- It is a truth universally acknowledged…
- …that we love Jane Austen. We’ve appeared in adaptations of each of her six main novels, plus a spin-offs like Sanditon (2019), Death Comes to Pemberley (2013) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016).
- A little more action please
- It’s not all period dramas. James Bond visited Stowe for The World is not Enough (1999) and Holywell for Die Another Day (2002). We also saw stars when Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) filmed over Derwentwater.
- Keira Knightley can’t stay away
- So far she’s filmed at five places over four films, including Anna Karenina and Never Let Me Go (Ham House) and The Duchess (Osterley, Kedleston and Basildon Park).
- The ‘reel’ thing
- Places that have played themselves include Chartwell as Winston Churchill’s home in The Darkest Hour (2017) and Petworth, which inspired Mr Turner (2014) as far back at the 1800s.
- Waiting for Spielberg to call
- Some big-name directors have roamed locations in our care. Tim Burton visited Antony for Alice in Wonderland (2010), Ridley Scott wandered Freshwater West and Ashridge for Robin Hood (2010).
- Writer’s block
- Two locations have been used in adaptations of novels written by the authors who once owned them. Greenway for Agatha Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly (2013) and Lamb House for EF Benson’s Mapp and Lucia (2014).
- Long service award
- This award goes to Poldark (2015–2019) and Downton Abbey (2011–15 and 2019). The former used Botallack Mine in Cornwall for all five seasons, while the latter visited various locations over four series and a film.