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The real Box Hill is just east of Dorking in Surrey, but the picnic was filmed atop Leith Hill, a few miles to the south, and the second highest point in southeast England. Film locations for Autumn de Wilde's 2020 adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma around the UK.
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- Where Was Emma Filmed? The setting of the story of both the book and the 2020 film adaptation is the fictional English village of Highbury and the nearby Hartfield Estate, Randalls Estate, and Downwell Abbey.
- Firle Place, East Sussex, UK. Our protagonist Emma Woodhouse’s home of Hartfield Estate is represented by the elegant manor house Firle Place in the village of Firle, East Sussex, UK.
- Chavenage House, Beverston, Gloucestershire, UK. Just like the Hartfield Estate is represented by Firle Place, the filming location for the Randalls Estate in ‘Emma.’
- Leith Hill, Dorking, Surrey, UK. The pivotal picnic scene on Box Hill near the town of Highbury was actually filmed on the Leith Hill southwest of the market town of Dorking, Surrey in the UK.
Feb 22, 2020 · Jane Austen’s Emma has been filmed multiple times, so where did cast and crew go to recreate Georgian England for this 2020 version?
- James Medd
- Kingston Bagpuize House
- Chavenage House
- Wilton House
- Leith Hill
- All Saints Church, St Paul’s Walden
- Firle Place
- Lower Slaughter
- Wrotham Park
Emma’s new friend Harriet Smith is a student at Mrs Goddard’s school, which in real life is Kingston Bagpuize House, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. The house dates back to 1066, but it was rebuilt in the 1700s with a red brick facade and grand windows. There are formal gardens and a raised terrace walk to enjoy outdoors, and in the house, the entran...
As the film opens, Emma is bereft that her old governess is to leave Hartfield for Randalls, the home of her new husband. Viewers may recognise Randalls as Trenwith, from the TV series Poldark. The real-life filming location is Chavenage Housein Tetbury, an Elizabethan manor built in 1576 and largely unaltered for the last 440 years. Its slightly a...
The filming location for Donwell Abbey – the residence of Mr Knightley, played by Johnny Flynn – was Wilton House near Salisbury, which previously starred in two other Austen adaptations: Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Sense and Sensibility (1995). The estate boasts 21 acres of landscaped parkland, a rose garden and a magnificent Palladian bridge. ...
The fateful picnic on Box Hill was actually filmed on neighbouring Leith Hill in Dorking, Surrey. Climb to the top of Leith Hill Tower, which marks the highest point in south-east England, take a woodland walk through the surrounding countryside, or settle down for a much less fraught picnic of your own.
Josh O’Connor’s vicar Mr Elton is the comic standout of the film, particularly his sermons at the Highbury parish church. Visitors to All Saints Church, in the Hertfordshire village of St Paul’s Walden, can see the ornate, bright green Georgian screen separating the chancel from the nave, which plays a starring role in the film’s wedding scenes. Al...
We meet Emma Woodhouse at home in Hartfield, a picturesque Georgian manor. The filmmakers found their Hartfield at Firle Place, a country estate in the South Downs National Park near Lewes. Originally built in the 1540s, the house was remodelled extensively in the 18th century, making it a perfect fit for the film’s Regency setting. Visitors will b...
The idyllic Cotswoldsvillage provides the backdrop for a number of scenes, standing in for Highbury market square, Ford’s Haberdasher and the exterior of the Crown Inn. For the haberdashery, the windows of the village hall offered a view over the whole town (ideal for Emma’s people-watching) while Lower Slaughter’s characterful cottages, gently bab...
This neo-Palladian mansion in Hertfordshire will be familiar to fans of period drama, having appeared in Gosford Park, The Crown, Jane Eyre and Agatha Christie’s Poirot. In Emma, Wrotham Park (pronounced “Rootam”) serves as the home of the Coles, where Emma attends a party with Mr Knightley and Mr Churchill. Visitors can meander through sweeping pa...
Filming locations. Chavenage House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Helpful • 16 0. Lower Slaughter, Cheltenham, England, UK. (Hartfield village) Helpful • 24 1. Wilton House, Wilton, Wiltshire, England, UK. (Donwell Abbey, Mr. Knightley's estate) Helpful • 13 0.
Filming locations for Jane Austen's Emma, with Gwyneth Paltrow; including Mapperton, the village of Evershot in Dorset; Stratfield Saye in Hampshire; and Syon Park House in Brentford
Feb 10, 2020 · You Can Visit Some of the Most Spectacular Filming Locations from "Emma" These historic sites help bring Jane Austen’s novel to life By Mary Elizabeth Andriotis Published: Feb 10, 2020
