Filming location for MY FAVORITE MOVIE EVER! - Chiddingstone England - A Room with a View
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- My favourite film of all time is the Merchant Ivory classic "A Room With a View". As we were on our fabulous road trip through Kent (and Sussex) I was delighted to realise that we were in the area of Royal Tunbridge Wells, one of the locations mentioned in the movie. Then I was ecstatic when I discovered that the village of Chiddingstone had been the filming location for several key scenes in the film, and Ian was willing to take me there!
Come along with me as I discover the charming village of Chiddingstone. I visit the namesake stone, check out the filming locations - church, rectory, and "Emersons house", and finally we visit the adjacent Chiddingstone Castle!
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One of my all time favourite films and books ❤ and full of great quotes. Think my favourite is:
George Emerson:
My father says there is only one perfect view, and that's the view of the sky over our heads.
Cecil Vyse:
I expect your father has been reading Dante.
😂
Ps. Hope you got to kiss in a field in Florence 😊
Yes, it is full of so many wonderful quotes! George Emerson was a very pensive and philosophical lad!
Florence was so dreamy and romantic! 💖💖
What a cast!
SUPERB actors!
Used to love the Merchant Ivory productions, nothing has come close to the scale of those productions. Remains of the Day my favourite. Chiddingstone looks very quaint and well kept. Great tour of some of the filming locations! Great story about the accidental shooting! ❤
The guy who owned Chiddingstone Castle was definitely a colourful character!
Yes, merchant ivory movies are fantastic! I also loved Remains of the Day. And Howard's End!
Excellent tour of Chiddingstone and its filming locations, with bags of fascinating background detail and lovely personal touches. Most enjoyable - thank you!
Thanks so much! The village was delightful and the castle was so quirky!!
Well would you believe I've never heard of the film 😂Tho Chiddingstone looks really lovely and I could see you was in your element there. That public footpath came in handy for better shots of the old rectory. Even without the movie connection it looks a place worth a visit. Loved the old buildings. It was a bit like a step back in time 👍
If you can handle watching a romcom, Paul, I think you should give it a watch and let me know what you think!😉
Excellent movie, thanks for sharing
Thank you so much! 😊
My favourite movie of all time is the fall of the Roman empire cause it should that no matter how big a empire is it can fall,
Great video Dara hope you and Ian. Are doing great. Stay safe 👍
Hello Dara & Ian. Loved your video. So, you’ve been to Florence. Firenze, or Florence as us Brits know it. In 1998 I was asked to work for BT’s Italian subsidiary called Albacom. Stated in HQ, Rome but it was decided would be sent to Florence. The company found my first hotel, near the station, and I was left to it. I had the street name where I would be working, looking after Ericsson’s as a Clerk of Works while they finished and tested the exchange, I was working on the main throughfare from the station to the Uffizi Gallery. Soon found a great café for lunch. Italy was still using the Lira then, loads of Lira to the Pound then. Had a great time there, a great experience when your only Italian was 2 years Latin from school. It didn’t take long to be able to recite Pizza Quatro Formaggio, Blanc, Non Pomadorro, Bierre et Aqua Gaz.
What wonderful memories! Yes, Florence is a fabulous place to visit. We loved it!
Well done, lan. That was the right thing to say!
I haven’t seen Room With A View for l don’t know ho long. I must see if l can track it down.
Yes, I know which side my bread is buttered on.
I am sure you do!
Yes, hopefully you can track it down and give it another watch! It's so good!
Looking forward to the Hever Castle Vlog
I'm currently editing it and it is killing me! That place is so massive, and full of so much history, that it is overwhelming! I have way too much footage! I'm trying to make it something short and fast paced 😉🙏
How about the first MOT 2 parter (will need a cliff hanger end to the first episode i.e., “Will Iain make it out the maze? Tune in next week to find out”!@@MagentaOtterTravels
@@andrewdoubtfire4700 ha ha, that's a good idea! We did not do the yew maze at Hever, but Ian did the water maze which was interesting!
Glad you were able to see where your favorite movie was filmed! We've only see where a scene from Star Wars was filmed (Guatemala).
I remember that! It was cool! 👍
i just checked my dvd index, i have a few thousand dvds and it seems i have a copy of the film on one of my shelves. will watch it soon.
A few thousand?!?! YES! Please watch it and report back!
We enjoyed visiting Chiddingstone with you. A "picturesque, beautiful, wee village in the Tudor One Street style!"
I think it's the British equivalent of our American "one horse town" 🤣
Great video. The castle has now been added to my must do list, thanks. We are going to Kent again this year, in May, nearer Hever this time so will definitely tick this place off 😀👏
Well I am currently slogging away on an edit of our Hever Castle Vlog. That place has too much history!!! LOL... it makes it very interesting to visit. But a pain to do a video about ;-)
Chiddingstone is one of those quirky castles... it has a story that is unlike any other! And it's lovely to walk between the castle and the charming wee village!
Merchant Ivory were the best in costume dramas ( we actually called them Laura Ashley dramas) but my favourite film from their stable was Howards End. I can't begin to tell you how many times I have watched it. As with all the Merchant Ivory productions the acting/actors were always superb.
Yes, Howard's End is a masterpiece as well! Not quite as hilarious as A Room with a View 😉
Hiya. I was lost in another world and time, thanks to you. I have seen that wonderful film, too. Talking of which, I've recently watched the film trailers and TV ads from the Super Bowl, though not the game itself and I wonder, in the US will your cell phone now be with T-Mobile and have the new Magenta Status? Stay safe. All the best to you.
It's too bad Dara's channel isn't big enough for Dara to be sponsored by T-Mobile. After years of using the service we switched to Ryan Reynold's Mint Mobile, which was subsequently bought by T-Mobile so I guess, in a way, we're still with them. We didn't catch the Super Bowl this year but we could hear all the neighbors' yelling while it was happening. They have a big screen set up in their backyard and regularly have parties back there during sporting events.
I do love T-Mobile's magenta obsession! Though I need to point out that I was obsessed with magenta before they were 😉💖
Film and television locations are every bit as interesting as the more conventional tourist sites. On my first visit to the USA I made a beeline to the Griffith Park Observatory that featured so prominently in Rebel Without A Cause. You have done a very good job in showing the locations used in Room With A View as well as a general guide to the Wealden treasure that is Chiddingstone. What a strange and sad end for Julian Sands.
James Dean will be forever linked to Griffith Park, a great actor.
Yes, I have been up to the observatory in Griffith Park as well! A pretty cool place!
Amidst all of our travels to epic historical sites throughout Kent and Sussex, it was nice to just have a personal afternoon of pop culture indulgence! 😉 Cheers! Dara
We don’t know that film at all, but the village of Chiddingstone looks beautiful. Shame about all the cars outside those stunning buildings. The church is beautiful. We must check out the film one day! 🍻
It is a delightful romcom if you like Edwardian stuff. Merchant and Ivory were amazing filmmakers💖
I've enjoyed so many films set in the UK, years ago I even had a brochure titled 'Film locations in the UK' so make it easier to find them! I did make a pilgrimage to Lyme Regis because I really loved the movie 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' that starred a young Meryl Steep and Jeremy Irons. I even had my photo taken on The Cobb posing as Meryl!
I love that you had that brochure! Brilliant! But I love even more that you created that scene from FLW for a photo! Just like me going to NYC a couple months ago and doing a "Breakfast with Tiffany's" pose like Audrey Hepburn. I looked ridiculous, but it was fun! LOL
I have been to Lyme Regis and love that area. Ian's grandparents used to live nearby. I didn't know the connection to French Lieutenants Woman! Thanks for your comment, Anna! Cheers XX Dara
Your 'photos over the hedge' reminded me of our surreptitious photo foray of Luckington Court (Longbourne from Pride and Prejudice 1995). We were supposed to be discreet, but I feel we were rather anything but! I will have to look up the movie; I haven't seen that one.
Haha yes we are like tourist paparazzi! Lol
You MUST watch A Room With a View, Ruth! Perfect Valentine's Day movie! It's truly lovely... if you get a chance to watch it, please report back 😉
Hey, I'm sure it was right next to a church, and you were just there to visit an old country church, right?
@@ians3586 Well, yes, but the main focus was the house. Both were used in filming P&P. Crazy Americans!
Ian knows his place.Lovely video Dara.
One of my absolute fav movies. Great video!
Thank you! You obviously have good taste 😉... because you love the Cotswolds, my favourite place, and also my favourite movie! Lol
I've already been to Notting Hill, so I'm not saying that's my favourite romcom 😉
Ha ha, we had to visit that filming location too 🤣
One of these days we'll get around to doing a Notting Hill video. I love that area of London with its colorful houses. Just wish it weren't so damn expensive. I blame the movie.
Oh oh oh. I remember my favourite romcom film. It's The Apartment starring the beautiful Shirley MacLaine. I was in love with Fran Kubelik. 🥰🥰🥰
If a film was made after 1970 I probably haven't seen it, with a few exceptions such as Star Wars.
I see Ian gave the ONLY right answer to the question. 🤣
Yes Ian is well trained 😉
I reckon it must have been about 1985 when I last saw that movie. Amazing cast. I love Maggie Smith. Rupert Graves looks so young then. He almost looks like Leonardo DiCaprio. Julian Sands was great in almost everything he did. It was so sad when they finally announced he'd been found. What a great location Chiddingstone is for the movie. Firenze isn't too shabby either. Actually speaking of Tuscany, that's where another most excellent movie with a great cast, Maggie Smith, Cher, Joan Plowright, Judi Dench, Lily Tomlin, is set. Tea With Mussolini. I think it came out a few months after we first visited Tuscany; not only was it funny and entertaining, we loved seeing the places we'd only just been to.
I think poor old Denys crossed that line from quaint eccentricity to full blown nutter. A totally fascinating story though. I can't be too hard on him though. Anyone that has over 3000 books is my kind of person. I have something like that myself. Mine are probably more pulpy and less leatherbound than his I suspect. 😂 Another fabulous episode Dara.
I'm always learning new things about you Shane! Yes, Denys was an absolute nutter in this movie! But it was loads of fun to watch all those brilliant actors! Just love that film. So glad I was able to visit Chiddingstone ;-)
Loved the castle and seeing Mr. Bower's artifact collection and library. He certainly lived a wonderful life. All the way up to the point he didn't! What an unusual (and dangerous) man. Thanks for the wonderful day and tour, Dara and Ian. We know you live in Texas, but be careful with the six shooters! 😁😁
Very well said, Dave!
Yeah I recommend avoiding guns when trying to talk to someone into marrying you!
The remains of the day, Brideshead Revisited, Chariots of fire ,costume dramas are the perfect escape into a bygone age.A room with a view is a good choice,
Oh yes, those are all good choices as well!
Raining again!....in Britain we have rain interspersed with some blue sky....sun comes at an extra cost...ENJOY!😁
We had mostly lovely weather... but yes, a few rain drops fell 💦
Pertaining to British sayings " throwing their toys out of their pram" means throwing a tantrum especially when it's an adult. Have you heard this one?
Brandy in a fruit cake enhance the flavour, it's all burned off during baking! The brandy that's fed to the cake while it matures evaporates as it's stored, just adds flavour to the cake. My husband and I made three tier wedding cakes for our three children's wedding. Also like to make them every Christmas but start in September.
Hello Mary! Your comment kind of confused me because it sounded like you were commenting on my sayings video, or my fruitcake video, but it looks like the comment is on my Chiddingstone video! Lol
I LOVE the pram saying! Will need to include that in a future video!
Cheers! XX Dara
Love Chiddingstone! They have a very small cider producer there, unsurprisingly called Chiddingstone Cider Co, who make the DRYEST Cider I have evert, ahem!, 'sampled'. It'll take the enamel off your teeth! But you won't know as it's soooo strong (about 12deg proof, same as wine) that you'll be oblivious to it.... and a few other things! 😂😂😂😂
That is strong cider, maybe it is the spelling!
The NHS might help with the enamel off your teeth sounds a lovely drink.. but is it capable of destroying internal soft organs..? and inducing dementia ?Be nice if it could..
Wow! Can't say I'm tempted to try it.... but I was very entertained by your description 🤣
@@MagentaOtterTravels 🤣🤣🤣 Ah go on Dara! You're dying to try it next time!!! If 'ARWAV' is your favourite movie, have you stayed in (or looked into staying in) the REAL 'Room with a View' in Florence? It's in the Hotel Degli Orafi (Goldsmith's Hotel) - can't remember the room number, but you can easily find it. Last time I looked (pre-Covid) it was still 'fairly' reasonably priced at around £300-400 a night. It's not decorated in the Edwardian style of the movie, but the important thing is, of course, ..... the view ;-)
@@shanewaterman4125 that sounds well above my budget for a hotel! Lol
I live near Chiddingstone. It comes under the district of Sevenoaks, not Tunbridge Wells.
Thanks for the clarification
9:27 The man portrayed in red and white robes is a Lord of Parliament, a Baron in his scarlet wool and white ermine parliamentary robe. The baron rank is indicated by the two bars of ermine on the right side.
Interesting! I wonder if it was an ancestor of the man who owned the castle. More likely, it was just a portrait that Bower bought because he was such an avid antiques collector.
Okay. I'll have to admit I avoid romantic comedy's whenever possible. But I did get dragged along by Kathy in 85, Dara and Ian. Wasn't all bad either. 😁😁
Well Kathy has good taste at least! LOL.... I'm glad you were a supportive hubby, Dave!
Good choice, I must watch the film again, it is a long time since I last watched it. Florence is a delight and Chiddingstone is too,
Yes, they are both wonderfully interesting and beautiful places. And that Chiddingstone Castle was surprisingly quirky! I hope you do watch A Room with a View again. It's a classic 💖
Nothing to be scalded over, must be PPIEW 😂
Ian is a well-trained husband. And I suspect you are too 😉
@@MagentaOtterTravels the wife is PPIEW
@@wencireone indeed!!
They didn't have a Ducking Stool by the river??😅😅😅😅😅🦆🦆🦆🦆
I don't know what that is...
@@MagentaOtterTravels OMG! In the past (up to Victorian times) wives that were bossy, scalds or gossips were put on "ducking stools"...These were wooden "see saws" where the woman would be strapped into a seat at one end and dunked or ducked into a pond or river as a form of punishment....Humiliating and unpleasant form of corporal for "uppity" or independent women.....The past was the worst!!! 😿😿😿😿😿
@MagentaOtterTravels it is a form of punishment that was used in rural areas for unruly, nagging, scolding , gossiping or BOSSY😉😉🫤🫤 women..Up until the middle of the 1800s! It was a see saw type machine where the woman was strapped in the seat and dunked or "ducked" into a pond or river for punishment!!! Luckily we live in more enlightened times!!
@@jamesbeeching6138 oh yes Ove heard of that. Reminds me of the Monty Python and the holy Grail scene where the woman was weighed to see if she weighed as much as a duck...🦆
@MagentaOtterTravels unfortunately not quite as funny!! Tony Robinson [Baldrick] actually reenacted a ducking in one of his history programmes!!
A vicar isn't completely the same as a rector. Their salaries work differently.
I never know the different between a vicarage and a rectory. I just know the man as "Reverend Beebe" in A Room with a View. Was he a vicar or a rector? No idea...
the first half of the movie is set in Florence, so it is not a British movie then.
Oh yes it is 😉❤️🇬🇧