RoS Locations

RoS Map

The map below was created by Janet VanMeter for On Target 1 (page 28).

1. Carlisle (Adam Bell)
2. York
3. Gisburn
4. Kirklees
5. Doncaster
6. Loxley
7. Hathersage

8. Grimston
9. Lincoln
10. Newark
11. Nottingham
12. Derby
13. Lichfield
14. Leicester

15. Huntingdon
16. Gloucester
17. Caerleon
18. London
19. Chester

RoS Filming Locations

Robin of Sherwood was filmed mostly around Bristol (UK), because HTV is based there.

BBC Wiltshire has an on-line article, Retrospective: Robin of Sherwood, that includes an interview with Clive Mantle and the some info about the RoS filming locations with pictures from Castle Combe. Conventry Web had a report in 2001, A Day with the Stars, by Ann Morris, who was lucky enough to be present (with her two children) at the filming set of RoS in Gloustershire for a day in January 1985.

The UK RoS conventions usually make a tour to one or two of the RoS filming locations.

Duncan Buckley and Lisa Lowe have created a whole website, On the Trail of Robin of Sherwood, dedicated to their visits of the RoS locations, with pictures of their own and scenes from the series. They have even made a 2 disc DVD (PAL) of their travels, available for GBP4.99 + P&P.

Silver Arrow also has a RoS locations guide with some pictures up on the website.

Kristina Steimle has two reports with pictures up on her Nothing's Forgotten website of trips to several RoS filming locations that she made.

Real to RoS

Abbotts Leigh Woods (Bristol area) - Sherwood Forest

Alnwick Castle (Northumberland) - Nottingham Castle exterior (Robin Hood and the Sorceror), Nottingham Casle courtyard (Robin Hood and the Sorceror and The Witch of Elsdon), archery contest for the Silver Arrow (Robin Hood and the Sorceror), market scene (Alan a Dale), Nottingham dungeon scenes with old prisoner and Arfur
Azimghur Barracks (Colerne Airfield, Chippenham, Wiltshire) - Lord Owen's gladiator arena for the blood game (Herne's Son)

Bamburg Castle (Northumberland) - Castle Belleme exterior (Robin Hood & The Sorceror)
Barton Hill Trading Estate (Bristol) - 2nd Series interiors like the Hounds of Lucifer's black mass (The Swords of Wayland), Lilith's barn (The Enchantment), the Sheriff's bedchamber and one or two of Prince John's chambers (The Prophesy)
Berrow Beach (Weston-super-Mare) - flashback of Nasir injuring Sarak in the desert (The Sheriff of Nottingham), the boat scene at the end of The Prophecy with Sir Richard of Leaford and Mark sailing for France
Black Rock (Cheddar Gorge) - Uffcombe village (The Swords of Wayland)
Blaise Castle Estate (Bristol area) - various (Sherwood) forest scenes (Robin Hood & the Sorcerer/The Witch of Elsdon/The Children of Israel/The Swords of Wayland/The Inheritance)
Bodiam Castle (Sussex) - Huntingdon Castle exterior (Herne's Son)
Bowood House (Wilshire) - the fight between Robin and the bewitched Little John near the cascading waterfall (Robin Hood and the Sorceror)
Brent Castle - Nottingham exterior series 3
Brent Knoll (East Brent, Highbridge Somerset) - Rhiannon's Wheel (Robin Hood and the Sorceror/The King's Fool), Ring of the Nine Maidens (The Time of the Wolf)
Brinkburn Priory (near Rothbury, Northumberland) - Kirklees Abbey, Castle Belleme interior (Robin Hood and the Sorceror)

Caldicott Castle (Gwent, Wales) - Gwydion Castle entrance (The Swords of Wayland), wall of Caerleon Castle that Will scales (The Inheritance), Grimstone Abbey (The Time of the Wolf)
Chepstow Castle (Welsh Border) - ruined Castle Belleme (The Enchantment), courtyard and main gate (upper bailey, barbicon and courtyard) of Caerleon Castle (The Inheritance)
Cheddar Gorge (Somerset) - Little John's and Much's hut and sheep grazing land in Herne's Son
Chew Valley Lake (south of Bristol) - site of Nasir & Sarak's duel (The Sheriff of Nottingham), also flaming arrow ceremonies (Robin Hood and the Sorceror/The Greatest Enemy/The Time of the Wolf)

Draycott Sleights (Mendip Hills, Somerset) - tor of Loxley's last stand (The Greatest Enemy)

Farleigh Hungerford Castle (Bradford-On-Avon) - village of Nottingham (Seven Poor Knights from Acre/The King's Fool/The Children of Israel), gate to Nottingham Castle through which Much and Marion drive their cart in Alan a Dale, King Richard's chamber (The King's Fool), the inn that the Brabancons wreck in the beginning of Lord of the Trees, De Talmont's house (The Children of Israel), Halstead Priory (The Time of the Wolf)

Great Chalfield Manor (Melksham) - Leaford Grange in The Power of Albion, chapel at Croxden Abbey (The Cross of St. Ciricus)

Highbury Hill Woods (between Temple Cloud & High Littleton, Bristol) - Sherwood Forest

Hinton Priory (south of Bath) - Leaford Grange (Seven Poor Knights from Acre), Thornton Abbey exterior (Cromm Cruac), Lichfield (Herne's Son), Nottingham (The Sheriff of Nottingham)

Kidwelly Castle (Dyfed, Wales) - Clun Castle (Herne's Son)

Lacock Abbey (Chippenham, Wiltshire) - Thornton Abbey hall and library in Cromm Cruac, Warren Abbey where Queen Isabella is ambushed (The Pretender)

Malmesbury Abbey (Malmesbury, Wiltshire) - Gwydion Castle exteriors in The Swords of Wayland
Mells Park Estate (Frome, Somerset) - various village sets, e.g. Wickham, Loxley (Much's mill), Cromm Cruac, pond near Loxley and where Robin and Gisburne have their mud fight in Alan A Dale
Milton Cutting (Wells, Somerset) - the clifftop where Robert and Gisburne have their fight in The Cross of St. Ciricus

Nettleton Mill (Wilts, near Castle Combe) - Wickham in 3rd Series

Pro Cathedral (Clifton, Bristol) - Nottingham Castle and other 3rd Series interiors (e.g. Carleon Castle in The Inheritance, Grimstone Abbey in The Time of the Wolf)

Redcliffe Caves (Bristol) - the tunnel into Nottingham Castle (The Sheriff of Nottingham)

Smalls Quarry (Flax Bourton, Bristol) - the stone quarry in The Prophesy
St Mary's Woods (Bristol area) - Sherwood Forest (The Inheritance)

St Michael's Mount (Marazion, Cornwall) - Ravenscar Abbey exterior (The Swords of Wayland)
Stoke Leigh Woods (Bristol area) - Sherwood Forest (The Inheritance)

Tithe Barn (Bradford-on-Avon) - Nottingham Castle great hall (especially in The King's Fool and The Betrayal), Gwydion Castle great hall (The Swords of Wayland)

Vassels Park (Bristol) - Sherwood Forest?

Wells Cathedral (Wells, Somerset) - steps to Marion's room in Nottingham Castle (Robin Hood and the Sorceror), steps & main hall in Ravenscar Abbey (The Swords of Wayland), Ravenscar crypt (The Swords of Wayland), cloisters at Kirklees Abbey
Wookey Hole Caves (Wells, Somerset) - Herne's cavern (chamber 2 - "The Wich's Kitchen") in Robin Hood and the Sorceror

RoS to Real

Belleme Castle - Bamburg Castle (exterior, Robin Hood & The Sorceror), Brinkburn Priory (interior, Robin Hood & The Sorceror), Chepstow Castle (The Enchantment)
Boat scene at the end of The Prophecy - Berrow Beach

Caerleon Castle - Pro Cathedral (interior), Caldicott Castle (wall that Will scales) and Chepstow Castle (courtyard and main gate) (The Inheritance)
Clifftop where Robert and Gisburne have their fight - Milton Cutting (The Cross of St. Ciricus)
Clun Castle - Kidwelly Castle (Herne's Son)
Cromm Cruac - Mells Park Estate (Cromm Cruac)
Croxden Abbey - Great Chalfield Manor (chapel, The Cross of St. Ciricus)

Desert scene with Nasir injuring Sarak - Berrow Beach (The Sheriff of Nottingham)
Duel between Nasir & Sarak - Chew Valley Lake (The Sheriff of Nottingham)

Flaming arrow ceremonies - Chew Valley Lake (Robin Hood and the Sorceror/The Greatest Enemy/The Time of the Wolf)

Gladiator arena for Lord Owen's blood game - Azimghur Barracks (Herne's Son)
Grimstone Abbey - Caldicott Castle (exterior), Pro Cathedral (interior) (The Time of the Wolf)
Gwydion Castle - Caldicott Castle (entrance), Tithe Barn (great hall), Malmesbury Abbey (exterior) (The Swords of Wayland)

Halstead Priory - Farleigh Hungerford Castle (The Time of the Wolf)
Herne's cavern - Wookey Hole Caves
Huntingdon Castle - Bodiam Castle (exterior, Herne's Son)
Hut and sheep grazing land of Little John & Much - Cheddar Gorge (Herne's Son)

Inn that the Brabancons wreck - Farleigh Hungerford Castle (Lord of the Trees)
Interiors 2nd series - Barton Hill Trading Estate
Interiors 3rd series - Pro Cathedral

King Richard's chamber - Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Kirklees Abbey - Brinkburn Priory, Wells Cathedral (cloisters)

Leaford Grange - Hinton Priory (Seven Poor Knights from Acre), Great Chalfield Manor (The Power of Albion)
Lichfield - Hinton Priory (Herne's Son)
Lilith's barn - Barton Hill Trading Estate (The Enchantment)

Nottingham - Farleigh Hungerford Castle (Seven Poor Knights from Acre/The King's Fool/The Children of Israel), Hinton Priory (The Sheriff of Nottingham)
Nottingham Castle - Alnwick Castle (outside + courtyard + dungeon) Robin Hood and the Sorceror), Tithe Barn (great hall), Farleigh Hungerford Castle (gate Alan a Dale), Barton Hill Trading Estate (Sheriff's bedchamber, The Prophesy), Pro Cathedral (interior 3rd series) , Redcliffe Caves (tunnels into the castle, The Sheriff of Nottingham)

Prince John's chambers - Barton Hill Trading Estate (The Prophesy)

Ravenscar Abbey - Wells Cathedral (steps, main hall, crypt), St Michael's Mount (exterior), Barton Hill Trading Estate (black mass) (The Swords of Wayland)
Rhiannon's Wheel - Brent Knoll (Robin Hood and the Sorceror/The King's Fool)
Ring of the Nine Maidens - Brent Knoll (The Time of the Wolf); BTW: the "stones" were good old theatrical polystyrene!

Sherwood Forest - Abbotts Leigh Woods, Blaise Castle Estate, Highbury Hill Woods, St Mary's Woods, Stoke Leigh Woods
Steps to Marion's room in Nottingham Castle - Wells Cathedral (Robin Hood and the Sorceror)
Stone quarry - Smalls Quarry (The Prophesy)

De Talmont's house - Farleigh Hungerford Castle (The Children of Israel)
Thornton Abbey - Hinton Priory (exterior), Lacock Abbey (library and cloisters) (Cromm Cruac)
Tor of Loxley's last stand - Draycott Sleights (The Greatest Enemy)

Warren Abbey where Queen Isabella is ambushed - Lacock Abbey (The Pretender)
Waterfall where Robin and Little John fight - Bowood House (Robin Hood and the Sorceror)
Wickham - Mells Park Estate (Series 1 and 2), Nettleton Mill (Series 3)