We all know that Nottinghamshire is a beautiful county, which goes some way to explaining why it has attracted the attention of so many film and television producers over the years.
From Hollywood blockbusters to gritty crime dramas, Nottinghamshire has been the backdrop to a number of popular films and TV shows.
In recent years, well-known actors including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Sir Michael Caine have all been spotted filming in Nottinghamshire.
We’ve picked out eight filming locations across Nottinghamshire that you might be interested in visiting in 2025.
Some are well-known, while others you might now have heard of before.
1. Beesthorpe Hall
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet was a popular 1980s British comedy TV show about seven British construction workers who leave the UK to search for employment overseas. The show starred Benidorm’s Tim Healy and Timothy Spall, who has since gone on to appear in many Hollywood movies. Beesthorpe Hall is an impressive country house in Nottingham, which was chosen as the set for the second series. Initially, the location scouts believed it looked too lived in, too clean, and didn’t look abandoned. So it had to have a ‘make-under’ to make it look rundown. They also gave it more Victorian-style features, and even added a false gothic tower to the roof. The long-running series went on to appear on-screen for over twenty years before ending in 2004. | John Slater Photo: John Slater
2. Flintham Hall
Easy Virtue was a 2008 romantic comedy remake of a 1928 silent movie, by Alfred Hitchcock. The story follows a young John Whittaker, played by Ben Barnes, who marries a glamorous American, Larita, played by Jessica Biel. He then takes her home to meet the parents, in rural Nottinghamshire. The producers of the film chose the impressive Georgian-style manor, Flintham Hall, Flintham, Nottinghamshire as the Whittaker family estate. Whilst other filming included Wimpole Hall, in Cambridgeshire, and Ealing studios in London. | Jonathan Thacker Photo: Jonathan Thacker
3. Nottingham Train Station
Oranges and Sunshine is a 2010 Australian drama film, starring Emily Watson and Hugo Weaving. The film is based on the true story of Margaret Humphreys, who is a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered the child migration scheme. This scheme involved the forcible relocation of poor children from the UK, Canada and Australia. Filming took place in various locations including Nottingham County Hall, Nottingham railway station, and an overview of Nottingham Council House and the Old Market Square. Other filming locations included Wirksworth in Derbyshire, University of Leicester, in Leicestershire, as well as Adelaide in Australia. | Wikimedia Photo: Wikimedia
4. Newstead Abbey
Sherwood is a 2022 British crime-drama series, which is again based on real life incidents in Nottinghamshire. It explores the effect that the 1980s miners’ strike had on the county, where communities were left divided. The show was inspired by the 2004 real life murders of trade unionist Keith Frogson and former union activist Gary Jackson in the mining town. Filming took place in the village of Annelsey Woodhouse, which is where the murders that inspired the series took place. Scenes for the show were also shot at Newstead Abbey, which is a historic 12th century abbey, and at nearby Newstead station. | Neil Theasby Photo: Neil Theasby