Film and TV locations holidays in South West Scotland
Make our exciting film and television locations part of your holiday break in Dumfries and Galloway.
Increasingly, Dumfries & Galloway is becoming popular with film and TV programme makers.
The cult filmThe Wickerman was made in several locations in Dumfries & Galloway and the popular TV series 2000 Acres of Sky, starring Michelle Collins, were filmed in Port Logan in the beautiful South Rhins in Wigtownshire.
The Ship Inn, where Dorothy L. Saeyers wrote much of Five Red HerringsThe Mull of Galloway lighthouse features in BBC’s very popular series, Coast.
From our base in Castle Douglas, we are able to use a Dumfries and Galloway Movie Map and arrange tours to locations used for film and TV productions.
Itineraries
Film and TV Trail - 2 days self-guided tour - Ref. FT1
- Cost - from £145 p.p.
Includes - 2 nights 4 star B&B (assuming 2 sharing a double / twin room); welcome meeting with tour info pack provided; and advice contact no.
Itinerary
For this self-guided tour, we design tourist routes and provide maps to allow you to take your own car and visit some of of these famous locations. We can amend our routes to take in places you have a particular interest in.
We take you to Kirkcudbright and Gatehouse of Fleet to see some of the locations used in filming Dorothy L. Sayers's 1930's murder mystery novel, Five Red Herrings and also cult movie, The Wickerman starring Edward Woodward.
Ideally you should read the Five Red Herrings book and then appreciate the locations when you visit. There is also the option to travel further west to visit the former Gatehouse station and into the Galloway Forest Park to see place where the murder was committed.
Similarly further west there are significant Wickerman locations, probably too many to cover them all in 2 days but we can tailor the trip accpordingly.
We hope to get access to copies of both the Five Red Herrings TV series and the Wickerman film which you can watch in evenings in your accommodation.
Film and TV Trail - 2 days Guided tour - Ref. FT2
- Cost - from £195 p.p.
Includes - 2 nights 4 star B&B (assuming 2 sharing a double / twin room); lunch each day; welcome meeting with tour info pack provided.
Itinerary
From your accommodation, we use our 7 seat minibus to take you round the locations we refer to in FT1 above.
Robin of Galloway Holidays was fortunate to meet the star Edward Woodward when The Wickerman was filmed and has personal knowledge of some of the locations.
Similarly, he was present when Five Red Herrings was filmed for the TV series and saw the star Ian Carmichael in his smoking jacket in between scenes!
Your guided tour will therefore be interspersed with interesting stories along the way and allow you to get the most out of this themed tour - which can be of a longer duration is desired.
Accommodation not provided after the tour today but can be arranged at extra cost.
Film and TV Trail - 2 days Tailor Made Guided Tour - Ref. FT3
- Cost - from £225 p.p.
Includes - 2 nights 4 star B&B (assuming 2 sharing a double / twin room); lunch each day; welcome meeting with tour info pack provided.
Itinerary
Whether it's The Wickerman or FIve Red Herrings venues in Dumfries and Galloway, we are able to research and design a Film and TV guided tour to suit your specific interests.
Using our local knowledge, we can visit film and TV locations and possibly arrange a visit to local individuals with significant knowledge or memories of the filming events.
Just let us know what you are most interested in and with consultation if necessary, we will provide a 2 day or longer itinerary for your consideration which can be part or fully guided.
You will also have the opportunity to see other places of interest in the region along the way.
Just contact us to discuss this tour.
We will soon have other itineraries for this section in place for 2012 involving the productions Two Thousand Acres of Sky, The Thirty Nine Steps and Hope Springs.
The Wickerman Tour
- 3 days escorted bus tour - Ref. FT4 - Cost - £245 p.p. (min. numbers for the tour)
Includes - 3 nights in 3 or 4 star B&B or hotel accommodation (assuming 2 sharing a double / twin room); welcome meeting with a viewing of the Wickerman film.
Kirkcudbright a Wickerman film locationThe early 1972 cult movie The Wickerman was mostly filmed in Dumfries and Galloway region.
Many of the film locations are still there, some looking like they were in 1972, as remarked by the star Edward Woodward where he re-vistited the Ellangowan Hotel in Creetown, the bar of The Green Man, many years later.
This minibus or coach tour, depending on numbers, allows you refresh your memory by watching the film again at your accommodation, then enjoy a tour along scenic countryside and coast visiting the Wickerman sites and many other interesting places and features along the way such as Wigtown book town, Bladnoch distillery and Kirkcudbright artists town.
The tour is guided (but can also be self guided using our information), lasts for 3 days, and can even co-incide with the annual Wickerman Festival held each year near to our base in Castle Douglas - 20th and 21st July 2012.
Before the Festival we are offering this tour, with arrival and first night's accommodation on Monday 16th July, with the tour on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, ready for you to attend the Festival thereafter.
Similarly, we will run a tour after the event, with B&B accommodation supplied from the Sunday night and the tour starting on the Monday.
Please contact us if you are interested in the Wickerman tour.
