The filming locations of Netflix’s “Bridgerton” that you can visit

Bridgerton, the soapy, sexy take on Regency England is a certified smash on Netflix—but fans of period drama will be forgiven if they can’t shake the sense and sensibility that they’ve seen several of the show’s locations before.

That’s because the series re-created Georgian-era style by shooting in some of Britain’s last surviving country homes and classical gardens. The modern-day owners of these sumptuous showplaces often subsidize daunting maintenance costs by renting space to movies and TV shows—and, in many cases, open the doors to tourists for at least part of the year.

Here are some of Bridgerton’s most important settings, so you can have a ball there, too.

Ranger’s House

The exterior of the Bridgerton family’s home is played by the Ranger’s House på den västra kanten av Greenwich Park i sydöstra London. Herrgården, en gång känd som Chesterfield House, har anor från 1720-talet och är ett mindre känt museum som innehåller huvuddelen av konstsamlingen av Julius Wernher, en tyskfödd baron från sydafrikanska diamantgruvor som brukade bo här.

A few minutes’ walk away, you can visit some of Greenwich’s other great sights, including the Royal Observatory och Meridian Courtyard, Maritime Greenwich (som stod för Paris i 2012 års filmatisering av Les Misérables), och det spektakulära National Maritime Museum, connected by portico to 1616’s Queen’s House, which was shot as Somerset House for Bridgerton. Alla kan besökas.

Ranger’s House: Chesterfield Walk, Greenwich, London. Train stations: Greenwich or Cutty Sark. Closed over the winter.

Wilton House

Clyvedon Castle, hemmet för Bridgerton‘s Duke of Hastings, is not a real place. Massive Wilton House, 3 miles west of Salisbury, supplied many of the interiors instead. The portrait hall, hallway, and entrance hall all make appearances on screen. The drawing room and grand hall, meanwhile, stood in for chambers in the residence of another character, Lady Danbury, and the grounds were shot as a substitute for London’s Hyde Park. 

Wilton House är också med i nästan varje avsnitt av en annan Netflix-serie, Kronan, posing as Buckingham Palace. Wilton’s Dubbelrum Cube (pictured above) serves as part of Her Majesty’s family living quarters. 

Wilton, Salisbury. Train station: Salisbury, then bus R3 or R8; tregn till Salisbury från London tar cirka 90 minuter.

Castle Howard

The outside of the show’s Clyvedon Castle is actually Castle Howard, an 18th-century architectural hodgepodge about 200 miles north of London near the city of York. This vainglorious pile is so oversized that its creator demolished the village of Henderskelfe because it spoiled his view. You might have also seen the Castle (which, despite the name, isn’t one) in 1981’s Brideshead återbesökt Mini serier. 

Som de flesta andra Bridgerton locations, Castle Howard is open for tours; you can see rooms in which some of the show’s balls were staged. Those magnificent, village-eating gardens are accessible for strolls as well. And yes, as in the show, the estate’s De fyra vindarnas tempel, a rococo folly built on the grounds, would make a secluded spot for a little lovers’ folly of your own—but out of decorum, kindly refrain.

Castle Howard Estate, York. Tågstation: Malton

Syon hus

Syon hus, ett välbevarat privat hem för adeln strax väster om London, är en frekvent filmstjärna som medverkar i dussintals produktioner, bl.a. Gosford Park och Kung Georges galenskap. I Bridgerton, the place stands in for King George III’s pad once again, but this time it pretends to be Buckingham House, the smaller precursor to today’s Buckingham Palace (itself open summers in central London). 

Bridgerton scenes set in the King’s hallway and dining room were shot at Syon, but that’s not all: It was also used for the study and dressing room of the Duke of Hastings, Simon Basset. Outside, the 30-acre gardens are often open on weekends, and there’s a free 200-acre public park beyond. 

Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex. Tågstation: Brentford eller Syon Lane. Hus interiör öppet endast tre dagar i veckan från mars till oktober (kolla i förväg).

Hatfield House

Hatfield House21 miles norr om London, används ofta som en plats i tidstypiska stycken – det utgjorde också miljön för den Oscar-vinnande Favoriten. Byggnaden gör framträdanden i Bridgerton som hem för Featheringtons och som Gentleman's Club.

Great North Road, Hatfield. Tågstation: Hatfield; park och trädgårdar stängda för vintern; hus öppet endast på sommaren.

Royal Crescent

Gatorna i Bad, an ideally preserved oasis of historic architecture and Roman mineral springs, actually did most of the on-camera work for London’s Mayfair neighborhood. Bath Street, Alfredgatan, och Beauford Square alla värdscener, och Bath Guildhall served as the show’s Rambury Ballroom.

The front doors of No. 1 Royal Crescent, a popular townhouse museum preserving Regency style, also stood in for part of the Featheringtons’ home. The rest of Royal Crescent was used as Siena’s London home as well as Grosvenor Square.

Tågstation: Bath Spa

Holburne Museum of Art

The exterior of wealthy widow Lady Danbury’s mansion is actually Bath’s Holburne Museum, som inrymmer den eklektiska konstsamlingen av en rik sjöofficer från 1800-talet. Det byggdes 1799 som Sydney Hotel, och det har fortfarande den sista kvarvarande engelska nöjesträdgården från 1700-talet. 

Några skyltfönster i Bath fungerade också som inställningar. Modistes klänningsbutik är ett riktigt kommersiellt utrymme på 2 Abbey Street, and Simon has too much to drink at a bar that’s actually a cafe called The Colombian Company at 6 Abbeygate Street. One of the show’s many balls was filmed beneath the chandeliers of Bath’s handsome Assembly Rooms—already part of the standard tourist circuit.

The Holburne Museum: Great Pulteney Street. Tågstation: Bath Spa

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