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. 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

      A

    * Abbotts Leigh Woods (Bristol area) - Sherwood Forest
    * Alnwick Castle (Northumberland) - Nottingham Castle outside (Robin Hood and the Sorceror), Nottingham Casle courtyard (Robin Hood and the Sorceror and The Witch if Elsdon), archery contest for the Silver Arrow (Robin Hood and the Sorceror), market scene (Alan a Dale)
    * Azimghur Barracks (Colerne Airfield, Chippenham, Wiltshire) - Lord Owen's gladiator arena for the blood game (Herne's Son)

      B

    * Bamburg Castle (Northumberland) - Castle Belleme (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 forest scenes (Robin Hood & the Sorcerer/The Witch of Elsdon/The Children of Israel/The Swords of Wayland)
    * 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)

      C

    * Caldicott Castle (Gwent, Wales) - Grimstone Abbey (The Time of the Wolf), wall of Caerleon Castle that Will scales (The Inheritance), Gwydion Castle entrance (The Swords of Wayland)
    * Chepstow Castle (Welsh Border) - ruined Castle Belleme (The Enchantment), courtyard and main gate (upper bailey, barbicon and courtyard) of Caerleon Castle (The Inheritance)
    * 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)

      D

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

      F

    * Farleigh Hungerford Castle (Bradford-On-Avon) - village of Nottingham (Seven Poor Knights from Acre/The King's Fool/The Children of Israel), De Talmont's house (The Children of Israel), Halstead Priory (The Time of the Wolf), 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

      G

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

      H

    * 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)

      K

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

      L

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

      M

    * Malmesbury Abbey (Malmesbury, Wiltshire) - Gwydion Castle exteriors in The Swords of Wayland
    * Mells Park Estate (Frome, Somerset) - various village sets, e.g. Wickham, Loxley
    * Milton Cutting (Wells, Somerset) - the clifftop where Robert and Gisburne have their fight in The Cross of St. Ciricus

      N

    * Nettleton Mill (Wilts, near Castle Combe) - Wickham (The Betrayal)

      P

    * Pro Cathedral (Clifton, Bristol) - Nottingham Castle and other 3rd Series interiors

      R

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

      S

    * Smalls Quarry (Flax Bourton, Bristol) - the stone quarry in The Prophesy
    * St Mary's Woods (Bristol area) - Sherwood Forest
    * St Michael's Mount (Marazion, Cornwall) - Ravenscar Abbey (The Swords of Wayland)
    * Stoke Leigh Woods (Bristol area) - Sherwood Forest

      T

    * 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)

      V

    * Vassels Park (Bristol) - Sherwood Forest?

      W

    * 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")

RoS to Real

      B

    * Belleme Castle - Bamburg Castle (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

      C

    * Caerleon Castle - 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)
    * Croxden Abbey - Great Chalfield Manor (chapel, The Cross of St. Ciricus)

      D

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

      F

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

      G

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

      H

    * Halstead Priory - Farleigh Hungerford Castle (The Time of the Wolf)
    * Herne's cavern - Wookey Hole Caves
    * Huntingdon Castle - Bodiam Castle (exterior, Herne's Son)

      I

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

      K

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

      L

    * Leaford Grange - Hinton Priory (Seven Poor Knights from Acre), Great Chalfield Manor (The Power of Albion)
    * Lichfield - Hinton Priory (Herne's Son)

      N

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

      P

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

      R

    * Ravenscar Abbey - Wells Cathedral (steps, main hall, crypt), St Michael's Mount, Barton Hill Trading Estate (black mass), Malmesbury Abbey? (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!

      S

    * 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)

      T

    * 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 Locksley's last stand - Draycott Sleights (The Greatest Enemy)

      W

    * 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 - Nettleton Mill, Mells Park Estate

      U

    * Uffcombe - Black Rock (The Swords of Wayland)