Take time to travel to new Outlander locations

from Scotland correspondent issue 18

Thousands of international Outlander fans who visit Scotland every year to follow in the footsteps of their heroes now have even more places to see.

A specially created map detailing a number of locations used for filming in the highly popular television series has been updated with seven new destinations in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ayrshire.

The new locations have been added to VisitScotland’s Outlander guide to celebrate the recent release of Outlander: Season Three on Bluray and DVD. The third series is set in Scotland, the USA and the West Indies.

**University of Glasgow - TheCloisters**
Kenny Lam / VisitScotland

Season 4 of the internationally acclaimed time-travelling romantic adventure, starring Caitriona Balfe as ‘Claire Fraser’ and Sam Heughan as ‘Jamie Fraser’, is currently filming in Scotland, based out of Wardpark Studios.

Recently Starz and Sony Pictures Television who produce the show announced that two more seasons have been commissioned as interest in the series continues to grow.

**The view from Craigmillar Castle**
Kenny Lam / VisitScotland

The set-jetting map now features more than 36 Scottish locations used in the hit show. The map is free to download at www.visitscotland.com/ outlander and a printed version will be available in select VisitScotland iCentres and featured locations.

The new locations for Season Three are include the University of Glasgow which doubles for Harvard University; Craigmillar Castle in Edinburgh which plays the role of Ardsmuir Prison; Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow which fills in for a Boston park; the Signet Library in Edinburgh which was transformed into the interior of the Governor’s Mansion in Jamaica; Bakehouse Close on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh which is the setting for Jamie’s print shop; Tweeddale Court on the Royal Mile, in Edinburgh which featured as the market place where Claire reunites with Fergus; and Dunure Harbour in Ayrshire which stands in for Ayr Harbour.

**Bell Tower at The University of Glasgow**
Kenny Lam / VisitScotland

Locations already on the map that feature again in the third season are Gosford House and Hopetoun House.

**The harbour at Dunure, South Ayrshire**
Paul Tomkins / VisitScotland

As well as being the land that inspired Outlander, Scotland remains an integral part of the series and we are delighted that so many new locations have been used in the third season,”

Jenni Steele, Film and Creative Industries Manager at VisitScotland.

With almost 40 locations now featuring in our popular Outlander map, there is so much of the country for set-jetting fans to explore and we hope even more will do so by following in the footsteps of Claire and Jamie.”

**Photo by Kenny Lam / VisitScotland Craigmillar Castle**
Photo by Kenny Lam / VisitScotland Craigmillar Castle

Among the fans celebrating the launch of the new detailed map was a large group of international Outlander fans on a 10-day tour of filming locations used in the hit TV show.

Organised by travel agents Spirit Journeys in partnership with popular US-based fan podcast The Outlander Podcast (as featured in issue 7 of Scotland Correspondent magazine) a total of 28 fans toured locations across Scotland used in the show and sites linked to the real history of the Jacobites.

Ginger Wiseman, who co-hosts The Outlander Podcast with Summer Reynolds, said:

Since our show began in 2013, and with the success of Starz’ Outlander, people have asked when or if we’d be doing an Outlander-themed tour of Scotland. After a couple of years, we started to take them seriously and now here we have our first PodAbroad tour.

We’re so happy for other fans to experience the magic of Scotland, the physical and spiritual home of Outlander and to see some of the history for themselves.

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Scotland correspondent issue 18