TV show sets: More Britons holidaying at the locations of their favourite programmes
Add to My Stories They are known as the TV tourists and they love nothing more than visiting the sites where the magic of their favourite show happens.Nine million fans have visited the locations of Downton Abbey and Lark Rise to Candleford in the last year and 22 million more people plan to make the journey to the real-life set of iconic television shows, according to a new report.One in 10 Britons want to visit Highclere Castle in Berkshire, where ITV's Downton Abbey is filmed, a 400 per cent rise in visitor numbers for the property, which belongs to the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon. 
Other areas of Britain are hoping recent television programmes will afford them the same success as Holmf! irth and Turville as more people chose to holiday close to home.Fans of BBC miniseries The Crimson Petal and the White could soon be heading to Rochester to see the real-life locations from the show.And the village of Rode in Somerset could discover a new popularity as the setting for ITV's The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.
The real Downton Abbey: Highclere Castle is boomingBut it's not just grand buildings that tempt tourists. South Wales is expecting 3.1 million visitors to Barry Island, where both Gavin and Stacey and Being Human are were filmed, according to motoring and leisure association CSMA.And Cardiff has welcomed nearly two million Doctor Who fans keen to explore the part of the Whoniverse where the award-winning series is filmed.British TV locations have long been favourite day-trip destinations. The Yorkshire village of Holmfirth does a roaring trade welcoming Last of the Summer Wine fans.And Buckinghamshire's picture-perfect village of Turville attracts Vicar of Dibley aficionados, despite the series ending five years ago.
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Other areas of Britain are hoping recent television programmes will afford them the same success as Holmf! irth and Turville as more people chose to holiday close to home.Fans of BBC miniseries The Crimson Petal and the White could soon be heading to Rochester to see the real-life locations from the show.And the village of Rode in Somerset could discover a new popularity as the setting for ITV's The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.
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