Filming locations in Greenwich

Greenwich is London's maritime quarter, a riverside pocket of baroque colonnades and a green hilltop park that stands in for grand townhouses and palaces across period television. It is the kind of place that looks composed for a camera even when there is none. For Bridgerton fans the draw is precise: this corner of south-east London supplies the family seat at the heart of the series, dressed and shot until it became fashionable Mayfair.

The headline is Ranger's House, a handsome red-brick Georgian villa on the edge of Greenwich Park that serves as the exterior of the Bridgerton family's London townhouse. It is run by English Heritage, with seasonal paid entry to see the art collection inside, while the exterior and the surrounding park are free to enjoy. Stand on the park side and the facade is instantly the one from the show, hedges, brickwork and all.

Half the pleasure here is getting there. Greenwich is a river-boat ride from central London, a slow approach down the Thames that beats any tube, or a quick hop on the DLR if time is short. Once you arrive, the whole quarter is a comfortable half-day on foot, compact enough to wander without a plan and handsome enough that wandering is the point.

From Ranger's House, climb up through the park to the Royal Observatory and the prime meridian, then look back over one of London's great views, the river, the masts of the Cutty Sark, the towers of Canary Wharf beyond. Downhill by the water, the Old Royal Naval College is another period-drama favourite, its painted hall and colonnades drafted into countless productions. It makes the obvious next stop on a Greenwich screen walk.