Great Martyr Estate, CF32

Great Martyr Estate stretches across 3,500 acres of varied landscape, offering a rare mix of coastal, rural and historic backdrops, all within easy reach of South Wales’ main transport links and film studios.

The Georgian mansion house boasts grand exteriors and elegant period interiors that have been carefully maintained. Across the estate, a collection of traditional stone barns and modern farm buildings offer authentic working-farm textures, with some buildings familiar with film-set dressing, including a striking stone barn dressed as a pub, and an American-style barn set in the woods. There are also castle ruins and the remnants of a small medieval chapel on the estate, both offering formidable backdrops.

The surrounding villages feature some estate-owned colourful cottages and thatched properties, perfect for rural or period scenes.

The landscape is open and diverse, and its rolling grass fields and parkland flow down to the Heritage Coast, where the estate meets part of the 840-acre National Nature Reserve and the second-highest sand dune in Europe. Parts of the beach are privately owned by the estate.

Two wide rivers cross the estate, each spanned by old stone bridges, and a set of stepping stones beside a white thatched cottage provide a particularly picturesque filming spot.

  • 3,500 acres of farmland, woodland, rivers and coastal dunes

  • Georgian mansion house (interiors & exteriors)

  • Stone barns and modern agricultural buildings

  • Thatched cottages and listed village properties

  • Castle ruins and medieval chapel

  • 100 acres of woodland with wide, accessible tracks

  • Hidden timber buildings, American barn and cabin (both available for interiors) in the woods

  • Two wide rivers with bridges and stepping stones and beach frontage

  • Private tarmacced lanes and roads

FACILITIES AT THE LOCATION

Two adjoining fields located in the centre of the estate are available as unit bases. These areas have Wi-Fi, water, and electricity, with nearby toilet facilities and a heated undercover space with a kitchen. Parking is extensive, with capacity for large and small units, and private estate roads provide easy access throughout. On-site catering can be arranged if required, and there are several local takeaways and restaurants within two miles.

For accommodation, the estate offers two one-bedroom furnished cottages and a two-bedroom apartment available for crew or cast use. Additional hotel, self-catering, and AirBnB options are available within a ten-mile radius.

GETTING TO GREAT MARTYR ESTATE

Regular, direct trains run from London Paddington to Bridgend, just 2 miles away from the estate. Cardiff is approximately 30 minutes by car, Swansea around 40 minutes, and Bristol just over an hour.

The estate is within 20 miles of 3 film studios.