Where Was Outlander Blood Of My Blood Season 2 Filmed?

Totally excited to chat about this — 'Blood of My Blood' from season 2 was filmed primarily across Scotland, with a mix of on‑location exteriors at historic houses and castles and interior work on studio sets near the production base. If you fanmap the episode you’ll recognize places the show has used again and again: the country estate vibes come from houses like Hopetoun House and other stately homes around Edinburgh, while the Fraser family and Highland scenes lean on Midhope Castle, Doune Castle, and scenic countryside locations. The team blends those real sites with carefully controlled soundstage interiors so the period details stay consistent. While later seasons sometimes travel further afield to recreate the American colonies, this episode stays very much in the Scottish palette, which is part of why it feels so cozy and authentic to me — it’s like a history lesson wrapped in drama.

Spotting real-world locations in 'Outlander' always lights me up, and the season 2 episode 'Blood of My Blood' is a great example of how the show mixes studio work with gorgeous Scottish locations. Broadly speaking, most of season 2 was shot in Scotland — the production leaned heavily on stately homes, castles, and rural landscapes around Edinburgh and central Scotland to stand in for 18th‑century Scotland and parts of Europe. When you watch that episode, many of the interiors and estate scenes were filmed at historic houses and on purpose-built sets on soundstages near the production base, while exterior shots use recognizable places fans love to visit.

For Paris sequences and other grand interior locations in season 2 the crew favored places like Hopetoun House and similar period houses around West Lothian and Edinburgh; those big rooms and staircases give the episode that authentic 18th‑century feel. For the Fraser family homes and Highland exteriors you’ll see the same familiar faces of Midhope Castle (Lallybroch), Doune Castle (Castle Leoch), and other scenic spots that the show has used across seasons — they sometimes combine multiple sites to make a single on‑screen location. The production also mixes in carefully dressed countryside and woodland around central Scotland to create the rural settings, then ties it together with studio interiors so the pacing and lighting match perfectly.

One thing I like to point out is that while other seasons occasionally used international locations to double for the American colonies, season 2 stayed mostly local in Scotland for its European and Highland scenes, with the production team doing a lot of crafty set dressing and camera work. If you’re planning a pilgrimage, bring comfy shoes — parking lots may hide but the stonework and hedgerows do not — and keep an eye out for those small details the crew changes to make one place read as another on screen. I always leave a re‑watch feeling like I just walked through living history, and 'Blood of My Blood' is one of those episodes that showcases why the locations are such a character of their own.