Looking for something to binge-watch on Netflix?

Here's seven series worth seeing on the streaming site that were filmed on location in Hertfordshire.

From steamy period dramas to tear-jerking romances, and serial killer thrillers to royal dramas, Hertfordshire has been home to filming of a number of huge Netflix shows, helped by the county's burgeoning film and TV industry.

Stars such as Gillian Anderson, Olivia Colman, Ricky Gervais and Bridgerton heartthrob Regé-Jean Page have all filmed in the county in recent years for Netflix.

 

1. One Day

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Ambika Mod as Emma and Leo Woodall as Dexter in Netflix series One Day.Ambika Mod as Emma and Leo Woodall as Dexter in Netflix series One Day. (Image: Ludovic Robert/Netflix)

Released to critical acclaimed earlier this year, romantic drama One Day is based on David Nicholls' bestselling novel of the same name.

Starring Potters Bar's Ambika Mod and White Lotus star Leo Woodall in the lead roles, One Day tells the story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who, on 15th July 1988, speak for the very first time at their graduation. It then catches up with them on the same day over the following years.

While there were mixed reviews for the movie version of One Day starring Anne Hathaway as Emma, the 14-part Netflix series has drawn widespread praise, with even Kim Kardashian posting on social media to her millions of followers to watch it after the series had reduced her to tears.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Filming of One Day at Benington Lordship.Filming of One Day at Benington Lordship. (Image: 2022 Netflix)

Two episodes of One Day were shot on location in Hertfordshire.

Viewers watching on Netflix will spot Benington Lordship near Stevenage in episode nine of One Day. 

Dex (Leo Woodall) visits his new girlfriend 's parents at their family estate. Poldark star Eleanor Tomlinson plays Dex's girlfriend Sylvie, while her parents Lionel Cope and Helen are played by Toby Stephens and Joely Richardson respectively.

Benington Lordship doubles for the Cope family's residence.

Welwyn Hatfield Times:  St Etheldreda's Church in Old Hatfield was a filming location of Netflix series One Day. St Etheldreda's Church in Old Hatfield was a filming location of Netflix series One Day. (Image: Alan Davies)

Episode ten centres on the wedding of Emma's university friend Tilly, played by Amber Grappy, to Graham.

The wedding scenes were filmed at St Etheldreda's Church in Old Hatfield, with the following reception held nearby at The Old Palace at Hatfield House. 

The Hertfordshire stately home's gardens are also used for scenes as Emma and Dexter meet up during the reception for a chat.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Filming of One Day in Hatfield.Filming of One Day in Hatfield. (Image: Netflix)


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2. Bridgerton

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in season three of Bridgerton.Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in season three of Bridgerton. (Image: Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2023)

As fans of Julia Quinn’s hugely popular raunchy Regency romance novels eagerly await the third series of Bridgerton in May, watch the first two seasons again on Netflix and spot the Hertfordshire locations used. 

Season one included scenes filmed at Hatfield House and North Mymms Park.

Hatfield House was used for Lady Trowbridge's lavish society ball in episode four – 'An Affair of Honor' – in which Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page) first kiss in the garden. 

Scenes were filmed in the Marble Hall, the Library, the West Garden, the West Terrace and the North Front, with dozens of extras required for the ball.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in season two of Bridgerton.Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in season two of Bridgerton. (Image: Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2022)

Season 2 of the Regency-era romp returned to Hertfordshire with scenes at the Bridgerton family's country estate, Aubrey Hall, filmed on location at Wrotham Park near Potters Bar.

The forthcoming third season centres on the relationship between Penelope Featherington, played by Derry Girls and Barbie star Nicola Coughlan, and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) — and viewers can expect to see Herts on screen again, with North Mymms Park once again used as a filming location.

North Mymms Park is used for the interior of White’s, the oldest gentlemen’s club in London.

Episodes 1 to 4 of Bridgerton series 3 will be released exclusively on Netflix on May 16, with the final four episodes dropping on June 13.

 


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3. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Corey Mylchreest as Young King George and India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte in episode one of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. Corey Mylchreest as Young King George and India Amarteifio as Young Queen Charlotte in episode one of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. (Image: Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2023)

This Bridgerton-verse prequel centres on Queen Charlotte's rise to prominence and power.

It tells the story of how the young Queen's marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton.

Series makers once again turned to Hatfield House for location filming, with the results seen in the opening episode.

Most of the interior wedding scenes in episode one were filmed at Merton College in Oxford. But the scene when Charlotte (India Amarteifio) sneaks a peek before the ceremony and looks down on the crowd from above to try and get a glimpse of George — and is, instead, spotted by Lady Agatha Danbury for the first time — was filmed at Hatfield House. This was shot from the Marble Hall.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Corey Mylchreest as Young King George in episode 1 of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.Corey Mylchreest as Young King George in episode 1 of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. (Image: Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2023)

The garden at Hatfield House also served as the setting for another key scene before the wedding, when Charlotte and George meet for the first time as she tries to climb over the wall.
 


4. The Gentlemen

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Scenes of Netflix series The Gentlemen were filmed in HertfordshireScenes of Netflix series The Gentlemen were filmed in Hertfordshire (Image: Alex De Mora / Netflix)

Featuring guns, gangsters and drugs, scenes of Guy Ritchie's first Netflix series were filmed on location in Hertfordshire.

The Hatfield-born director shot scenes of hit series The Gentlemen at Wrotham Park near Potters Bar, at Brocket Hall, and at Knebworth House.

You can see Knebworth House — and the gothic mansion's gargoyles — at the start of episode four. 

Viewers will see a tour coach approach the historic home through Knebworth Park, with the Lytton Cobbold family home doubling for Dorset Hall, home of the 8th Lord Bassington.

Brocket Hall's golf course near Welwyn Garden City features in the opening minutes of episode five. The second hole on the Melbourne Course and the Palladian Bridge can be seen on screen as Eddie Horniman (Theo James) plays golf.

Meanwhile, Wrotham Park was used for Uncle Stan’s lavish pile in the series which reunited director Ritchie with Vinnie Jones.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Hertfordshire's Guy Ritchie and Vinnie Jones on set of The Gentlemen.Hertfordshire's Guy Ritchie and Vinnie Jones on set of The Gentlemen. (Image: Christopher Rafael/Netflix)


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5. YOU

Welwyn Hatfield Times:  Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in episode 5 of season 4 of You. This scene was filmed at Knebworth House. Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in episode 5 of season 4 of You. This scene was filmed at Knebworth House. (Image: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022)

With a fifth and final season of YOU on the way, re-watch season four which was based in England.

The fourth series of the Netflix psychological thriller saw Penn Badgley's character Joe Goldberg relocated to England and masquerading as professor Jonathan Moore.

However, there's a serial killer on the loose — and this time Joe's the hunted!

Welwyn Hatfield Times:  Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in season 4 of You in a scene filmed in Knebworth House.. Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in season 4 of You in a scene filmed in Knebworth House.. (Image: 2022 Netflix, Inc.)

The production of YOU season four was based at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden with sets built on the backlot.

The Hertfordshire film and TV studios posted on Instagram: "We were thrilled to host ‘You’ at #WBSLeavesden, which filmed on our stages and built London on our backlot."

Location filming also took place in Hertfordshire at Knebworth House in episodes four — 'Hampsie' — and five — 'The Fox and the Hound'.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Tilly Keeper as Lady Phoebe and Charlotte Ritchie as Kate in episode 4 of season 4 of You. Tilly Keeper as Lady Phoebe and Charlotte Ritchie as Kate in episode 4 of season 4 of You. (Image: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022)

Knebworth House doubles for Lady Phoebe's country house Hampsbridge House, including Phoebe's sex boudoir.

Nicknamed 'Hampsie', the estate is where socialite Lady Phoebe and her rich kid friends, plus Joe, decamp for a weekend to escape the so-called 'Eat The Rich Killer'.

But murder soon follows them.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Tilly Keeper as Lady Phoebe and Penn Badgley as Joe in episode 4 of You.Tilly Keeper as Lady Phoebe and Penn Badgley as Joe in episode 4 of You. (Image: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022)

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Tilly Keeper as Lady Phoebe in season 4 episode 4 of You. This scene was filmed at Knebworth House.Tilly Keeper as Lady Phoebe in season 4 episode 4 of You. This scene was filmed at Knebworth House. (Image: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022)


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Welwyn Hatfield Times: Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in episode 4 of You.Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in episode 4 of You. (Image: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022)


6. The Crown

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Claire Foy and Matt Smith in the first series of The Crown.Claire Foy and Matt Smith in the first series of The Crown. (Image: Robert Viglasky/Netflix)

Left Bank Pictures, makers of The Crown, opted to set up base at Elstree Studios back in 2015, building sets for the exterior of Buckingham Palace and the famous door to 10 Downing Street on the backlot, while also using various sound stages.

Since then, six series of the award-winning royal drama have been made — with Hertfordshire stately homes and locations regularly used for filming locations.

Claire Foy and Matt Smith played Elizabeth and Prince Philip in the opening two series of The Crown, with Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies taking over the royal reins for seasons three and four.  Imelda Staunton played Queen Elizabeth II in series five and six.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton and Claire Foy all played Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown.Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton and Claire Foy all played Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown. (Image: Justin Downing / Netflix)

Filming on location has taken place over the years at Hatfield House, St Albans Cathedral, Wrotham Park near Potters Bar, Brocket Hall, North Mymms Park, Moor Park, and Knebworth House.

The latter doubled for the inside of Balmoral Castle in the fourth season, with Olivia Colman, Helena Bonham Carter and Gillian Anderson all on set playing drinking game Ibble Dibble.

While inspired by historical events, The Crown is a fictional journey following the life and reign of Elizabeth II, from the young Princess becoming Queen to the series four rise and fall of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, played by former The X-Files star Gillian Anderson.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown.Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown. (Image: Des Willie / Netflix)

Meetings between the Queen and the Prime Minister of the day were shot at Wrotham Park. Wrotham Park was also used as Gatcombe Park, the country residence of Anne, Princess Royal, in season four.

If you've not seen The Crown yet, there's 60 episodes in total over six seasons to binge-watch.

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Matt Smith as Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret in episode 10 of season one of The Crown. This ballroom scene was filmed in the Banqueting Hall at Knebworth House. Matt Smith as Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret in episode 10 of season one of The Crown. This ballroom scene was filmed in the Banqueting Hall at Knebworth House. (Image: Stuart Hendry/Netflix)

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Matt Smith as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in season one of The Crown in a scene filmed in the Marble Hall of Hatfield House with the Rainbow Portrait of Elizabeth I on the wall behind him. Matt Smith as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in season one of The Crown in a scene filmed in the Marble Hall of Hatfield House with the Rainbow Portrait of Elizabeth I on the wall behind him. (Image: Alex Bailey/Netflix)

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Behind the scenes of filming The Crown at St Albans Cathedral for season two. The Cathedral entrance was used for the marriage of Princess Margaret (Vanessa Kirby) to Tony Armstrong-Jones (Matthew Goode), doubling for Westminster Abbey. Behind the scenes of filming The Crown at St Albans Cathedral for season two. The Cathedral entrance was used for the marriage of Princess Margaret (Vanessa Kirby) to Tony Armstrong-Jones (Matthew Goode), doubling for Westminster Abbey. (Image: Alex Bailey / Netflix)


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7. After Life

Welwyn Hatfield Times: Ricky Gervais in Netflix series After Life.Ricky Gervais in Netflix series After Life. (Image: Ray Burmiston)

Ricky Gervais' moving and poignant After Life series is set in the small fictitious town of Tambury.

Over three seasons, the black comedy-drama follows Tony (Gervais), a writer for the local newspaper whose life is upended after his wife Lisa (Kerry Godliman) dies from cancer.

Whilst still struggling with immense grief for his wife, Tony starts to realise that making other people feel good is what can give him hope and a reason to live.

Residents of Hemel Hempstead will instantly recognise locations used in After Life, with the Tambury Gazette local newspaper office actually in Hemel's Old Town. 

The Tambury Fair in the season 3 closing episode was filmed in Gadebridge Park, Hemel Hempstead.