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Moray & Speyside

The Whisky Capital of the World

The Moray coast and Speyside valley are home to over half of Scotland's malt whisky distilleries — including Glenfiddich, The Glenlivet, and Macallan — set against a backdrop of fertile lowland farming, ancient castles, and some of the Highlands' most accessible scenery.

Film & Television

Moray & Speyside on Screen

Moray's combination of working distilleries, Victorian country houses, coastal fishing villages, and Speyside river scenery offers productions a distinctly different aesthetic from the wilder Highland regions — more intimate, agricultural, and historically layered.

Key Locations

  • Speyside distillery landscapes
  • Pluscarden Abbey (working Benedictine monastery)
  • Elgin Cathedral ruins
  • Findhorn Bay & eco-village
  • Fochabers & Gordon Castle
  • Brodie Castle (NTS)
  • Cullen & Banffshire Coast

Facilities & Logistics

Inverness Airport 45 minutes, Aberdeen Airport 1hr. Elgin is a well-serviced market town with hotel stock. Good road network via A96. RAF Lossiemouth proximity.

Key Contacts & Bodies

Moray Council (locations), Historic Environment Scotland (Elgin Cathedral, Pluscarden), Whisky distillery PR departments.

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Other Highland Regions

Inverness & Central Highlands Cairngorms National Park Isle of Skye & Lochalsh Ross-shire & The Black Isle Sutherland Caithness & John O'Groats Argyll & Bute Western Isles — Outer Hebrides Orkney Shetland Lochaber & Fort William