🏙 Towns & cities
Somerset
ceremonial county of England (use Q21694741 for administrative non-metropolitan county)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 51.3000, -3.0000
Somerset is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Somerset, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 11 more.
25 productions were filmed at 38 places inside Somerset rather than at Somerset itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Sixteenth-century Montacute House in Somerset was the setting for the Palmer estate of Cleveland House.”
Movies filmed in Somerset
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Somerset as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Sense and Sensibility 1995
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Tom Jones
1963
“Castle Street in Bridgwater, Somerset was used as a location in several scenes.” Wikipedia
- Jack the Giant Slayer 2013
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969–
“The series was primarily filmed in London studios and nearby locations, although location shooting to take in beaches and villages included filming in Somerset, Norwich and the island of Jersey.” Wikipedia
- 28 Years Later 2025
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Hot Fuzz
2007
“Stow-on-the-Wold was considered amongst others, but after being turned away, the company settled upon Wells in Somerset, Wright's hometown, of which he has said "I love it but I also want to trash it".” Wikipedia
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Dolittle
2020
“Live-action scenes began filming in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria in May, with further location filming at South Forest, Windsor Great Park, at Cothay Manor in Stawley, Somerset and on the Menai Suspension Bridge in North West Wales, in June.” Wikipedia
- A Hard Day's Night 1964
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Pride and Prejudice
1995–
“Wickham's and Georgiana's planned elopement in Ramsgate was filmed in the English seaside resort Weston-super-Mare in Somerset.” Wikipedia
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The Libertine
2004
“The setting for Rochester's home of Adderbury house was filmed on location at Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset and Charlecote Park, Warwickshire.” Wikipedia
- A Good Girl's Guide To Murder 2024–
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Somerset
25 productions shot at 38 places inside Somerset, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Somerset itself.
- Doctor Who Leigh Court 1963–
- Les Misérables Bath per Wikipedia 2012
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age Wells Cathedral per Wikipedia 2007
- The Remains of the Day Weston-super-Mare per Wikipedia 1993
- Wonka Bath per Wikipedia 2023
- Paddington 2 HM Prison Shepton Mallet 2017
- The Dirty Dozen HM Prison Shepton Mallet per Wikipedia 1967
- Bridgerton Leigh Court per Wikipedia 2020–
- The Huntsman: Winter's War Wells Cathedral 2016
- The Wicker Man Wookey Hole Caves per Wikipedia 1973
- EastEnders Keynsham per Wikipedia 1985–
- The Duchess Bath per Wikipedia 2008
- Never Let Me Go Weston-super-Mare per Wikipedia 2010
- Masters of the Universe Wells Cathedral per Wikipedia 2026
- Vanity Fair Bath per Wikipedia 2004
- Broadchurch Weston-super-Mare per Wikipedia 2013–2017
- The Canterbury Tales Bath 1972
- The Lady in the Van Weston-super-Mare per Wikipedia 2015
- Crooked House Tyntesfield per Wikipedia 2017
- Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Bath 2023–
- Casualty West Somerset Railway per Wikipedia 1986–
- Poldark Wells per Wikipedia 2015–2019
- A Very English Scandal Exmoor per Wikipedia 2018–
- The Pillars of the Earth Wells Cathedral per Wikipedia 2010–
- Steve Bath 2025
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Leigh Court
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bath
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
city in Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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🛣 Streets & squares
Pulteney Bridge
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Grade I listed bridge in Bath, Somerset, England
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Montacute House
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Late Elizabethan mansion with garden in Montacute, South Somerset, England, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bridgwater
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
market town in Somerset, England, UK
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🛣 Streets & squares
Castle Street
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
street in Bridgwater, United Kingdom
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Wells Cathedral
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Weston-super-Mare
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in North Somerset, England
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🏙 Towns & cities
Wells
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
cathedral city in Somerset, England, UK
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Brean Down
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
promontory in Somerset, England
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🏙 Towns & cities
Burnham-on-Sea
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Somerset, England
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🏙 Towns & cities
Cheddar
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village and civil parish in Somerset, England, United Kingdom
26 more places are inside Somerset — see them on the map.
Set here, per Wikipedia
Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Somerset, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement — two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Cardiff
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
capital city of Wales, United Kingdom
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Newport
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
city in south east Wales, United Kingdom
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Leigh Court
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Penarth
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Bad Wolf
British television production company
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
BBC Wales headquarters building
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
building in Cardiff, Wales
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Somerset?
37 productions are recorded as filmed in Somerset, 25 of them at places inside it, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Tom Jones (1963). 11 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Somerset?
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), covered by 61 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Somerset?
Somerset is in the United Kingdom, at 51.3000, -3.0000.
What other filming locations are near Somerset?
Cardiff, Newport, Leigh Court, Penarth and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Diliff, CC BY 2.5.