National Trust on Screen: Discover the Locations That Made Film and TV Magic

A behind-the-scenes guide to the National Trust locations in some of the most iconic film and TV moments. Fully updated to include the latest dramas such as Bridgerton, The Pursuit of Love and Operation Mincemeat.

Ranging from lavish costume dramas such as Poldark and Wolf Hall to epic fantasies including Game of Thrones and The Dark Knight Rises, the historic houses and stunning landscapes of the National Trust have been chosen as backdrops by some of the world’s most famous directors.

This fact-filled guidebook is organized geographically enabling the planning of single visits or entire adventure trips. Films and TV series featured: Bridgerton, Poldark, Sense and Sensibility, Wolf Hall, The Other Boleyn Girl, the Harry Potter films, The Duchess, The Crown, Snow White and the Huntsman, Never Let Me Go, Remains of the Day, Miss Potter, The History Boys, Game of Thrones and many many more.

Harvey Edgington was London’s first full-time film officer, having created the role at the London Borough of Greenwich. Harvey swapped housing estates for country estates by setting up the National Trust Filming and Locations Office in 2003, a department he has headed up ever since.

Lauren Taylor has worked in the National Trust’s Filming and Locations Office since 2005, most recently as Filming and Locations Manager. Her first shoot was Pride and Prejudice at Basildon Park, still one of the most complex the Trust has ever hosted. She thought it couldn’t get much more complicated than building a set within a house, prior to filming involving 200 supporting artists, candles, horses, carriages, dancing and night shoots. She hadn’t yet encountered the Poldark toads (see page 33). Lauren has gone on to manage shoots for films and TV dramas as diverse as The Crown, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Bridgerton.