Where is Balamory filmed?

CBeebies' 'Balamory' is filmed in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.  Tobermory was chosen as the location because of it's brightly coloured houses, some of which are featured in the programme.  The orange house, where Spencer the Painter lives (in the show) wasn't always orange, but the real owner liked the new colour so he kept it!  'Pocket and Sweet' is, in real life, the Box Office for Mull Theatre and is only painted red during filming.  Afterwards, it goes back to being blue.

Some of the houses in the programme are actually holiday accommodation so, if you're visiting Mull, you can stay in a real 'Balamory' house.  Josie Jump's house is really the Harbour Heights Hotel and it really is that yellow.  Unfortunately, you won't see a pink castle on your visit.  Archie's Castle is filmed in another location but you can stay in Glengorm Castle near Tobermory, or visit Duart Castle and Torosay Castle in Craignure.  You can even travel to Torosay Castle by Mull's very own narrow gauge railway that also featured in the programme as the 'Balamory Express'.

'Toddler Tourism' as it has been branded is a new phenomenon to Mull, quite different to the island's usual cliental.  The people of Mull are working hard to make it a worthwhile place for children to visit, providing more things to see and do after looking at the Balamory houses.

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