Due to the Doctor’s heavy
workload at the moment, and new wardrobe, I’ve taken up the reins of this Page
for the time being.
Much of these locations
are using Roald Dahl Plass as the starting point or Cardiff in general.
Depending where you're located, you can use Satnav or other apps to locate your
destination possibly quicker.
The Coal Exchange, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff
Bay
Has been located several
times before so please look through past location Pages for this.
Hebron Hall, Cross Common Road, Dinas Powys,
Vale of Glamorgan, CF64 4YB
Hebron Hall was opened in
1983 as a Christian Centre, which is owned and administered by an independent,
non-denominational charitable trust. It's located on the outskirts of Dinas
Powys, in the Vale of Glamorgan.
It is four miles from
Cardiff and within easy reach of the Brecon Beacons and the beaches and coastal
towns along the South Wales coast as far as the Gower Peninsula. It boasts a
conference Centre, Leisure Facilities, Care Home and Kings Court for
Independent Living, and on Saturday 13th October 2018 hosts its Autumn Oasis
Conference for ladies, running from 10am.
For filming purposes it
acted as a Nursing Home in COE Day One for Clement McDonald
To find Hebron Hall, the
website www.hebronhall.org
advise not using a satnav for locations but rather the directions on their
website.
How
to get there:
Leave M4 at Junction 33,
taking first exit at A4232 following signs for Airport and Barry. Pass slip
road entrance to the Museum of Welsh Life and leave the dual carriageway after
approx. 3 miles from Junction 33 at Culverhouse Cross interchange. Near top of
slip road, use the centre lane (traffic lights in operation) and take third
exit on to A4050 following signs for Airport and Barry. Travel straight across
two sets of traffic lights which is the first of a series of roundabouts.
Continue straight across each of four roundabouts. Ignore the turn off when you
see sign for Dinas Powys on fourth roundabout.
At fifth roundabout take
the first exit on to A4231 signposted Sully, Docks. At first roundabout (Lidl
Store on RHS) go straight across. At next roundabout (McDonalds on RHS) take
the first exit (left) onto A4055 following signs for Dinas Powys. After about
3/4 mile you will pass 30mph signs and the entrance to Cog Moors Waste Water
Treatment works. After approx a further 1/2 mile Hebron Hall is signposted to
the right. There is a filter lane to turn right off the A4055 and after approx
150 yards, turn sharp left at the Hebron Hall sign, travel another 50 yards and
the entrance to Hebron Hall is on your right hand side.
If you are visiting, it's
likely you will need to book in advance - for conferences and the like, I don't
think you can visit at the drop of a hat.
To travel by train you
would need the train destinations for Barry Island or Bridgend.
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.
Filming: Children frozen
to the spot in the street.
How
to get there:
How to get there: By car
via Central Link using the A4234, take Bute St to Lloyd George Avenue/A470,
turn left onto Lloyd George Avenue/A470, Continue on Hemingway Road to Central
Link/A4234, continue on Central Link/A4234 to Knox Road. Continue to Knox Road
to Newport Road/A4161, turn left onto Newport Road/A4161 for three minutes and
drive to Greyfriars Road.
High Street Cardiff, CF10. Gwen sees frozen
children when at the cashpoint.
How
to get there: By car
follow Bute Street to Callaghan Square/A470 for five minutes. Take St Mary
Street to Scott Road for five minutes, take Park Street and Westgate Street to
Jones Court for 3 mins and you're there.
Roald
Dahl Plass & Mermaid Quayside
- regular place for filming - see other Locations Pages
Rupert Brooke Drive, (by No. 13), Newport, NP20
- Ianto's Sisters house.
How
to get there:
Using the M4 and by car
will take 27 mins as it's 17.9 miles.
Get onto the M4 from the
A470, for 5.3 miles. Follow M4 to Glasllwch Cres/B4591 in Newport. Take exit 27
from M4 for 10.8 miles. Continue on the B4591. Take the B4240 to Rupert Brooke
Drive for 1.9miles.
Gaer Infant and Nursery School, Melfort Road,
Newport, Wales, NP20 3FP
School
1 - We Are Coming!
Day
One & Day 2 - We Are Coming Tomorrow!
Do please note that this
is a working school and therefore it will not be open to the general public
outside of parents and children who attend the school. It's never a good idea
to linger outside of school gates unless school is closed. Unless you enjoy
rides in the back of police cars!!!
How
to get there:
Take Bute St, Hemingway
Road, and A4234 to Cardiff Bay Link Rd/Eastern Bay Link Rd/A4232 for five
minutes. Continue on Cardiff Bay Link Road/Eastern Bay Link Road/A4232 to Rover
Way for 2 mins. Get on Eastern Ave/A48 from Rover Way and A4232 for 8 mins.
Follow Eastern Ave/A48, A48(M) and M4 to Glasllwch Cres/B4591 in Newport. Take
exit 27 from M4 for 9 mins. Continue on B4591. Take B4240 to Melfort Road for 5
mins. You have arrived at location.
University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park Way,
Cardiff, CF14 4XW
St
Helen's Hospital
How
to get there:
Takes 17
minutes by car via Rover Way. Take Bute Street to Lloyd George Ave/A470 for 3
mins. Drive along Cardiff Bay Link Road/Eastern Bay Link Road/A4232, Rover Way,
A4232 and Eastern Avenue/A48. Take exit M4 from Eastern Avenue/A48 for 14 mins.
Whitehall, Parliament Street, Westminster,
London
The street is 0.4 miles
long and runs through the City of Westminster. It is part of the A3212, a main
road in Central London that leads towards Chelsea via the Houses of Parliament
and Vauxhall Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall
Frobisher
and staff driving to work.
How
to get there - By Car
you'll be hit with Congestion charges of £8 and drive at a maximum speed of
4mph.
On foot - Londoners DO NOT walk anywhere - they
travel by tube - everywhere.
So, for the quickest route
if you do fancy walking (only tourists walk - apparently), it'll take you 16
minutes via Horse Guards Road and Victoria Street/A302. Be aware when walking
as these directions don't take account of real world conditions.
Walk east on Victoria
St/A302 towards Palmer Street. Turn left onto Storey's Gate. Turn left onto
Birdcage Walk. Turn right onto Horse Guards Rd. Turn right towards
Whitehall/A3212, turn right onto Whitehall/A3212.
National Park Visitor Centre, Libanus, Brecon,
Powys, LD3 ER
Day
One Scotland 1965
Filming
took place on the roads surrounding the centre on the Brecons.
Referred to locally as the
Mountain Centre, the Brecon Beacons National Park Visitor Centre is family
friendly with a licensed Tea Room serving local beer or wine, plus teas,
coffees and soft drinks too. It has an outdoor play area with a fantastic view
of Pen Y Fan. It caters for all ages and has disabled and baby changing
facilities with disabled access throughout.
How
to get there:
It will take 1 hr going
via A470 classed as the fastest route. Get onto the Cardiff Bay Link road/A4232
from Stuart Street for 3 mins and follow A4232 and A470 to Powys for 52 mins.
Drive to Glan Tarrell for 4 mins and you've arrived at National Park Visitor
Centre.
Check out their website
for opening times of Info centre and tea rooms.
Quite fancy visiting it
myself with the Weevil.
Horse Ferry Road, London
Driving
to Thames House
How
to get there:
It takes 5 minutes to get
there by the 507 bus leaving from Strutton Ground - note a bus leaves here
every 12 minutes. Or it'll take 8 minutes to walk. As we've already discovered
that nobody walks these days, we'll give you the route anyway. Who knows, you
might fancy putting one foot in front of another *shrugs*
On
foot from Westminster -
Walk south on Artillery Row/B323 towards Howick Place, continue following B323.
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Greycoat Place/B323. At the
roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Horseferry Road/B323.
By
Bus taking the 507 from
Strutton Ground (Stop SH), it takes you to Marsham Street (Stop NS). Get off
here and walk for about a minute towards Horseferry Road and you're there.
Brangwyn Hall, Guildhall, Swansea, SA1 4PE
Opened in 1934, the Hall
has provided facilities for functions, ceremonies and concerts and been a major
cultural centre for Swansea. It's also a focal point for local government and
justice. Doctor Who episodes filmed there were Silence in the Library and
Forest of the Dead as well as The Big Bang.
Brangwyn Hall takes its
name from the artist Frank Brangwyn who created the famous panels destined for
the House of Lords, which commemorated the First World War but were rejected
because they were too colourful and spirited. So, they are displayed in the
Hall instead.
In
filming for Torchwood it was for the entrance to St Helen's Hospital.
How
to get there:
By car
takes 4 minutes from Swansea itself. Head south-west towards Dynevor Place and
continue on to B4290, go through 1 roundabout and you've reached your destination
Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
Kids
froze on the zebra crossing in front of Rhys in a big white truck
Takes 15 mins via A470. Be
aware that one part of the journey (*North Road/A470 may be closed at certain
times or on certain days)
How
to get there:
Follow A470 and B4262 to
Park Road in Radyr for 17 mins. Head north on Kingsway/A4161 towards North
Road. Continue to follow A4161. *Continue onto North Road/A470. Keep right to
stay on North Road/A470. Use the left 3 lanes to turn slightly left onto
Merthyr Road/A470. Continue to follow A470 for 3 miles. Take the A4054/B4262
exit towards Taff's Well/Ffynnon Taf/Radyr for 0.2miles. At the roundabout,
take the 1st exit onto the B4262. At the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto
Ty-Nant Road/B4262 - continue to follow B4262, turn right onto Park Road.
M4, The Prince of Wales Bridge – The Second
Severn Crossing.
The Prince of Wales Bridge
(Pont Tywysog Cymru) previously known as the Second Severn Crossing (Ail
Groesfan Hafren) is the M4 motorway bridge over the River Severn between
England and Wales, which was inaugurated by HRH Prince of Wales on 5th June
1996, to supplement the traffic capacity of the Severn Bridge built in 1966.
Gwen:
Oh my god. Severn Bridge. I’m going into England. Farewell forever.
Filming for COE: Day One
was along the M4 between 25A and 24
How
to get there:
By Car: Head north to
Kingsway/A4161 towards North Road, and continue to follow the A4161. Continue
onto North Road/A470 (some parts of this road may be closed at certain times or
days). Keep right to stay on North Road/A470. Use the left 3 lanes to turn
slightly onto Merthyr Road/A470 - continue following the A470. Use the left
lane to take the M4/A4054 slip road to Tongwynlais. At Coryton Gyratory/Coryton
Roundabout, exit onto the M4 slip road to Newport/Casnewydd and merge onto M4.
Again parts of this road may be closed at certain times or days. You have
reached the Prince of Wales Bridge.
41, Cefn Coed Road, Cardiff, CF23 6AP
Currently valued at
£1,189,000 on Zoopla, makes you realise that you're in a well to do area, who
may not appreciate a bunch of fans snapping photos of said property, so be
aware of this when you visit the Lake.
The house is on private
ground with no access to view.
It played host to the
Frobisher's Residence in Episodes 1 - 5. It is a tall white building with an
extensive garden and high hedge with a fantastic view across Roath Park Lake.
How
to get there:
The quickest route to
finding the location but please don't make a nuisance of yourself is by taking
North Road/A470, Cathays Terrace, Fairoak Road and Lake Road East to Cefn-Coed
Road which will take 9 mins. Turn right onto Cefn-Coed Road, destination is on
left.
47, Plymouth Road, Penarth
Alice's house. A few
doors up is location for Estelle Cole's home in Small Worlds.
The number 47 was changed to 27 for the COE
episode visible in Day 3
How to get there:
Travelling by car, take
the A4161, A4234, Cardiff Bay Link Rd/A4232, A4055 and A4160 to Plymouth Road
in Penarth. Turn left onto Plymouth Road. Plymouth Road is in suburbia and not
a film studio so, do please respect their privacy.
Coedarhydyglyn, St Nicholas, Cardiff, Vale of
Glamorgan, CF5 6SF
The house with grounds
covering 50 hectares are not open to the public and are for ornamental purposes
only.
Coedarhydyglyn is an
ornamental landscape park created in the early 19th century that has survived
in its entirety. The walls of a late 18th century kitchen garden survive. In
the early 20th century a woodland dell was designed by Alfred Parsons and
partners with a Japanese flavour, with a woodland containing conifers and
rhododendrons, which some were planted for scientific or ornamental purposes in
the 1940s and 50s.
The build of the current
house began in 1820, replacing an earlier structure, with further development
of the gardens during the 20th century.
This is a private house on
land which is owned by the Traherne family dating back to Henry VII. Rhodri
Traherne who currently owns the building, was worried when Cybermen crashed
through 12ft x 4ft windows of the house that had been in his family for 200
years. They left silver paint marks as they scuffed their way through doors not
meant for such bulky bodies to fit through, but the Doctor Who crew touched up
all the paintwork so incredibly well that it was hard to spot where they'd once
been.
This property was used for
Inside Grayle's Mansion in The Angels Take Manhattan, Brian's Study and The
Savoy in The Power of Three, Ealing Circle Nature Reserve for The Empty Planet,
Days 1 - 5 of COE for Prime Minister's Office and 10 Downing Street, and for
the Doctor Who two parter Rise of the Cybermen and Age of Steel and of course
Tyler Residence in Doomsday.
There is no access to this
property and land for fans to visit. Many of the routes have restrictions due
to many leading to private roads.
Cardiff Royal Infirmary Newport Road, Cardiff,
CF24 0SZ
Private land and no or
limited access
The
Hospital Mortuary Day One
Also used as Albion
Hospital in 2005 for The Empty Child, Aliens of London, The Doctor Dances. For
Alexandra Palace in The Idiot's Lantern, They Keep Killing Suzie when Suzie
visits her Dad in hospital, For End of Days when Owen and Tosh visit an
isolation ward, Owen's hospital in Fragments and Royal Hope Hospital reports in
Turn Left. plus the back of Tizanno's Pizza Restaurant in Rose, plus
Morganstern relates what happened to the Royal Hope Hospital from this hospital
when it was transported to the Moon.
How
to get there:
Head north on
Kingsway/A4161 towards North Road, continuing to follow A4161, use the right 2
lanes to turn right onto Boulevard De Nantes/A4161, still continue to follow
the A4161 and turn right onto Glossop Road. Travel on this for 499ft before
turning left onto Longcross Street. Turn left onto Orbit Street for 387 ft
before turning left onto Newport Road/A4161, destination is on the left.
Cathedral School, Llandaff, Cardiff, CF5 2YH
The Llandaff Cathedral
school began its life as an all male school until 1978 when it opened its doors
to allow girls to become pupils. The school takes in children from nursery
right up to sixth form (from aged 3 - 18)
Filmed
Day One & Day Two where kids uttered the WE ARE COMING/TOMORROW chant and
the school that I think Steven went to.
How
to get there:
By car via A4119, head
south-west on Duke Street/A4161 towards Duke Street Arcade, and continue to
follow the A4161 for 0.4miles. Turn right onto Cathedral Road/A4119 and
continue on that road for 1.0miles. Turn right onto Cardiff Road/A4119 for
0.5miles. Make a U-turn and find the School on the left.
Again, please respect that
this is a working school and any lingering out in front of it may warrant a
ride in the back of a shiny police car.
Fields Park Avenue, Allt-Yr-Yn, Newport, NP20
I'm not surprised Rhys was
checking out properties in this area especially if it's Torchwood money paying
for them. They're a bit on the pricey range according to Zoopla.
Rhys was pictured talking
to wife Gwen, outside one nice property in this area. No idea which house it is
How
to get here:
By car via Eastern
Ave/A48, take the slip road to Cardiff (W)/Caerdydd (Gn)/Cardiff Airport/Maes
Awyr Caerdydd from North Road/A470 for 1.8 miles. Follow Eastern Ave/A48, A48
(M) and M4 to Glasllwch Cres/B4591 in Newport. Take exit 27 from M4 for 10.7
miles. Follow B4591 to Fields Park Avenue, for 1.3 miles.
St Cadoc's Hospital, Lodge Road, Caerleon,
Gwent, NP18 3XQ
Exterior used for Clem
McDonald as he chanted WE ARE COMING when staff came running towards him.
St Cadoc's has been known
as many different names over the years, from Newport Borough Asylum, Newport
Borough Mental Hospital before being known as St Cadoc's Hospital. It opened in
1906 and was designed by architect Alfred J. Wood. The site comprised of 123
acres and was purchased for £16,000. The buildings were erected by Messrs. John
Linton & Co., Newport at cost of £155,000. On 27th May 1903, the foundation
stone was laid by Cllr. J.H. Dunn, Mayor of Newport. The hospital was
officially opened three years later on 25th January, 1906, by the then Mayor of
Newport, Cllr. John Liscombe.
St. Cadoc's Hospital is
part of the NHS Trust, providing mental health services for all ages.
How
to get there:
Using car and travelling
on the M4 takes 30 minutes. Get on the M4 from A470 for 5.3 miles, follow M4 to
Malpas Road/A4051 in Newport. Take exit 26 from M4 for 12.5 miles. Continue on
Malpas Road/A4051. Take Pillmawr Road to Lodge Road in Caerleon for 2.8 miles.
Filming of Sleeper - Jack
and Gwen carry Beth out of the hospital
Children of Earth Days 1
(inside and outside Clem's hospital)
COE Day 2 (Gwen and Rhys
'requisition' the ambulance heading to the base)
The Eleventh Hour Hospital
exterior/entrance/locker room
The Power of Three
hospital
Cardiff Castle, Castle Street, Cardiff, CF10
3RB
This location has been
used before in Torchwood so check back in our previous posts.
Although I’ve come to
discover that a number of other locations were used for smaller scenes in Day
One, Children of Earth, these were the most prominent of them during the
series.
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