Local Hero Inn for Sale

The Pennan Inn, which was featured in the 1983 movie "Local Hero" starring Burt Lancaster, is up for sale. Fans still visit the village on the Moray Firth coast to see the 200-year-old inn - and the red telephone kiosk across the road, which was the focus of communications in the film. Lancaster played the part of an American oil company executive sent to buy up the entire village so they can build a refinery. The present owner of Pennan Inn is now going off to a job in the food service industry in Canada.

The movie Local Hero however is not entirely filmed in Pennan. The parts that were shot on Ben's Beach were filmed near Morar and the beach is known as Camusdarach beach. This is clearly visible in one of the last shots of the movie when MacIntyre leaves Ferness by helicopter to Aberdeen. In the first shot you clearly see the Isle of Skye and Rum in the background and one shot later you see Stella looking at the helicopter and the view over the sea is completely different. The movie is wonderful and the story behind it is classic with lots of humor in it. The views from Camusdarach Beach towards Rum and Skye are one of the finest in Scotland, and so are the sunsets in this lovely area. Also worth mentioning is the relaxing and excellent music from Mark Knopfler throughout the movie.