Burnsall, North Yorkshire
Season 3 of All Creatures Great and Small is airing in the United States now, and when I saw that the wedding was filmed at the church in Burnsall, it took me back to January 2016 and the rainiest two weeks of our sojourn in North Yorkshire. Gone was the drizzle and mizzle. Here to stay was a settled downpour that just wouldn’t end.
Goathland Station
Goathland Train Station is on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway line and is featured in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone as Hogsmeade Station, the end of the line for the Hogwarts Express. It is as charming as its sister station, Grosmont, though it is smaller.
St. Herbert’s Island in the Derwentwater, the landscape of Beatrix Potter
This week I read a collection of 22 Beatrix Potter stories, and while the Lake District is easily recognizable in Miss Potter’s charming illustrations, I was completely surprised to be able to find among my own pictures of Derwentwater the very Owl Island that the squirrels in The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin sail out to on their rafts to gather nuts for winter.
Blenheim Palace
I first visited with my husband in 2011 while planning a visit to Oxford, because I learned that it was the birthplace of famed Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Located just 10 miles outside of Oxford the palace and grounds are well worth a visit while you’re visiting “the city of dreaming spires.”
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Long before an 11-year-old boy living in the cupboard under the stairs ever got a letter of invitation to attend a magical school in this storied region, Glenfinnan was best remembered as the spot Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his royal standard to claim the British throne for the Stuarts.
Lacock Abbey
The cloisters have made appearances in many films and productions, including the first two Harry Potter films where they became the halls of Hogwarts.
Alnwick Castle
Today it’s recognizable as a stand-in for Hogwarts in the first two Harry Potter films, as well as featuring in two episodes of Downton Abbey.
Chatsworth House
You can spend a full day discovering the delights of Pemberley, just as Elizabeth and her Uncle and Aunt Gardiner did.
The Peak District
…this feels like an ideal place to walk, forget about your family troubles, and reconsider the character of the man whose proposal you refused.
