Many town scenes happen in Truro, Cornwall’s only city. It has a cathedral and cobbled streets. But the show also uses Bodmin for its jail. That’s right—you can visit the actual jail where Ross was once locked up. It’s now a museum and, uh, a tourist attraction. “Book a cell for a night!” the ads should say.
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And what about the fairs and markets? They filmed some of those at Charlestown, a preserved Georgian harbor. The tall ships you see? Not CGI. They’re real, floating museum pieces. You can practically hear Demelza shouting over the crowd.
