your Outlander trip to Scotland

Now that you have an idea of the various Outlander filming locations in Scotland, it’s time to figure out whether you want a tour or travel there on your own, either by public transportation or car. Everyone is different, and everyone’s schedules are different, so choose what works best for you!

Options for your Outlander Tour of Scotland

Here are some Outlander Tour options that are highly rated. Do note that some tours and locations may have a separate entry admission fee, so read the fine print!

• 4-day Outlander Tour from Edinburgh: locations included Clava Cairns, Doune Castle, Loch Ness, Glen Affric, Culloden, Culross, Falkland, Midhope Castle, Glencoe
• 1-day Outlander Tour from Glasgow: locations included Doune Castle, Culross, Falkland, Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle
• 1-day Outlander Tour from Edinburgh: locations included Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Culross, Doune Castle
• Queensferry sightseeing boat cruise, with cream tea (departs from Hawes pier, Queensferry): see Blackness Castle from the sea
• The Outlander, Palaces & Jacobites Experience – Winter from Edinburgh: locations included Blackness Castle, Culross, Doune Castle
• The Outlander 1 Day Experience from Edinburgh: locations included Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, Culross and Falkland
• Edinburgh: Outlander Series and Jacobites Walking Tour: including Bakehouse Close, where Jamie’s print shop is located

Saving on tickets to Outlander locations in Scotland

Map of Outlander Filming Locations in Scotland

Other helpful links and tips:

• Coming from London? Take the sleeper train from London to Scotland and arrive well-rested and refreshed to travel through the stones to find your Jamie! Read my review of the comfortable sleeper train.
• Arriving by plane? Skip the fuss and take a tram directly from Edinburgh Airport to the city center (St. Andrew Square, a block away from Princes Street) for only 6 GBP one-way!
• Looking for a temporary luggage storage option while in Edinburgh? Leave your bag for up 5 GBP per bag, per day! Several convenient locations available.
• The best casual shoes for Scotland weather are AllBirds Rain Repellent series (UK), and honestly, I wear my AllBirds Mizzles everywhere in Scotland.
  • For those AllBirds fans in the US, get a free pair of socks when you use my link – just add the socks to your cart, and it will be subtracted at checkout!
• The best waterproof wellies (wellington boots) for your Scottish adventure is definitely the Hunter Wellies. Made from natural rubber (and made from a Scottish company, so they know how to waterproof your feet), these wellies are the iconic waterproof boots you didn’t know you needed!
  • Insulated Hunter Wellies for those who need a bit extra warmth!

Hope that helped give you an idea of all the exciting Outlander filming locations you can visit in Scotland! This post was thoughtfully prepared by an Outlander fan, in the hopes of giving you all the information you need so you can stand proud with the (Outlander) Fraser motto, Je Suis Prest (“I am ready”). If you found this information helpful in your trip plans, please consider supporting this website with a coffee. Until the next Outlander episode drops, I wish you all happy planning and safe travels through the stones!

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