Gatehouse of Fleet

Gatehouse Of Fleet is a small hamlet within Dumfries and Galloway.

Of particular note to fans of The Wicker Man is the Cally Estate offices which served as the front exterior of The Green Man inn. The buildings opposite the offices can also be seen in the film.

Further along the same road is the area where we briefly saw Sergeant Howie make his way towards the village alongside some very unusual skull shaped bollards! The bollards, which are extremely likely to have been props, can sadly not be seen today.

Many believe that the rear windows of the Green Man (together with Willow's bedroom) were filmed at the back of the Cally offices. This would be a reasonable mistake to make as the building does have a familiar 'L' shape similar to what can seen in the film.

Upon closer inspection, however, the rear windows simply do not match what is seen in the the movie ( see pictures at left ). As Willow's bedroom can be seen through the windows on screen, it has often been mistakenly thought that her bedroom interiors were filmed here also. To find out more about the real location of the Green Man rear and all the bedrooms ( including Willow's ) read our location report on the town of Whithorn.

Elsewhere in Gatehouse Of Fleet is Stark's Chemist shop. This building was used for interiors of Lennox's chemist shop. The house immediately to the left of this shop is none other than Dr Euan's house!

For further reading on Gatehouse Of Fleet itself, please visit http://www.gatehouse-of-fleet.co.uk