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Midhope Castle Lallybroch – Outlander tours

Looking for tours from Edinburgh ? How about taking a tour from Edinburgh of Outlander’s Midhope Castle , Lallybroch in the TV series – just one of Scotland’s amazing Outlander castle film locations ? On this tour we visit Lallybroch  ( Midhope Castle ) , ancestral home of Jamie Fraser , Linlithgow Palace ( Wentworth Prison ) and  Blackness Castle ( Fort William ) .

Midhope Castle is a 16th-century tower house of five storeys and a garret, to which has been added a later and lower wing.

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Two-storey bartizans crown three of the corners, although their conical roofs have gone, a caphouse for the stair crowning the fourth. The roof is steeply pitched. The tower forms one side of a courtyard, and there is a fine walled garden and a 17th-century lectern doocot .

Tours start at 10 am . Our private group tours take up to four people to three Outlander castle filming locations. We also offer bespoke private tours with the option of choosing your own itinerary .

Tours start from your hotel or accommodation in Edinburgh or Glasgow .

Normal pickup point is Edinburgh/ Glasgow city centre , your hotel or the airport .

Other pickup points can be arranged .

  • Lallybroch – Midhope Castle, ancestral home of Jamie Fraser
  • Linlithgow Palace – Wentworth Prison
  • Blackness Castle
  • half day Outlander tour
  • Take in unique views of three historic castles featured in Outlander
  • Small private group tour with up to of four people

The property was owned by the Martin family in 1478, and they had a castle here, but passed to the Livingstones soon afterwards. James Lindsay, Lord Lindsay, had a ratification of 1592 for the lands of Midhope, with the tower and fortalice thereof. Midhope belonged to the Drummonds of Midhope, who were in possession during part of the 16th and 17th centuries, and Alexander Drummond of Midhope remodelled the tower in 1587 and his initials with those of his wife Marjorie Bruce are on a former lintel now above a gateway. Alexander Drummond of Midhope is on record in the 1640s, then Sir Robert Drummond of Midhope in 1647 and 1661.

Itinerary

On this tour we visit various locations used for filming the hit series Outlander. Based on the best selling novels by Diana Gabaldon, Outlander is filmed in a number of locations in castles and towns in central Scotland.

Lallybroch – Midhope Castle

The first location on this Outlander tour is Lallybroch – Midhope Castle, ancestral home of Jamie Fraser . Outlander scenes were shot at Midhope Castle on the fringes of the Hopetoun Estate near South Queensferry.

Midhope castle tours of Outlander Scotland

Midhope was built in the 15th Century and was built by John Martyne, laird of Medhope. It was rebuilt in the mid 1600s and remains much the same today.

For many years I have had to tell visitors that they can’t go inside Midhope as the interior was inaccessible . However this year , for the first time ever , fans can now go inside Lallybroch – just another great reason to visit Midhope .

Midhope Castle, a 16th-century tower house, is used as Lallybroch (also known as Broch Tuarach) inOutlander . Left to Jamie by his parents, Brian and Ellen, Lallybroch is also home to Jamie’s sister, Jenny, her husband Ian Murray and their children. With Lallybroch being an important part of the Outlander story, much use is made of Midhope Castle. The prequel Blood of my Blood season 1 is now finished and filming for season 2 is complete . Blood of my Blood season 2 should be on our screens next year .

Midhope Castle tours can be booked online

Linlithgow Palace

This royal palace is the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots and it became the backdrop for some of the most harrowing scenes of the TV show Outlander .

Depicted as Wentworth Prison, the prison corridors and entrance were used in episode 15 of the first series when Jamie Fraser was brutally incarcerated by his adversary, Black Jack Randall.

Built in the 1400s and 1500s, the now-ruined palace is set among the spectacular surrounds of Linlithgow Loch and Peel.

Blackness Castle

Blackness Castle goes back to 1440 . The castle provides the setting for Fort William, as the original fort no longer exists.

The castle is long and narrow because of the shape of the rock on which it is situated and it is sometimes called ‘ the ship that never sailed ‘ . It guards the bay at Blackness and is only a few miles from Linlithgow Palace . The first castle was built in the middle of the 15th century by Sir George Crichton , Earl of Caithness , a member of one of the most powerful families in Scotland .

Midhope Castle tours can be booked online

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Private Tours Edinburgh offers day trips from Edinburgh on private tours to Outlander film locations and the Kelpies in Falkirk

Your tour guide David has 40 years experience in travel and editorial photography. With first hand experience David has a unique perspective and he can show you the best viewpoints for taking pictures of all the locations we visit including the beautiful scenery of Glencoe

Lallybroch has not featured yet in Blood of my Blood . Season 2 is out on September 18 . Lallybroch stickers are available online

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David Rankin

David Rankin is a tour guide and travel photographer based in Falkirk , Scotland, favourite subjects the Kelpies, Glencoe, Black Mount and Buachaille etive Mor

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