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Hartland Abbey & Gardens

Hartland Bideford North Devon EX39 6DT | 01237 441 496 | Website

Hartland Abbey with its beautiful gardens and grounds is the cherished home of the Stucley family with treasures and memorabilia collected over many generations. The beautiful 18thC Walled and Woodland gardens, the walks and the parkland provide visitors with extensive grounds through which to wander and enjoy the stunning valley leading down to the rugged Atlantic cove and cottage at Blackpool Mill, the location for many notable films.

The BBC adaptation by Andrew Davies of Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’, German ZDF’s production of the Rosamund Pilcher novel, ‘The Shell Seekers’ (Die Muschelsucher), the BBC drama, John Le Carre’s ‘The Night Manager’ with Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman, ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'(2017) with Lily James and BBC’s ‘Gold Digger'(2018) were all filmed on the estate. BBC Antiques Roadshow was filmed here in 2012. During 2019 ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier starring Lily James, Arme Hammer and Kristen Scott Thomas was filmed on the estate at Hartland Quay and in September DHX Media and King Bert Productions filmed Enid Blyton’s ‘Malory Towers’ for CBBC inside and around Hartland Abbey. Both will be shown in 2020.

2016 Gold Award Winner North Devon Journal ‘Best Country House and/or Garden in North Devon

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