The Darcy effect: Chatsworth House where Pride and Prejudice was filmed is the most popular real-life television and movie location in Britain
It’s the stately home that fans of Pride and Prejudice will recognize as Mr Darcy’s home in the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel.
Now research has shown that Chatsworth House in the picturesque Derbyshire Dales is the most popular real-life television and film location in Britain.
In the film version, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Mcfadyen, Chatsworth was used as Pemberley after it was believed that Jane Austen based her idea of the fictional property on Chatsworth House as she wrote the novel while in Bakewell, which is only six miles away.
It was also mentioned in the book as one of the estates that Elizabeth Bennet visits before arriving in Pemberley.
Research has now revealed that Chatsworth House (pictured) in the picturesque Derbyshire Dales is the most popular real-life television and film location in Britain
Barry Island, the seaside resort in South Wales where part of the comedy series Gavin & Stacey is set, was voted fifth
Visitors will recognize the grand staircase and ceiling of the Painted Hall where Lizzie and the Gardiners begin their tour of Pemberley, the beautiful veiled Vestral Virgin in the Sculpture Gallery and the bust of Mr Darcy in the Orangery shop.
The research, carried out by gaming company Slingo, found that in second place was the village of Tobermory in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides – home of the CBeebies programme, Balamory.
The waterfront was chosen by the BBC as the location for the popular children’s television series because of its beautiful location and multi-colored houses.
The theme of the program was based on what happens in and around each colored house.
Third was Holmfirth, the Yorkshire village where Last of the Summer Wine was set and filmed, while Leeds Castle in Kent was named fourth most popular after it was used as the setting for the Shakespeare film The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses from 2016. starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Hugh Bonneville.
And even Barry Island, the seaside resort in South Wales where part of the comedy series Gavin & Stacey is set, was voted fifth.
It is home to Stacey West and her family and features an amusement arcade and fun park.
There was previously a Butlins resort there, but it closed in 1996 after 30 years.
