British Travel Journal | Summer 2020
As we went to print with our last issue never could we have imagined a world in which travel would be completely stopped in its tracks. Never again will we take for granted our freedom to visit our magnificent cityscapes, captivating coastlines and peaceful countryside. It has been a difficult year for the hospitality and travel sector, but as this issue of British Travel Journal shows many are beginning to reopen, delighted to welcome back visitors and guests once more. We speak to these resilient hoteliers, destination managers, and others in the UK tourism industry about how they have responded to COVID-19. Our Cultural Agenda takes on a new direction, exchanging theatre performances for outdoor art, sculptures and natural wonders. And, in a time when remote locations are being sought after, all you need to know about wild (and nearly wild) camping is covered in our Sustainable Travel series. If camping isn’t for you, help is at hand to find the perfect holiday home in our 10 of the Best Self-Catering Properties. If you’re dreaming of strolls along the shore, fresh sea air and gently lapping waves, then you will love our coastal specials; Revival of the Beach Hut, England’s Coast, Wild Swimming and Secret Islands. Enjoy a taste of Cornwall in our Interview with Rick Stein before heading to the beach workshop of wooden bellyboards in our Meet the Maker: Wave Rider article with Dick Pearce. Finally, thank you to all our subscribers for your support, keeping our spirits high with words of encouragement and understanding the unusual delay in receiving this issue. Together we continued to dream of the extraordinary places we can explore, staying inspired with online and digital features, and hopefully by the time of reading this issue our next great adventures will have become reality.Travel safely, and together we will continue to support our wonderful tourism industry.
As we went to print with our last issue never could we have imagined a world in which travel would be completely stopped in its tracks. Never again will we take for granted our freedom to visit our magnificent cityscapes, captivating coastlines and peaceful countryside. It has been a difficult year for the hospitality and travel sector, but as this issue of British Travel Journal shows many are beginning to reopen, delighted to welcome back visitors and guests once more. We speak to these resilient hoteliers, destination managers, and others in the UK tourism industry about how they have responded to COVID-19. Our Cultural Agenda takes on a new direction, exchanging theatre performances for outdoor art, sculptures and natural wonders. And, in a time when remote locations are being sought after, all you need to know about wild (and nearly wild) camping is covered in our Sustainable Travel series. If camping isn’t for you, help is at hand to find the perfect holiday home in our 10 of the Best Self-Catering Properties. If you’re dreaming of strolls along the shore, fresh sea air and gently lapping waves, then you will love our coastal specials; Revival of the Beach Hut, England’s Coast, Wild Swimming and Secret Islands. Enjoy a taste of Cornwall in our Interview with Rick Stein before heading to the beach workshop of wooden bellyboards in our Meet the Maker: Wave Rider article with Dick Pearce. Finally, thank you to all our subscribers for your support, keeping our spirits high with words of encouragement and understanding the unusual delay in receiving this issue. Together we continued to dream of the extraordinary places we can explore, staying inspired with online and digital features, and hopefully by the time of reading this issue our next great adventures will have become reality.Travel safely, and together we will continue to support our wonderful tourism industry.
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Author Contribution<br />
STEPPING<br />
ON SET<br />
Discover the historic houses<br />
and wild landscapes that<br />
have inspired directors and<br />
cinematic moments in the UK<br />
Courtesy of | National Trust<br />
National Trust on<br />
Screen by Harvey<br />
Edgington and<br />
Lauren Taylor<br />
is Published by<br />
Pitkin, an imprint<br />
of Pavilion Books.<br />
Priced £9.99<br />
pavilionbooks.com<br />
Pictured<br />
right page:<br />
Ross Poldark<br />
(Aidan<br />
Turner)<br />
and Francis<br />
Poldark (Kyle<br />
Soller) at<br />
Wheal Owles<br />
EACH MONTH, an average of nine<br />
shoots for TV dramas or films are<br />
taking place at National Trust<br />
properties across the UK, managed by<br />
the National Trust Filming and Locations team.<br />
From providing a spectacular ballroom for<br />
next year’s big costume drama, to a topsecret<br />
military installation for the next Bond<br />
film - there’s never a dull moment.<br />
Occasionally the queries can be a little<br />
bizarre explains Harvey and Lauren, National<br />
Trust location managers, whose favourites<br />
include "from what day will the lambs be<br />
born? to, do we have a hill they can roll a<br />
big cheese down? can we suspend a hot-air<br />
balloon between two huge cranes? and, have<br />
we any antique wooden legs?".<br />
These successful productions will often<br />
lead to a rise in visitors to the properties used.<br />
In addition to this, being in a film or TV series<br />
generates much-needed income for the<br />
location, which can be used for conservation<br />
work. Great Chalfield Manor for example reroofed<br />
its stables thanks to The Other Boleyn<br />
Girl and after Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland,<br />
Antony in Cornwall saw its visitor numbers<br />
quadruple. Hosting a film can also boost the<br />
local economy, as cast and crew need to be<br />
accommodated, transported and catered for.<br />
We hope you enjoy our selection of film<br />
locations to visit - you could even download the<br />
film and take it with you to stand in the exact<br />
spot where the director placed the camera.<br />
And, as good as these places look on screen,<br />
they are much better experienced in real life. à<br />
84 <strong>British</strong><strong>Travel</strong><strong>Journal</strong>.com
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