Belvoir Castle
Grantham · NG32
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Summary
A Gothic Revival castle in Leicestershire, seat of the Duke of Rutland, with a substantial filming record including The Da Vinci Code, The Young Victoria, The Crown, and Young Sherlock Holmes.
About this location
Belvoir Castle sits on a prominent hill at the north-east corner of Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir towards Nottinghamshire. The name is pronounced “Beaver” — a Norman French derivation meaning beautiful view. The original castle was built immediately after the Norman Conquest; the present building is a Gothic Revival structure rebuilt between 1801 and 1832 to designs by James Wyatt following a fire. It is a Grade I listed building and the seat of the Manners family, Dukes of Rutland, who have held the estate since 1508. The 15,000-acre Belvoir estate forms one of the larger privately owned landholdings in the English Midlands.
The castle’s Gothic silhouette — towers, battlements, and a dramatic hilltop position — has attracted period productions across four decades. Film credits include Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), The Haunting (1999), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980), Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001), King Ralph (1991), and The Da Vinci Code. Television includes The Young Victoria (ITV/BBC, 2007), The Crown (Netflix), and The Diplomat (2026). The castle also had a cameo in an episode of Rosie and Jim (1999). The Duke of Rutland manages filming enquiries directly through the estate office.
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