Bridgerton Filming Locations: Fans Flock to UK Sets

Fans say they’re drawn to the show’s aesthetics as much as its storylines, and told BBC News that visiting the filming locations helped them perceive part of “the Ton”—even if 21st-century traffic and crowds of tourists diminished the regality.

Tehreem’s visit to Greenwich was “misty and slightly rainy,” but she didn’t mind.

“It was a substantial moment for me to see it in person,” says the superfan, who has attracted the attention of *Bridgerton* actress Nicola Coughlan and author Julia Quinn with her artwork of the show.

A quick search for “*Bridgerton*” on Instagram or TikTok reveals countless posts of fans posing in front of the Abbey Deli in Bath—also the location for the Modiste dress shop—or the Old Royal Naval College. The show’s popularity has fueled a surge in fan tourism and social media content.

Much of this content is accompanied by the show’s soundtrack and references to Lady Whistledown and the “dear gentle reader.”

Melissa Maddock has amassed nearly 800,000 followers on TikTok by visiting filming locations. She says visiting Bath “felt like stepping into the show.”

The 26-year-old, from Nottingham, says the locations she visited were “exactly as you see on the show,” unlike other series that use “a lot of sets.”

The first episodes of *Bridgerton* season four premiered on January 29th.

That day, Alexis Reise Brodman, 27, was up and watching at the moment they dropped, despite it being 3 a.m. In her city, New York.

She then re-watched them that same night at a British-themed party she hosted, complete with sandwiches, scones, and tea.

So when Alexis visited the UK last year, she made sure to visit the show’s filming locations in Bath and Greenwich.

Alexis says it was “a little jarring” to see a car park outside Ranger’s House, the Bridgerton family home, but she was still “blown away” to be there in person.

Tehreem agrees. She also says some of the locations surprised her, especially Ranger’s House.

She told BBC News that it seemed like a normal building, with buses driving by and the noise of tourists.

And that all made her appreciate the show’s set design and post-production operate, with the exterior transformed with wisteria, the signature violet hanging flowers, and designed to appear surrounded by other properties.

Paul Elliott has been running *Bridgerton*-themed tours in Bath since 2021.

He wasn’t particularly interested in the show when it first came out, but as a tour guide who experienced a downturn in his industry during the pandemic, he says the viewership numbers from the first season made him wake up and pay attention.

When he started offering *Bridgerton* tours, Covid-19 restrictions forced him to limit groups to just six people and take customers’ temperatures.

Since then, he’s given tours to people from all over the world, he told BBC News. He even took six *Bridgerton* fans around the city on Christmas Day.

“I don’t think any of us expected the phenomenon we’ve seen with *Bridgerton*,” says Seb Conway, general manager of Basildon Park in Berkshire, a location used to recreate the Featherington’s garden and Lady Tilley Arnold’s house. He says people from “all over the world” have visited the property because of its connection to the show.

“We’ve even had people come here specifically to get engaged because this space featured in the series,” he says.

Seb says it’s particularly intriguing to see the adjustments the production team makes to the location, such as using artificial flowers in the rose garden for a scene filmed in winter, and using props and careful camera angles to hide mirrors that couldn’t be removed.

For some, visiting *Bridgerton* filming locations is about more than just seeing the spots with their own eyes.

Alia Pyatt, a 31-year-old Californian cosplayer, has created her own *Bridgerton*-inspired dresses and plans to visit the show’s locations this summer fully decked out in Regency style.

“You immerse yourself in that fantasy,” Alia says, describing it as a form of escapism.

She and her friends, also big fans of the show, have cosplayed as *Bridgerton* characters. In addition to dressing up, they also try to replicate the posture, behaviors (like using a fan), and “traditional way of speaking” of the era.

The Lanesborough hotel in London offers a *Bridgerton*-inspired afternoon tea. “Aesthetically, it’s a very Instagrammable experience,” says Jo Stevenson, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing.

Netflix sends the hotel a mood board with the flowers, colors, and dresses used in each season to help create the menu. Netflix and the production company Shondaland also approve every aspect of the experience, including the names of the pastries and cocktails.

Tehreem has attended *Bridgerton*-themed events in Toronto, where she met other fans of the series and felt “immersed in the Regency world.”

But, unfortunately, her visits to the real-life *Bridgerton* locations haven’t quite transported her to that world as she’d hoped.

“I thought I’d discover Lady Bridgerton at the Bridgerton House,” she says, “but there were no wisteria or carriages in sight.”