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| Many locations throughout
Badenoch and Strathspey were used in the shooting of 'Monarch', but the
majority of the filming was done around Loch Laggan, and the village of
Laggan. Glenbogle house itself is in real life Ardverikie House,
situated in its own beautiful wooded grounds on the southern shores of
Loch Laggan. Ardverikie can be seen across the loch from the main
Newtonmore to Fort William Road. The house is very much private
property, and neither the house nor its grounds are normally open to the
public, access being by a strictly private road - PLEASE do not
invade the privacy of the owners. Ardverikie is a wonderful building
said to have as many windows as there are days in the year, and once the
prospective purchase of Queen Victoria, who visited twice before
eventually settling on Balmoral. A copy of a painting of Ardverikie
executed by Queen Victoria herself can be seen in the Clan Macpherson
Museum in Newtonmore. The original is in Holyrood House in Edinburgh.
New locations used in series 4 include the Blythswood Trust Charity Shop and area around the war memorial (shown in epsode 1 of series four), the car park of the Glen Hotel, the Antique Shop, The house next to the antique shop, and the side entrance to the Craig Mhor Hotel. Series five will also feature scenes at the Lodge Hotel |
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| From series 3 (and 4) - The Gentlemen's Hairdresser - located in a conservatory adjacent to the Main's Hotel at the junction at the south end of Newtonmore, and The Glenbogle tearooms - in real life, the left hand window of the Clan Macpherson Museum in Newtonmore |  |
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| These five pictures are from series 4 - above, left and right - Hamish Clark enjoys a break whilst filming at the Glen Hotel centre right - 'The Screen Machine' - the mobile cinema featured in an episode, at the Glen Hotel below left - filming at The Craig Mhor below right - disguising the street signs at the junction with the Fort William road |
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| At the other end of the strath, Broomhill Station, on the section of the Strathspey Steam Railway between Boat of Garten and Grantown, which is currently being restored, was used as the setting for Glenbogle Station (featured early on in episode 1) |
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| Here, filming is in progress in a scene from the election from episode 7. The actual location is Kincraig Village Stores, suitably renamed as J F McLintock |
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This shot features MacKechnie's Stores - actually the Laggan Community Shop - as the logo on the gable end betrays... |
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These two shots are at the location for Katrina's cottage - actually a ruined cottage on the single track road from Laggan to the Corrieyairick Pass, just a half mile or so out from Laggan. The bottom view shows the cottage as seen from the road, whilst the top view shows the front of the cottage as made up for the filming. The ponies belong to Haflinger Ponies, who operate pony trekking just outside Laggan, so you can take a trek on a pony used in the series! |
| Finally, this shot
shows part of the gardens at Ardverikie (Glenbogle House), where Molly (Susan
Hampshire) spends her time whiling away the hours in between plotting to
keep her son Archie at Glenbogle
More information about other locations used in filming can be found on the Monarch Country website |
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