Where Was The Wicker Man Filmed?

The Wicker Man was filmed at Anwoth, Ayrshire and Burrow Head (Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom). The 1973 film has 18 recorded filming locations in the United Kingdom, each plotted on the map below.

Title	The Wicker Man
Year	1973
Type	Film
Recorded filming locations	18
Countries	United Kingdom
Source	Wikidata Q1140649 · Wikipedia

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The Wicker Man Filming Locations

• Anwoth

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 54.8786, -4.2117

  Village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Gatehouse of Fleet, about 2 km away.

• Ayrshire

  Scotland, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 55.4611, -4.6358

  County in Scotland.

  The nearest other filming location is Ayr, about a kilometre away.

• Burrow Head

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Landscapes and nature · 54.6778, -4.3938

  Cape in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Isle of Whithorn, about 3 km away.

• Creetown

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 54.9000, -4.3833

  Town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Newton Stewart, about 9 km away.

• Floors Castle

  Scottish Borders, United Kingdom · Castles and palaces · 55.6048, -2.4601

  Country house in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland.

  The nearest other filming location is Roxburghshire, about 4 km away.

• Galloway

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Landmarks and buildings · 55.0500, -4.1333

  Area in southwestern Scotland.

  The nearest other filming location is Gatehouse of Fleet, about 19 km away.

• Gatehouse of Fleet

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 54.8833, -4.1833

  Town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Anwoth, about 2 km away.

• Isle of Whithorn

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 54.7009, -4.3661

  Village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Burrow Head, about 3 km away.

• Kirkcudbright

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 54.8353, -4.0517

  Town and former burgh in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Gatehouse of Fleet, about 10 km away.

• Newton Stewart

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 54.9580, -4.4920

  Town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Creetown, about 9 km away.

• Plockton

  Highland, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 57.3380, -5.6523

  Village in Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Kyle of Lochalsh, about 7 km away.

• Ross-shire

  Scotland, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 57.8000, -5.0000

  Traditional county of Scotland.

  The nearest other filming location is Wester Ross, about 20 km away.

• Roxburghshire

  Scottish Borders, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 55.5689, -2.4783

  Historic county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.

  The nearest other filming location is Floors Castle, about 4 km away.

• St Ninian's Cave

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Landscapes and nature · 54.6938, -4.4507

  Cave in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Burrow Head, about 4 km away.

• Stranraer

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 54.9014, -5.0350

  Town in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.

  The nearest other filming location is Portpatrick, about 8 km away.

• Wigtownshire

  Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom · Towns and cities · 54.8333, -4.7500

  County of Scotland, registration county in Galloway.

  The nearest other filming location is Stranraer, about 20 km away.

• Wookey Hole Caves

  St Cuthbert Out, United Kingdom · Landscapes and nature · 51.2281, -2.6714

  Series of limestone caverns in Somerset county, England.

  The nearest other filming location is Vicars' Close, about 3 km away.

• Scotland

  United Kingdom · recorded at country level only · Towns and cities · 57.0000, -5.0000

  Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom.

  Also used by 49 other productions on this map, including Game of Thrones, Barry Lyndon, The Crown.

Can You Visit the The Wicker Man Shooting Locations?

15 of them are public ground such as streets, towns or open landscape, so you can usually walk straight up: Anwoth, Ayrshire and Burrow Head and others. 2 are buildings or estates that may charge admission or keep set hours, including Floors Castle and Galloway. 1 entry names only a country or region, so there is no single address to visit. Always check access locally before travelling, and respect private land.

How Far Apart the The Wicker Man Locations Are

The two furthest apart are Ross-shire and Wookey Hole Caves, roughly 746 km apart.

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These productions used at least one of the same filming locations as The Wicker Man.

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