Lights, Camera, Action! In the Cairngorms

 

Nethy Bridge, Scotland - where I have lived for the past 3 months, is in the heart of the Cairngorms, the largest national park in the British Isles covering 1,748  square miles in a 5 region area.  You may have visited some of this area without knowing it through your viewing of several films in the past few years:

The Outlander:  The Highland Folk Museum and Tullochgrue at Rothiemurchus (a huge estate) were both used in filming the historical drama.  The old township at the Folk Museum (which we visited) was the setting of several scenes.

The Crown:   The Netflix original telling of young Queen Elizabeth’s reign  was filmed in several locations around the park including Glenfeshie  Estate, Balmoral Estate, and Ardverkie Estate.

Victoria:  Episode 7 featured Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire which Queen Victoria visited often during her reign. Two of the estate’s Highland ponies starred as Victoria and Albert’s personal ponies.  The Atholl Highlanders, the regiment which Victoria founded is also featured.  I always encourage visitors to visit Blair castle at Blair Atholl  - Virginia and Sharon enjoyed their visit to the castle this year.

Outlaw King:  I just watched this and loved seeing a beloved area on film with the lochside (lake side) of Loch an Eilein turned into a township and costumed men marching.  

We always visit this nearby lake near Nethy Bridge as it has a castle ruin near the shore.

Mary Queen of Scots:  This movie will be out in January, 2019 and is based on a well-known biography of Mary Queen of Scots.  I have been reading a good bit of Scottish/English history on my journey and look forward to it’s release.  Parts were films in the Strathdon and Glenfeshie areas of the Cairngorm National Park.

Monarch of the Glen:  Filmed at Ardverikie Estate and also the villages of Newtonmore and Kingussie as well. The train station near Nethy Bridge was changed to Glen Bogle.  This drama is based loosely on the Highland novels if Sir Compton Mackenzie.

Salmon Fishing in the Yeman:  This romantic drama was partly films on Ardverikie Estate and at Loch Laggan.

Frost is on the ground most of the morning now as the weather gets much colder.  We are expecting some snow flurries next week so it must be time for me to head back to Italy, collect my things, and come home.  My next blog will probably be from Venice where I am looking forward to staying a few days before joining my friends in Aviano before flying home in mid - December.

Source:  https://blog.visitcairngorms.com/12-films-shot-in-the-cairngorms