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Is Hampstead featured in this?


I know Keats house is in Hampstead and he used the Heath so I was wondering if Hampstead or Hampstead Heath are featured in any scenes?. Thanks.

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This part of Keats' biography is referred to as his Hampstead period. However, according to some trivia from the film:

Filming took place during the Spring of 2008 entirely on location in Bedfordshire, England; with the exception of one day's shooting in Rome.

The Hyde House estate near Luton was used as the main location. Its natural gardens were used to simulate the heaths of Hampstead. The two houses on the property were stand-ins for the house Brown shared with the Brawnes, and the cottage, where the Brawnes originally lived.
I seem to recall that Campion remarked that actual house in Hampstead was too cramped for the crew and too urbanized for the film.

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