Real places, grouped for a visit
Poldark filming locations
Every confirmed Poldark filming location, what it played on screen and whether you can visit. This guide covers the BBC One series of Poldark (2015–2019, five series, 43 episodes), not the 1975–77 BBC adaptation or other earlier screen versions.
Area
Penwith: the mining coast
Cornwall's far west, between St Just and Land's End, supplied Ross's mines and most of his coves. Botallack and Levant sit a few minutes apart on the north cliffs; Porthgwarra, Porthcurno and Penberth lie on the south coast, about half an hour's drive away.
Botallack: Wheal Owles and the Crowns
Wheal Leisure, Grambler and Wheal Grace
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Levant Mine and Beam Engine
Tressiders Rolling Mill and mine landscape
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Porthgwarra Cove and Gwennap Head
Ross's swimming cove, Mark Daniel's escape and coastal riding
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Porthcurno Beach
Nampara Cove
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Penberth Cove
Sawle fishing village
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The Lizard
Britain's most southerly peninsula gave the series its wreck beach at Gunwalloe, the turquoise water of Kynance Cove and the riding cliffs at Predannack. All three are National Trust coast reached from car parks.
Kynance Cove
Opening images and a coastal arrest procession
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Gunwalloe Church Cove
The shipwreck beach
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Predannack Wollas
Clifftop riding scenes
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North Cornwall coast
The cliffs and beaches between St Agnes and Padstow: St Agnes Head and Wheal Coates for Nampara's clifftops and a late-series mine, Holywell Bay for the Warleggan beach, and Park Head above Porthcothan for riding scenes.
St Agnes Head
The Nampara valley and clifftops
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Wheal Coates and Chapel Porth
Derelict Wheal Leisure and clifftop gallops
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Holywell Bay
Warleggan beach
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Park Head and Porthcothan
Riding headland and a Nampara beach
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Mid Cornwall and Bodmin Moor
Charlestown's Georgian harbour near St Austell, the moorland around Minions where Ross first meets Demelza, and the quiet Fal estuary shore at Turnaware Point used for the French landing.
Charlestown Harbour
Truro and Falmouth harbours; St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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Bodmin Moor near Minions
Nampara's surrounding country and miners' cottages
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Turnaware Point
The French landing
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Wiltshire
Three places within a short drive of Corsham: Great Chalfield Manor as Killewarren, Corsham's honey-stone High Street as Truro, and the lake at Bowood as London's Hyde Park.
Great Chalfield Manor
Killewarren, the Penvenen home
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Corsham High Street
Truro street scenes
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Bowood House and Gardens lake
Hyde Park and the Serpentine, London
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Gloucestershire
Three historic houses north of Bath and Bristol: Dyrham Park as the Warleggans' town house, Chavenage House as Trenwith, and Berkeley Castle as Roscoff in France.
Dyrham Park
The Warleggans' town house
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Chavenage House
Trenwith, the Poldark family house
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Berkeley Castle
Roscoff market and execution scenes
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Bristol
The city where the studio sets were built also gave the series a court room, a London theatre, London street exteriors, mine interiors and country estate scenery. Most of it is within walking distance of the harbourside.
Redcliffe Caves
Mine interiors
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John Wesley's New Room
Bodmin Assizes court
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Bristol Old Vic
A London theatre
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St Nicholas Market and Corn Street
Exterior of Ross's London lodgings and other London street scenes
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Ashton Court Estate
Country estate scenery
See the location →Other places connected with the production
These are documented but either private, too broad for a useful visit or only briefly used, so they do not have their own pages.
- The Bottle Yard Studios, Bristol
Nampara and Trenwith interiors, the Red Lion, the Sawle Kiddley, Ross's London lodgings and a House of Commons replica. A working film studio in Whitchurch, south Bristol. It does not run public Poldark tours.
- Nampara farmhouse
Exterior of Ross and Demelza's home. A private farmhouse. This guide gives no location or directions; the interiors were studio sets.
- Dwight Enys's clifftop cottage
Dwight's home near the coast. A private cottage near Gunwalloe. Please do not seek it out; enjoy Church Cove instead.
- Bristol Beacon (formerly Colston Hall)
Period interiors in series 4. Bristol's concert hall on Trenchard Street. Bristol Film Office lists filming here for series 4; the hall can be seen by booking a concert.
- Leigh Court, Abbots Leigh
Series 5 filming. A Georgian mansion near Bristol used as a private events and wedding venue, with no general public access.
- Redland Church, Bristol
Series 5 filming. A Georgian parish church on Redland Green. It is a working church; check service and open times before visiting.
- Ashton Hill Plantation
Woodland scenes in series 5. Woodland on the edge of Bristol near Abbots Leigh. Check local footpath maps for public access.