Last weekend I went to a wedding with S in Nottinghamshire. Nottingham… sound familiar? Maybe of Robin Hood fame? That’s right, I might have seen a wee bit of Sherwood Forest. I certainly saw a few forragers searching out Elderflowers for bevvies, a lot of pheasants, and some partridges. Partridges! And two castles. CASTLES.
Belvoir Castle is just a few minutes from the cottage where we stayed with S’s friend. Wiki told me that “The castle itself was used as a location for The Da Vinci Code – it represented Castel Gandolfo, the Pope’s summer residence. In the 2001 Jim Henson production of Jack and the Beanstalk: The real story, the castle is where the giant bones have been discovered. The kitchen scenes of Hill House were filmed here for the 1999 version of The Haunting which is the remake of the 1963 version.”
Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
The other Castle was the manor where they filmed ‘The Haunting’. ( It was used in all the exterior shots and the Great hall for The Haunting.) Check it out, it’s called Harlaxton Manor.
Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire
I didn’t take these photos. I did take the following photos, though. Most of them, at least.
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So fun!. I didn’t realise just how many castles there are in England. Also, you can sleep over night in a lot of them.
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