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Location shooting at Belvoir Castle In the last forty-five years several films and television programmes have used Belvoir Castle as a location including: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) The Da Vinci Code (1985) Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) The Haunting, King Ralph (1999 version) Rosie and Jim S7E3 'Shining Armour' (1999) Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) The Young Victoria (2007) The Crown S1 (filmed 2015) The Crown S2 (filmed 2016–7) The Crown S3 (filmed 2019) The Young Victoria source: moviemaps.org/images/1p66 The elegant Elizabeth Saloon of Belvoir Castle was used for scenes in the palace quarters of Queen Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent. This room is shown in the scene where Queen Victoria has been crowned and – at Victoria's instigation – the manipulative Sir John Conroy, her mother's close confidant, had been excluded from the ceremony. The room mirrors are in the style of Louis XIV, it has painted ceilings and panels of blue silk damask and exquisite carvings decorated with gold leaf. The room is also filled with ebony and marble cabinets from the 1830s, marble fireplaces, and furniture that dates back to George IV’s time. Belvoir Castle’s Chinese Bedroom and Tapestry Room were both used as Victoria’s palace bedroom. The Regent’s Gallery was where Victoria was filmed awaiting her coronation, while the King’s Room served as Victoria and Albert’s honeymoon suite. Edited from janicamacho.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/film-report-the-young-victoria/ Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story source: www.imdb.com/video/vi1640414489/ Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story was an American mini-series directed by Jim Henson and aired in 2001. A modern businessman, Jack Robinson, discovers the fairytale was a distortion of history. A family curse, killing the men of his family at age forty, is tied to his ancestor who stole a magical goose and a talking harp from a giant named Thunderdell. The modern Jack must travel to the giants' world to right his ancestor's wrongs and save himself, as the giant's world is dying from the theft. More details here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_the_Beanstalk:_The_Real_Story Rosie and Jim 1999 S7E3 'Shining Armour' source: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05wjxfn Neil sees a knight in shining armour riding along the canal bank, who suddenly drops his plume. He meets up with the knight at Belvoir Castle and hands his plume back, but is blissfully unaware that Rosie and Jim have sneaked in. The Crown S1, S2, S3 The interior of Belvoir Castle was used for recreating historical events that had taken place at Windsor Castle. The circular keep at Belvoir was inspired by a similar feature at Windsor so was used as a background for outdoor events that had in real life happened at Windsor. This Google Search provides lots of relevant links. And there's even a video tour of Belvoir Castle. Back to top of this page     Back to home page   This website does not gather or store any visitor information. Copyright Bob Trubshaw 2025 No unauthorised copying or reproduction except if all following conditions apply: a: Copy is complete (including this copyright statement). b: No changes are made. c: No charge is made. www.hoap.co.uk/chronicle

Chronicle entries home page what's new? the geology of the Vale the boundaries and rivers of the Vale long, long ago prehistory in the Vale prehistoric boundaries in the Vale north-south prehistoric routeways Romans roads in the Vale Roman settlements in and near the Vale long ago introduction to Anglo-Saxons place-names of the Vale waterborne transport around the sixth century Orston's early church Anglo-Saxon sculpture in the Vale why Orston lost out to Bingham and Bottesford what the Normans did for the Vale Granby's importance in 1086 Granby's lost castle the Vale's watermills in 1086 Romanesque sculpture in the Vale St Remigius why Bottesford is in Leicestershire the Vale in medieval times medieval gargoyles of the Vale Eastwell's chancel screen St Ethelburga's church other early saints Elston's old chapel Muston and Long Clawson saltways of the Vale the Vale's medieval tile collection the Vale in Tudor times Dissolution in the Vale not that long ago the Vale in the C17th the 'great and the good' of the Vale Bottesford's effigies 'wicked practice and sorcerye' the whales on the Whalley memorial Car Colston's bigoted GP cum JP the Vale's very own regicide Wiverton Hall five rare C17th fonts in the Vale pinfolds and pounds in the Vale dovecotes in the Vale the Vale in the C18th turnpiking the Vale gravestones and C18th trade routes goodbye 'Belvoir Angels' C18th gravestone carvers in the Vale Daffy's Elixir the Marquess of Granby Stilton from the Vale springs and spas of the Vale outstanding organs in the Vale Grantham canal changes in the Vale's agriculture since 1800 Eastwell's recusant priest house and chapel Colston Bassett's ruined church seems like yesterday windmills in the Vale stained glass in the Vale village life in the southern Vale 1850 to 1880 folklore of the Vale Flintham museum lacemaking in the Vale gypsum pits in the Vale brick and tile works in the Vale ironstone quarrying in the Vale ironstone railways ironstone quarries of Leicestershire (YouTube video) The Vale's railway stations Orston's famous architect Mothers Union banners of the Vale redundant telephone exchanges in the Vale WWII airfields and pillboxes in the Vale the Vale in 1944 location shooting at Belvoir Castle Screveton's giants researching and writing local history the Vale as a verb getting started free advice from 2005 asking curious questions (YouTube video) local history groups in and around the Vale Aslockton (Cranmer LHG) Bingham Heritage Trails Association Bottesford Eastwell Harby Harlaxton Hickling Redmile archive Belvoir Villages History and Memories Group Belvoir Angel Society Grantham Canal Society you may also be interested in free PDFs written by Bob Trubshaw Earliest Churches in Nottinghamshire How Anglo-Saxons Found Their Way Anglo-Saxon Leicestershire Conversations in Churchyards Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland Bob Trubshaw's YouTube channel Introduction to medieval carvings Anglo-Saxon and Romanesque carvings How Anglo-Saxons found their way Anglo-Saxon shrines at fords Meetings at triangles Rota's Land and Franni's Land Reading Romanesque fonts Church and manor The significances of square headdresses Early churches and waterborne trade Charnwood slate gravestones and C18th trade routes Ironstone quarries of Leicestershire Roman roads in north-east Leicestershire Salt ways in Leicestershire Why Melton Mowbray needed to called 'middle town' Evolving Anglo-Saxon agriculture Nottinghamshire's earliest churches Ploughs not piety? Economic regeneration in the C7th Were Anglo-Saxon weaving huts women-only places? Barrowby Until Now website Rutland Village by Village website Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland