Which film and TV sets can I visit in Derbyshire and the Peak District?

Jane Eyre filming. Credit Visit Peak District

Hardwick Hall. Credit Visit Peak District

Chatsworth House. Credit Visit Peak District

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Which film and TV sets can I visit in Derbyshire and the Peak District?

From Hollywood blockbusters like Mission Impossible to timeless classics like Jane Eyre, Derbyshire and the Peak District National Park have been the backdrop to many movies and TV programmes.

Notable Movies filmed in Derbyshire and the Peak District include:

• Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (Movie). This new 2026 movie starring Cillian Murphy was filmed at the National Trust property Calke Abbey. Many areas of the house and stables remain largely unrestored, so it was the perfect backdrop for the feature film. Filming took place inside the house in various rooms as well as in the stables (which is heavily featured in the promotional trailer), at middle lodge and in the surrounding parkland. 
• The Princess Bride (Movie). This iconic Rob Reiner movie starring Carey Elwes and Robin Wright used many locations in Derbyshire including Haddon Hall for both the interior and exterior of Prince Humperdinck’s castle, Robin Hood's Stride for Westley and Fezzik duel, Lathkill Dale for the "Battle of Wits" scene, Cave Dale for the "Cliffs of Insanity" and Bradley Rocks as Buttercup's farm.
• Pride and Prejudice (Movie). In the 2006 film starring Kiera Knightley, Mr Darcy’s Pemberley was filmed both internally and externally at Chatsworth House. Haddon Hall was also used for some interior filming. The famous scene of Elizabeth Bennet standing on a cliff edge admiring the view was filmed at Stanage Edge and is widely recreated by visitors. To reminisce about the BBC TV adaptation, you could pay a visit to Lyme Park and see where actor Colin Firth (Mr Darcy) emerged, dripping wet in a white shirt and breeches.
• Jane Eyre (Movie). The 2011 film starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender utilized the Peak District's dramatic, historic landscapes for several scenes. Haddon Hall was the primary location for Mr. Rochester’s Thornfield Hall, the grounds at Chatsworth House were used for the scene where Jane first meets Rochester, White Edge Lodge (Longshaw Estate) represented Moor House and Wingfield Manor was used for the ruins of Thornfield Hall after the fire.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Movie). The 2010 movie used the National Trust’s Hardwick Hall as the setting for the family home of Harry Potter's nemesis Draco Malfoy of Slytherin House. The Hall’s exterior, with its distinctive towers and large windows, was filmed by helicopter and used to represent the dark and sinister Malfoy Manor.
• Mission: Impossible (Movies). Back in 2015 Ladybower Reservoir's giant 'plug hole' was used in scenes for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015). The 2023 film Dead Reckoning Part One was partially shot in a quarry in Stoney Middleton for the film's dramatic ending where a replica train was driven over a cliff and plunged into the quarry below. For The Final Reckoning (2025), they also filmed underground tunnel scenes at a quarry near Middleton in Wirksworth.
• Mary Queen of Scots (Movie). The 2018 movie starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie was predominately filmed at the National Trust property Hardwick Hall near Chesterfield and the Medieval Haddon Hall near Bakewell. In real life, Mary was held at Wingfield Manor.
• Dead Man’s Shoes (Movie). The 2004 Shane Meadow’s Classic film starring Paddy Considine, was filmed predominantly in Matlock with a focus on Riber Castle. Other filming locations include Bonsall, Ashover, Darley Dale, Beeley Moor and nearby Flash Lane.
• The Duchess (Movie). This 2008 movie starring Kiera Knightley was based on the Duchess of Devonshire and was predominately filmed at Chatsworth House. It showcased the Derbyshire’s grand stately homes to represent 18th-century London and aristocratic estates. Key filming locations included Kedleston Hall (near Derby) and the actual Devonshire family home, Chatsworth House.
• The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie). The 2008 historical romantic film starred Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana. It is a fictionalised account of the lives of Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII, and her sister, Anne, who became the monarch's ill-fated second wife. It was largely filmed at Haddon Hall, near Bakewell as well as picturesque spots including Dovedale and Cavedale.
• Elizabeth (Movie). The 1998 film Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett, used the medieval manor Haddon Hall as a key filming location, both internally and externally due to its authentic and unspoiled appearance.
• The Dam Busters (Movie). The real 617 Dam Busters trained in the Upper Derwent Valley reservoirs in 1943 because of their similarity to German Dams. The film recreated the low-level flying in Lancaster Bombers for raids on German dams in the Second World War.

Notable TV Programmes filmed in Derbyshire and the Peak District include:

• Run Away (TV 2025). Netflix’s recent Harlan Coben series stars James Nesbitt and Minnie Driver and was partially filmed at Thornbridge Hall, near Bakewell for the scenes showing the headquarters of cult group Shining Haven.
• House of the Dragon (TV 2022-2026). This Netflix show is a prequel series set roughly 200 years before the originalGames of Thrones. It stars Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Paddy Considine and Olivis Cooke and was filmed around Castleton, Peveril Castle and Cave Dale in the Peak District.
• Peaky Blinders (TV 2013-2022). The finale of the iconic series shows Tommy Shelby outside of his gypsy caravan overlooking the Dragon’s Back (Chrome Hill) near Hollinsclough, Buxton.
• Hunted (TV 2015 - 2026). This reality TV show was recently filmed at Darwin Forest! Did they get captured from their hot tub?
• Peak Practice (TV 1993-2002). This long running medical ITV programme originally starred Kevin Whately, Amanda Burton and Simon Shepherd and was based around GP surgery in Cardale – a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District
  was set in Crich (with the chip shop still named after the fictional village of Cardale) and around many local towns and villages.
• Jane Eyre (TV 2006). The acclaimed BBC Jane EyreTV mini-series was primarily filmed at medieval Haddon Hall as Thornfield Hall. Other key locations included Dovedale, Hathersage and the dramatic Peak District moorlands. 
• Pride and Prejudice (TV 1996). In the BBC TV adaptation, Colin Firth (Mr Darcy) emerged, dripping wet in a white shirt and breeches at Lyme Park.

Why Darwin Forest is the perfect place to stay to visit TV and Movie Sets in the Derbyshire Peak District? 

Darwin Forest is ideally located between Matlock, Bakewell and Chesterfield meaning that is ideally located between many TV and Movie sets. Whether you want to visit the National Trust properties such as Hardwick Hall, Stately Homes such as Chatsworth House or Haddon Hall or the dramatic landscapes of the Peak District such as Stanage Edge, all are easily accessible from our lodge holiday park.