Is Dun Dunbar Castle real from A Castle for Christmas? (2024)

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Is Dun Dunbar Castle real from A Castle for Christmas? ›

Sadly, Dun Dunbar is as fictitious as this Netflix fable, but Scotland has no shortage of castles to explore, including the real ones featured in A Castle for Christmas. Much of the film was shot on the Dalmeny Estate and Dundas Castle, both just a few miles outside of Edinburgh.

Dalmeny House, South Queensferry

The most important location we see in this entire Netflix movie is the fictional Dun Dunbar Castle. This is where Sophie finds the Duke of Dunbar and starts her interesting and complex story with him.

Dalmeny House, a Gothic Revival mansion to the north-west of Edinburgh, was used as the location for the film's Dun Dunbar Castle. Tantallon Castle was also used as a filming location. Parts of the film were also shot in South Queensferry. The village of Culross in Fife was used to portray the village of Dunbar.

24 Oct Filming at Dundas Castle

Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of welcoming HeeHaw Productions to Dundas. The Castle was used for a number of scenes in their new film, Christmas in Scotland.

The castle surrendered and was destroyed after Mary had fled to England. Much of the ruin was demolished in the 19th century to build the harbour. The remains of the castle are very fragmentary, and continue to deteriorate. There are impressive vaults by the harbour.

Dunbar (/dʌnˈbɑːr/) is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately 30 miles (50 kilometres) east of Edinburgh and 30 mi (50 km) from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Filming for Christmas in Scotland took place in Culross in February. And while details of the project were hidden from locals, some became part of the production as extras for scenes filmed in the the Red Lion Inn and other areas of the village.

Exteriors of the castle are Dromoland Castle in Clare, Ireland. Like in the movie, it is also a hotel, in fact a resort.

It's estimated Scotland has more than 1,500 castles scattered across its rugged landscapes, with the earliest structures dating to the 12th century. While many stand in ruins, others have been restored and transformed into living museums that attract lovers of history, architecture, and manicured gardens.

The name Dunbar itself comes from the Gaelic "dun" meaning "fort and "barr" meaning "summit". The lands were granted by King Malcolm III to the Earl Gospatric who had lived further south in Northumberland in the 11th century but had been forced to flee by William the Conqueror.

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Scots react to new Netflix Christmas film shot in Edinburgh - and they are not impressed. A Castle for Christmas was partly filmed at Dalmeny House in Edinburgh, but despite being set and filmed in Scotland, locals were not happy with how the production played out.

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