Bay Estate, WD7

A farm location of this scale and rural character within the M25 is a rare find. Just five minutes from Sky Studios Elstree, Bay Estate feels a world away from its urban neighbours. Enter the estate along a kilometre-long drive and feel a world away from the urban neighbours, including Sky Studios Elstree just 5 minutes away.

The 600 acres of landscape has plenty of variety, from gently rolling hills and far-reaching views, to dramatic pine forests with unexpected dips, slopes and a shooting lodge beside one of the four lakes on the farm. Biodiversity thrives alongside sheep and cattle grazing. The woodland’s unusual contours were partly shaped by wartime bomb explosions, leaving plenty of undulation. The estate also has a large practical farmyard with first class equestrian facilities, once home to many race horses in and out of training. Modern stables, grass and all-weather gallops, paddocks and horses are still an impressive fabric of the location.

With over 20 acres of established and formal gardens surrounding the main 18th century country house of Bay Estate, the garden location offers a multitude of backdrops, including an infinity pond, tennis court, kitchen and walled gardens and six greenhouses, one of which is tropical. Close by, an old clock tower and estate office sit alongside a more modern farmyard with 1980s buildings and estate houses, cottages and a bungalow.

The diversity that comes with Bay Estate provides for an excellent multi-site location within the English countryside, all within easy reach of Central London.

  • Private 600 acre farm estate within the M25
  • 1km private tarmac drive and extensive network of accessible tracks
  • Pine forest and ancient woodland with unusual contours, slopes, tracks and natural clearings
  • Open grassland managed for biodiversity, with sheep and cattle across the year
  • Four lakes
  • Modern equestrian facilities, including a large stable block
  • 20 acres of well-tended formal gardens with an infinity pond, haha, pool and tennis court
  • Six greenhouses, including a tropical greenhouse
  • Country house with an 18th-century exterior and smart, updated interiors including interior pool
  • Old clock tower and estate office
  • Modern farmyard with tractors, 1980s buildings
  • Cottages and a bungalow
  • Sheep, cattle, horses, cocker spaniels and chickens

FACILITIES AT THE LOCATION

The estate has on-site farm toilets and plenty of hardstanding in the yard for crew parking and unit base. The private drive and wider network of tracks are generally accessible throughout the year, making it practical for production vehicles.

GETTING TO BAY ESTATE

Bay Estate is approximately five minutes by car from Sky Studios Elstree. The nearest train station is Borehamwood, with the estate accessible from there by taxi or bus towards Shenley.