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Loseley Park

My Cottage. Seasonal guided house/grounds; allow 1–3 hours.

Loseley House stone facade with tall chimneys and mullioned windows above the lawn
Photo: Anyhoo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗
On screen as
My Cottage
Appears in
Series 4
Access
seasonal guided house/grounds
Time needed
1–3 hours
Area
Guildford, Surrey

On screen

How Loseley Park appears

Loseley Park supplies Benedict's country retreat, My Cottage, in Bridgerton's fourth series. Netflix's account confirms that the central actors spent time filming at Loseley for the cottage sequence. The name on screen can make the setting sound modest, but the real location is a substantial historic house near Guildford.

Its stone facade, tall chimneys and mullioned windows give visitors a clear architectural starting point. The house and gardens have their own family history and visitor programme, so the filming connection should be explored through those arrangements rather than treated as access to a permanent television set.

The real place

What you can visit

Start with Loseley's current visit page. The house and gardens open seasonally, and the estate's website can advertise winter events while ordinary house and garden admission is closed. Check the exact offer for your chosen day: an event, café visit or estate business may have different access from a guided house tour.

If the My Cottage building is your priority, confirm that the relevant house visit is available before booking transport. The walled garden is divided into distinct planting areas, including a rose garden. A useful itinerary therefore allows for both architectural viewing and a garden walk when both are open.

Take time to notice how the house, lawns and enclosed garden relate to one another. That relationship is easier to understand in person than in the edited cottage story, which may combine footage from different properties. The access statement distinguishes the approach to the house from the approach to the garden and describes wheelchair access to the ground floor.

Read that guidance if your party includes anyone who needs a shorter approach or a step-free route. For arrival, use the current estate directions and visitor entrance, then plan the onward connection from Guildford if travelling without a car. Do not assume the lake scene attached to the My Cottage storyline was filmed beside the Loseley house: a screen sequence can join separate locations.

Keep your visit focused on areas included in the estate's public offer, and use the official filming account to distinguish the documented Loseley shoot from other countryside footage.

Check the house tour and garden offer separately. Seasonal closure is a reason to choose a different date, while an advertised winter event should be assessed on what its ticket actually includes rather than on the house's filming credit.

Read the filming evidence ↗

Plan your visit

Make it part of a workable day.

Use Guildford as a practical base and make Loseley the main heritage stop. Painshill provides another Surrey filming landscape, but add it only if the day's tours, travel and garden walking all fit without shortening the Loseley visit.

Directions ↗Read the visiting guide →

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