The Peak District National Park
Bakewell TIC: 01629 813227
www.visitpeakdistrict.com
Jane
Austen refers to there being “no finer
county in England than Derbyshire”, and features “all
the the celebrated beauties of Chatsworth, Dovedale
and the Peaks”. It is fitting, given that Jane
Austen used these landscapes for inspiration, that
the Peak Distrcit & Derbyshire was chosen for location
filming.
North Lees Hall
Tel: 0845 090 0194
www.vivat.org.uk
Filming also took place at North
Lees Hall and Stanage Edge, near the village of Hathersage.
The
lonely romanticism of the hall has attracted many
writers - most famously Charlotte Bronte, through
whom it became immortalised as "Mr Rochester’s
House" in Jane Eyre.
Groombridge Place, near
Tunbridge Wells.
Tel: 01892 861444
www.groombridge.co.uk
Anchored by a tranquil moated brick house and
set within acres of gardens, the present house
dates from the 1660s and doubled as Loungbourn.
While the house is a private home, the gardens
are open to the public throughout the summer.
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Peak District National Park
Basildon Park, near Reading, Berkshire
Tel: 0118 984 3040
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
A magnificent 18th Century Palladian mansion set in 400 acres
of parkland overlooking the River Thames in Berkshire. In the movie
Basildon was Netherfield, the temporary home of the dashing and
wealthy Mr Bingley.
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North Lees Hall
Wilton House, Salisbury
Tel: 01722 746720
www.wiltonhouse.com
Built in the 16th
century, Wilton House is the family home of the 18th Earl of Pembroke. The uniquely
designed Double Cube Room is seen as the drawing
room of Mr Darcy’s family home where Lizzie is introduced
to Darcy’s
sister Georgina.
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