11 A33 A339 18 Hawley Basingstoke Aldershot Highclere Castle A34 M3 Andover A303 16 From period dramas to action movies, Alton A31 Alice Holt Forest Hampshire locations have set the scene for a wide variety of productions. Mid Hants Railway 3 Let the silver screen be your Houghton Lodge inspiration for making the 2 Winchester College 5 fictional a reality and visit Winchester 15 these Hampshire stars. Jane Austen’s House 21 14 Elizabeth: The Golden Age 12 A3 Villages of the Test Valley Hospital of St Cross Petersfield Romsey 20 Winchester Cathedral 17 1 Sahara Romsey Southampton Horndean Butser Ancient Farm 8 Breamore House A31 SS Shieldhall Portsmouth 9 Historic Dockyard A3M 19 M27 Ringwood Southampton Children of Men 6 Gosport 13 Portsmouth Hamble Lymington 7 10 National Motor Museum, Beaulieu 4 D Day Museum & Produced by Starfish Royal Marines Museum www.starfishdesign.co.uk The Da Vinci Code Osborne House South Parade Pier (August 2009) COUNTRY HOUSES UNIQUE HISTORIC BEACH & COUNTRY 1 Breamore House, Nr Fordingbridge 5 Mid Hants Railway ‘Watercress Line’ 10 D-Day Museum & Royal Marines Museum 16 Alice Holt Forest, Nr Farnham www.breamorehouse.com www.watercressline.co.uk www.ddaymuseum.co.uk www.forestry.gov.uk/aliceholt Elizabethan Breamore House provided the film set for The Mid Hants Railway has been featured in many films, www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk Follow in the footsteps of feature films Gladiator (2000) and television drama Children of the New Forest (1998). The dramas and documentaries including Children of Men Both the D-Day Museum and Royal Marines Museum in the Golden Compass (2007) which had scenes filmed in 1583 Manor House, the countryside museum and the (2006), starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Portsmouth gave advice to the makers of Spielberg’s epic the forest at Alice Holt. Walk, cycle, play or have a picnic surrounding Tudor village are a fascinating location to visit. Caine. The Watercress Line will transport you back to the Saving Private Ryan (1998). The Royal Marines Museum in these lovely woods. Experience life in the trees with Go 1950s when steam still reigned supreme. The beautiful route also provided advice for the film Master and Commander: Ape, take a relaxing break in our café and finish your visit runs from Alresford to Alton. The Far Side of the World (2003), and featured prominently with a quiet stroll in one of the more remote parts of the Houghton Lodge, Stockbridge 2 in The Cockleshell Heroes (1955). Forest. www.houghtonlodge.co.uk A haven of peace in the tranquil and unspoiled surroundings 6 National Motor Museum, Beaulieu www.beaulieu.co.uk 11 Highclere Castle 17 Butser Ancient Farm, Petersfield of the River Test Houghton Lodge was a location in Wilde www.highclerecastle.co.uk www.butserancientfarm.co.uk (1997) with Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde and Jude Law as Bond lovers will be in 007 heaven at the National Motor Lord Alfred Douglas. The wonderful costume drama of Edith Museum in Beaulieu which has an extensive collection of Highclere Castle has been from Hollywood in Robin Hood: Discover Hampshire’s very own Time Team at this Wharton’s book ‘The Buccaneers’(1995) was also shot here, authentic Bond vehicles; from the Jaguar XKR Roadster Prince of Thieves (1991), Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and as fascinating Archaeological Centre. the pier by the river was built especially for this production used in ‘Die Another Day’(2002) to the world’s first jet ski the imposing Mistlethwaite Manor in the 1987 version of The Secret Garden to Bollywood starring as the residence and it still remains today. used in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’(1997). 18 Hawley of Raichand family in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. This Walking around this area near Farnborough you may be stunning castle on the North Hampshire border is sure to be Jane Austen’s House, Chawton able to recognise locations from the opening scenes of 3 on a movie fans must-see list. www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk Sahara (2005) which was filmed at Hawley Lake and Die Another Day (2002) which turned the Hawley Bear Pit Jane Austen, one of the world’s most famous authors, spent Hospital of St Cross, Winchester most of her life in Hampshire, a story re-told in Becoming 12 into the North-South Korean border. Nearby Minley Manor Jane (2007). Visit the countryside where Jane Austen found www.stcross.f2s.com was used as a location in the 2007 Victorian Fantasy movie inspiration to write such classics as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Nestled in the water meadows alongside the River Itchen, in the Stardust, starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility which have also been shadow of St Catherine’s Hill and only 20 minutes walk from the Please note this area is a military training area and is subject to the relevant by-laws. celebrated on screen. She spent the last eight years of her life in centre of Winchester, lies the unique Hospital of St Cross. The Chawton in the 17th century house which is now preserved in ancient medieval buildings that have provided food and shelter for her memory and she is buried in Winchester Cathedral. hundreds of years have been used for part of the BBC’s Medieval 19 The River Hamble season and more recently The Day of the Triffids. 7 South Parade Pier, Portsmouth (Hamble, Bursledon & Swanwick) www.southparadepier.co.uk www.hamblevalley.com 13 Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Enjoy a river cruise along the River Hamble, home to South Parade Pier along with many other parts of www.historicdockyard.co.uk Portsmouth appeared in Ken Russell’s 1975 rock opera Howards Way, and discover villages including Hamble which ‘Tommy’ starring Oliver Reed, Elton John and Tina Turner. HMS Warrior 1860 was the backdrop for the 1997 film boasts a number of pubs and restaurants including several The historic pier famously caught fire while filming was Oscar and Lucinda whilst HMS Victory and the Royal Naval bars located on the river’s many marinas. Step back in time taking place, causing damage to the value of £500,000. Museum were visited by none other than Russell Crowe for with a trip to Old Bursledon, where the Elephant Boatyard research into his part in Master & Commander: The Far Side became the Mermaid boatyard for the television series and of the World (2003). Relive the history featured in these epic the Jolly Sailor pub which overlooks the river and marina. 8 Southampton movies at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. From there you can enjoy walks from Swanwick down the www.hants.gov.uk/titanic.html length of the River Hamble. 4 Osborne House, Isle of Wight Hampshire and Southampton in particular, have many 14 Winchester Cathedral www.english-heritage.org.uk associations with the story of the Titanic, its passengers www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk 20 Romsey and crew. Southampton’s East Park, for example, has Queen Victoria’s palace by the sea features Victorian opulence, Winchester’s historic cathedral has been no stranger to www.tabardroad.co.uk a monument which was erected to the memory of the extravagant interiors, and jaw-dropping Indian décor in the Hollywood in recent years, doubling as the Vatican in The The picturesque town of Romsey was the setting for liner’s engineers, paid for by “fellow engineers and friends Durbar Room. However, Osborne was also built as a family Da Vinci Code (2006) and featuring in Elizabeth: The Golden the Ruth Rendell Inspector Wexford series. The town’s throughout the world”. It was unveiled in April 1914. home and as you walk through the Queen’s bedroom, the Age the following year. Walk down the magnificent nave of magistrate court was used as the Kingsmarkham police nursery rooms and even royal bathrooms, you get an intimate this medieval cathedral to follow in the footsteps of Shekhar station and the Dolphin pub, the Abbey Hotel, the Tudor glimpse into royal family life. Here you are able to re-live 9 SS Shieldhall, Southampton Kapur and Cate Blanchett. Rose pub, the William IV pub and Memorial Park were also some of the moments of England’s longest reigning Monarch www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk featured in the series. which have been featured on the Silver Screen. The film adaptation of the award winning book Angela’s 15 Winchester College Ashes (1999) starring Robert Carlyle featured the Steamship www.winchestercollege.co.uk 21 Villages of the Test Valley Shieldhall in opening scenes and its closing sequence. Just a short walk from the Cathedral Winchester’s rich www.testvalley.gov.uk The SS Shieldhall is the largest remaining steam powered history continues at Winchester College founded in 1382 Family favourite Worzel Gummidge was originally filmed in general cargo-passenger ship in the world; it can be visited and believed to be the oldest continuously running school Hampshire villages including Stockbridge, Kings Somborne at its home in Southampton. in the country. The College has been a filming location for and Braishfield. Follow the annual scarecrow trail in nearby Goodbye Mr Chips (2002), starring Martin Clunes and later Mottisfont and take in the stunning Abbey and Gardens at in 2006 for National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of the same time. Taj doubling up as ‘Camford University’..