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Hamlet

Blackness Castle

Linlithgow · United Kingdom  ·  Castle for Zeffirelli's Hamlet

Hamlet filmed at Blackness Castle, Linlithgow. This fortress on the Firth of Forth served as the castle in this 1990 film version of the Shakespeare play. On screen it's Hamlet's castle.

Blackness Castle, Linlithgow

Where to go

56.006111, -3.516111

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Hamlet (1990)
On screen
Hamlet's castle
In real life
Blackness Castle, Linlithgow
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
—
Confidence
Probable

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Blackness Castle today

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did Hamlet film at Blackness Castle?
At 56.006111, -3.516111 in Linlithgow. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Blackness Castle?
Open to the public, ticketed.
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