As visitor attractions begin to reopen after the lockdown, writer and former Warrington Guardian reporter Barry McLoughlin profiles two country houses that are just a relatively short drive away. In the first of a two-part series, this week he presents a guide to Bramall Hall and Arley Hall CHESHIRE contains some of the most handsome and historic country houses in Britain. Several are featured in my new book about the north west’s stately homes as they reopen after the pandemic that has devastated their income. The title, Stately Homes Alone, refers to the fact that they are all independently run, whether by the original owning families or local authorities, rather than by the National Trust.
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Why Bath is banking on a Bridgerton tourism boom
Bath is poised to take advantage of ‘the Bridgerton effect’. Will the Government let the crowds come?
18 February 2021 • 12:38pm
Bath s Royal Crescent featured prominently in Netflix s Bridgerton. Can the city capitalise on its international showcase?
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Long before TV viewers worldwide became ardent fans of Netflix’s raunchy period drama - in fact, before most of us had even heard of it - Kathryn Davis, CEO of Visit Bath, was predicting a major Bridgerton bump. Although she wasn’t sure what the series would look like, or how much the city would appear, she was hopeful that the 2019 film shoot would showcase Bath well, “and we knew [producer] Shondaland’s track record.”
Bridgerton Was Partially Filmed in the Mansion Next to Prince Charles s Home Elena Nicolaou
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The Crown was shot.
Bridgerton was filmed in the historic town of Bath.
Here s how to visit
Bridgerton s filming locations.
Watching
Bridgerton s filming locations in Bath and the mansions across the English countryside where it was shot, you might be disappointed to find they re not quite
as dreamy as they are in the show.
According to production designer Will Hughes-Jones, the show takes place in a heightened reality, where everything is a bit
more beautiful
, more glimmering,
more lovely than real life really is then, or now. We re not a historical show. We re storytellers. We want to be historically accurate, but if it s not accurate to the storyline, then we reassess, Hughes-Jones said at a press event.