On Location

Explore the many sights, locations, towns and cities up and down the country that have inspired and hosted popular films and TV programmes For popular-culture vultures, there really is no better guide to Britain's best TV and film locations than On Location. Explore the cities, towns, historical sights, stately homes, studios, beaches, moors and parks that inspired and hosted films such as Harry Potter, 28 Days Later, Trainspotting and Batman Begins, and TV programmes such as Poldark, The Crown, Dr Who and Game of Thrones, to name just a few. Wander the corridors of Highclere Castle, where Downton Abbey was filmed; gaze across Glen Etive in the Highlands of Scotland, an eerie and atmospheric location seen in the James Bond film, Skyfall; escape on the Hogwarts Express, aka the Jacobite Steam Train, across Glenfinnan Viaduct, as seen in the Harry Potter films: storm through the gates of Castle Ward in Northern Ireland, the location of Winterfell in Game of Thrones; and experience a feast for the senses amongst the dreamlike candy-coloured houses of Portmeirion Village, setting of The Prisoner, plus so many more sights to please all ages. Handy maps and beautiful colour photography complete this fascinating guidebook that covers over 100 different locations, so you're never far from one whether you're on holiday and on a mission to see as many as you can, or simply fancy an interesting afternoon or day out not far from home that will both thrill the kids and captivate the grown-ups.

Peter Naldrett is a freelance writer specialising in travel and the outdoors. He has written a number of guidebooks as well as four books in the Dog Walkers' Guide series. He has also written for magazines such as Geographical, The Big Issue and Dalesman as well as The Daily Telegraph. He is the author of Days Out Underground, Around the Coast in 80 Days, and Treasured Islands, all published by Bloomsbury. When not writing and travelling, Peter teaches geography at a South Yorkshire secondary school. @PeterNaldrett

Introduction SOUTH ENGLAND The Jurassic Coast Bletchley Park Tilbury Fort Chartwell Warner Bros. Studio Tour Eltham Palace Beaulieu The Friars - Aylesford Priory London: Tower Bridge London: St Paul's Cathedral London: The Savoy London: The Royal Courts of Justice London: Natural History Museum London: The Cinema Museum London: Notting Hill London: The British Museum London: Westminster The London Underground James Bond's London Oxford The Historic Dockyard Chatham SOUTH-WEST Cornwall's Mining Landscape Antony Greenway Tyntesfield Bristol Bath The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum MIDLANDS Chatsworth House Sutton Scarsdale Hall Lincoln Cathedral Kedleston Hall Packwood House Lyme Park Quarry Bank Mill Cleethorpes NORTH ENGLAND Derwent Valley Liverpool Whitby Morecambe Ribblehead Viaduct Tan Hill Inn Carnforth Station North York Moors Railway Whitley Bay Alnwick Castle Sycamore Gap Cragside Timperley Durham Cathedral York The Lake District Ulverston: The Laurel and Hardy Museum Beamish: The Living Museum of the North Blackpool Sheffield WALES Bodnant Garden Portmeirion Henrhyd Falls Dyffryn Gardens Barry Dunraven Bay Freshwater Bay Cardiff SCOTLAND Tobermory Edinburgh Glenfinnan Viaduct Dumfries and Galloway Dunnottar Castle St Andrews Glasgow The Outer Hebrides Shetland Eilean Donan Castle NORTHERN IRELAND Derry The Giant's Causeway The Dark Hedges Game of Thrones Studio Tour Castle Ward Belfast IRELAND Trinity College, Dublin Kilmainham Gaol Dublin Skellig Michael Film List by Region Image Credits Index