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On a bright morning on the Water Terraces at Blenheim, it is not unusual to hear someone quietly humming a string-quartet version of a pop song as they walk between the pools. The reason is standing all around them: the clipped box parterres, the fountains and the honey-coloured Baroque front of the palace, which Netflix turned into the setting for Queen Charlotte’s final ball and the ton’s promenades. Blenheim is the headline among the Bridgerton filming locations Cotswolds visitors can actually walk into, but it is not the only one — and one of the most important is a private ducal house that most fans have never heard of.
Bridgerton’s Regency London is a patchwork. The Bridgerton family home is in Greenwich, the Duke’s country seat is in Yorkshire, and many of the palace scenes were shot in and around London. But the show has repeatedly come west for its grandest interiors and gardens — to Blenheim in Oxfordshire, to Badminton House in south Gloucestershire and to the Georgian streets of Bath at the southern tip of the Cotswolds. This guide covers each of them: what was filmed where, in which series, what you can see today and which are genuinely worth the journey.
Bridgerton locations in and around the Cotswolds at a glance
| Location | Plays | Series | Can you visit? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blenheim Palace, Woodstock | Buckingham House; the Water Terraces ball; the Long Library | Queen Charlotte; Bridgerton series 3 | Yes — paid; Bridgerton film trail on site |
| Badminton House, Gloucestershire | Interiors of Hastings House, Clyvedon, Danbury House and the Foundling Hospital | Bridgerton, from series 1 | Private home — private tours by arrangement; park open during the Horse Trials |
| The Holburne Museum, Bath | The façade of Lady Danbury’s house | Series 1–3 | Yes — art museum |
| Royal Crescent and Abbey Street, Bath | Street scenes, the Featherington house and the modiste | Series 1–3 | Yes — public streets |
Checked September 2026 — opening arrangements for the houses change, so confirm on their own websites before travelling.
Where was Bridgerton filmed?
The short answer is: all over southern England, wherever the production could find Georgian architecture on a big enough scale. The series is set in London high society between 1813 and the 1820s, but modern London has very little Regency fabric that can be filmed without extensive work, so the producers borrowed stately homes and historic towns across the country.
Some of the most famous places are nowhere near the Cotswolds. The Bridgerton family’s house is Ranger’s House in Greenwich. Clyvedon Castle, the Duke of Hastings’ seat in the first series, is Castle Howard in North Yorkshire. Many royal interiors were shot in London houses and palaces. But for the richest interiors and for some of the most memorable gardens, the production came repeatedly to the Cotswolds and its edges, and three of those places are open to visitors in one way or another.
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace, just outside Woodstock, is the Cotswolds’ biggest Bridgerton star and the easiest to visit. It was built between 1705 and 1722 for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as the nation’s gift for his victory at the Battle of Blenheim, and it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. Winston Churchill was born here. None of that stopped Netflix turning it into the royal residence of Regency London.
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Blenheim first appeared in the spin-off Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, where it played Buckingham House, the young queen’s home. The Great Court — the vast entrance courtyard in front of the palace — was filled with royal guards and carriages for arrival scenes, and the Water Terraces were transformed into the setting for the series’ final ball.
Bridgerton series 3
For the third series, which follows Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, Blenheim returned in its own right. The Water Terraces became the scene of the ton’s elegant promenades, and in the final episode the two older Featherington sisters are seen strolling there with their husbands. Inside, the magnificent Long Library appears twice in episode seven.
What you can see
The Water Terraces lie on the west side of the palace, overlooking the lake. They were laid out in the 1920s by the French garden designer Achille Duchêne for the 9th Duke, which makes them a century younger than the Regency they now represent — but their pools, fountains and box parterres are exactly the kind of formal garden the series loves. On the lower terrace stands a fountain based on Bernini’s model for the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Rome’s Piazza Navona.
The Long Library is part of the palace route: a long, light-filled room with a great organ at one end and a statue of Queen Anne at the other. The Great Court is the first thing you see as you walk towards the palace from the car park.
Blenheim runs a Bridgerton film trail that marks the key spots with scenes from the series. Check on the palace’s website whether it is running on the day you plan to visit and whether it is included in your ticket.
Beyond Bridgerton
Blenheim has one of the longest film CVs of any house in England — Spectre, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Cinderella, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and many more — and there is a great deal more here than the film trail. The state rooms, the Churchill exhibition, the Capability Brown parkland and the lake could easily fill a whole day. Our Blenheim Palace guide covers tickets, timings and parking.
Is Blenheim worth it for Bridgerton fans?
Yes, without hesitation. It is the only major Bridgerton location in this part of England where you can walk the same rooms and gardens the cast did, with the film trail to guide you, and it is a world-class house in its own right. Arrive at opening, go to the Water Terraces first while they are quiet, and leave the state rooms for later in the morning.
Badminton House
If Blenheim is Bridgerton’s public face in the Cotswolds, Badminton House is its hidden heart. The great Palladian house in south Gloucestershire, near Tetbury and Malmesbury, is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, and it has supplied more Bridgerton interiors than almost anywhere else.
Its rooms played the interiors of Hastings House, the Duke of Hastings’ London home; Clyvedon Castle, his country seat; Danbury House, Lady Danbury’s home; and the Foundling Hospital in the London slums. Among the most recognisable are the morning rooms where the Duke and Daphne spend so much of the first series.
A house with a sporting past
Badminton has another claim to fame: the game of badminton takes its name from the house, where a version of the old game of battledore and shuttlecock was played by the Beaufort family and their guests in the nineteenth century. Today the estate is best known for the Badminton Horse Trials, held each May, one of the most prestigious three-day events in the equestrian world, which brings tens of thousands of spectators into the park.
Can you visit Badminton House?
Only in limited ways. It is a private family home and is not open for regular public tours. The estate does say that private tours of the house and gardens can be arranged, so if you are a serious fan or visiting as a group, contact the estate directly — do not simply turn up. The most accessible way to see the house is during the Horse Trials in May, when the park opens to spectators and the north front is the backdrop to the whole event.
The estate village of Badminton itself, with its stone cottages and quiet lanes, is pleasant for a short stop, but there is nothing to see of the house from the road beyond glimpses through the trees. Our Tetbury guide and Malmesbury guide cover the two nearest towns, both of which make better bases for a day in this corner.
Worth it? For most visitors, Badminton is a location to know about rather than a place to go. If your trip coincides with the Horse Trials, it is a spectacular day out whether or not you care about Bridgerton; otherwise, arrange a private tour or save the time for Blenheim and Bath.
Bath
Bath, the Georgian spa city at the southern tip of the Cotswolds National Landscape, gave the first three series many of their street scenes and some of their most recognisable exteriors. Unlike Blenheim and Badminton, it is all on public streets, and you can see the lot in a morning on foot.
- The Holburne Museum, at the end of Great Pulteney Street, plays the façade of Lady Danbury’s house in series one to three. It is an art museum with a fine collection and a café in the gardens behind — check the museum’s website for opening hours and admission.
- The Royal Crescent, John Wood the Younger’s great sweep of Georgian houses, provided exteriors including the Featherington family home.
- Abbey Street, near Bath Abbey, was dressed as the street where the modiste’s shop stands — the dressmaker so central to the ton’s gossip.
- Great Pulteney Street and the surrounding Georgian streets appear in countless carriage scenes.
One important point for anyone planning a trip around the latest series: series 4 was not filmed in Bath. The locations above belong to the earlier seasons, although they remain the most photographed Bridgerton spots in the city.
Bath has a great deal more to offer the Regency-minded visitor, including the Jane Austen Centre, the Assembly Rooms, the Pump Room and the Roman Baths. It is about an hour’s drive from the central Cotswolds, and a natural add-on to a day in the south of the region.
The Cotswolds’ own Regency town
Bridgerton never filmed there, but if the series has given you a taste for Regency architecture, the best place to find it in the Cotswolds is Cheltenham. The town grew from a village into a fashionable spa in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries — the exact period of Bridgerton — and its Promenade, Montpellier district, Pittville Pump Room and long terraces of stucco houses with delicate ironwork balconies are among the finest Regency townscapes in England. Walking Montpellier on a sunny afternoon feels far more like the world of the series than many of the places that actually appeared in it. Our Cheltenham guide covers the town.
For the wider history of the region’s great houses, wool fortunes and Georgian spas, see our guide to Cotswolds history and heritage.
Bridgerton locations beyond the Cotswolds
If you are building a wider Bridgerton itinerary, these are the other key locations — none of them in the Cotswolds:
- Ranger’s House, Greenwich — the exterior of Bridgerton House, the family home.
- Castle Howard, North Yorkshire — Clyvedon Castle, the Duke of Hastings’ country seat, in series one.
- Wilton House, near Salisbury — used for grand interiors; open to visitors from April to October.
- London palaces and houses — several stood in for royal and society interiors.
Planning a Bridgerton day in the Cotswolds
Day one: Blenheim and Woodstock
| Time | What to do |
|---|---|
| 09:30 | Arrive at Blenheim at opening; head straight to the Water Terraces |
| 10:30 | The palace route — the Long Library, the state rooms and the film trail |
| 13:00 | Lunch in Woodstock, a few minutes’ walk from the palace gate |
| 14:30 | A walk in the park to the Grand Bridge and the lake |
| 16:30 | Afternoon tea in Woodstock or drive thirty minutes to Burford |
Our Woodstock guide has places to eat and stay at the palace gates, and our day trip from Oxford covers getting there by bus.
Day two: the south — Badminton, Tetbury and Bath
| Time | What to do |
|---|---|
| 09:30 | Tetbury — antiques, the church and coffee in the Market House square |
| 11:00 | Drive through Badminton village (or a pre-arranged house tour) |
| 12:30 | On to Bath, about forty minutes; lunch |
| 14:00 | The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Abbey Street and the Royal Crescent |
| 17:00 | Tea at the Pump Room or back to the Cotswolds for dinner |
Getting there without a car
Blenheim is straightforward by public transport: the S3 bus from Oxford stops in Woodstock, a short walk from the palace gates. Bath has a main-line station with fast trains from London Paddington. Badminton, by contrast, is awkward without a car, and a private tour would need to be arranged with transport in mind.
Where to stay
For Blenheim, stay in Woodstock itself, where old coaching inns and small hotels line the streets just outside the palace gate. For the south, Tetbury and Malmesbury are both close to Badminton and within striking distance of Bath. If the romance of the series is part of the point, our guide to the romantic Cotswolds lists the most characterful places for couples, and our round-up of afternoon tea in the Cotswolds will supply the necessary Regency refreshment.
Is a Bridgerton trip to the Cotswolds worth it?
If you love the series, a day at Blenheim is an easy yes: it is the one Cotswold location where you can walk straight into the scenes, and it would be worth the trip even without them. Add Bath if you have a second day, and time a visit to Badminton for the Horse Trials if you can.
If you are only a casual viewer, there is no need to plan your trip around Bridgerton — but it is worth knowing which rooms you are standing in when you visit Blenheim anyway. Many visitors only realise halfway round the palace that they have been walking through Queen Charlotte’s home.
Frequently asked questions about Bridgerton filming locations in the Cotswolds
Was Bridgerton filmed in the Cotswolds?
Yes. Blenheim Palace near Woodstock and Badminton House in south Gloucestershire were both used, and Bath, at the southern tip of the Cotswolds National Landscape, provided many street scenes and exteriors in the first three series.
Which scenes were filmed at Blenheim Palace?
In Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Blenheim played Buckingham House, with the Great Court used for arrivals and the Water Terraces for the final ball. In Bridgerton series 3, the Water Terraces hosted promenades and the Long Library appears twice in episode seven.
Can you visit Badminton House?
It is a private home and is not open for regular public tours, but private tours of the house and gardens can be arranged through the estate. The park is open to spectators during the Badminton Horse Trials each May.
Where is Lady Danbury’s house?
The exterior is the Holburne Museum in Bath. Interiors of Danbury House were filmed at Badminton House.
Was Bridgerton series 4 filmed in Bath?
No. Series 4 was not filmed in Bath, although the city’s earlier locations remain popular with fans.
Is there a Bridgerton tour at Blenheim Palace?
Blenheim runs a self-guided Bridgerton film trail marking the locations used in the series. Check the palace’s website for current availability.
Bridgerton is only one of the productions that have made this corner of England a favourite with location scouts. For Downton’s village at Bampton, the Hogwarts cloisters at Gloucester, Father Brown’s Blockley and more, see our complete guide to Cotswolds filming locations, and for Downton in detail, our guide to the Downton Abbey filming locations. For more of the region’s grand houses, see our round-up of Cotswold stately homes.
Photo Credits
Blenheim Palace from the Water Terraces: Blenheim Palace from the Water Terraces October 2016 by DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Water Terraces at Blenheim in winter: Part of the water terraces – geograph.org.uk – 7097362 by Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Badminton House, Gloucestershire: Badminton House – geograph.org.uk – 5158474 by Vieve Forward, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Oak Room at Badminton House, c.1900: In English Homes Vol 3 Badminton House Gloucestershire the oak room by Charles Latham (1847–1912), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Holburne Museum, Bath: The Holburne Museum – geograph.org.uk – 5809271 by Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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