Stuart Logan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Where to go
56.879, -5.586
Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
Good to know
Title
Local Hero (1983)
On screen
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In real life
Loch Eilt, Glenfinnan
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable
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Loch Eilt today
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Giuseppe Pinto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Adam Ward · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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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Where exactly did Local Hero film at Loch Eilt?
At 56.879, -5.586 in Glenfinnan. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
Can you visit Loch Eilt?
Open to the public, free.
What else was filmed near Loch Eilt?
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