Honeyloch Estate, DD8

With lochs, hills, and open moorland within its ownership, Honeyloch Estate offers a dramatic multi-site shoot location, all within reach of major Scottish cities. Covering 8,000 acres of varied terrain on the southern edge of the Cairngorms National Park, the estate combines sweeping natural scenery with a rich collection of traditional and restored buildings.

Comprising a working cattle farm, the herd of 90 Highland and Native Angus cows graze freely across the pastures and uplands. A striking yellow country house, formerly a shooting lodge, offers both grand exteriors and elegant, traditional interiors. The farmhouse and whitewashed cottages scattered across the estate add to an authentic rural charm. A restored steading is a large stone and wood-panelled building now serving as an events space.

The farmyard offers a mix of older stone and timber barns alongside more modern agricultural sheds, all surrounded by open grassland and intersected by farm tracks.

Dotted throughout the wider landscape are several wooden bothies, each in a unique setting, one by the loch, another beside the river, and others positioned higher on the hillside near a ford, perfect for more remote scenes.

  • 8,000 acres of mixed landscape: grassland, moor, heather, forest, lochs and rivers

  • Two secluded lochs (one with a small bothy)

  • 3 miles of private riverbank

  • Ancient birch woodland (50 acres) with a wide walkable track

  • Rolling uplands with panoramic mountain views

  • Extensive private stone and ridge estate roads, and quiet tarmac roads

  • Variety of traditional buildings, including cottages, bothies, and farm structures

  • Deer and rich Highland wildlife

FACILITIES AT THE LOCATION

The estate is well equipped, offering a large heated events building that can be used as a comfortable production base with a kitchen, toilet and sitting areas. There is ample hardstanding parking suitable for unit vehicles, along with space for wardrobe, makeup and catering setups. On-site accommodation can be made available, and additional local options are within a short distance.

GETTING GO HONEYLOCH ESTATE

Honeyloch Estate is located around 1 hour 10 minutes from Aberdeen Airport, 1 hour 45 minutes from Edinburgh, and approximately 90 miles north of the city. Dundee is the nearest main rail connection, about 40 minutes away, with regular trains linking to Edinburgh and London King’s Cross (approximately 5.5 hours).