You can’t have a gloomy British crime show without a soul-crushing local newspaper office. The Broadchurch Echo is actually a real building in the town of Bridport, a few miles inland. It’s now a private residence, so don’t go knocking on the door asking for an interview with Olly Stevens. He’s not real, Karen.
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Also in Bridport: the police station. That’s the West Dorset Heritage Centre, a volunteer-run museum. I love that they film a crime scene inside a place where little old ladies sell tea and knitted coasters. The juxtaposition is chef’s kiss. If you visit, you can buy a “Broadchurch Tour” map, which feels a bit like a scavenger hunt for anxiety.
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Hardy’s grumpy beach hut? That’s on Craig’s Farm Holiday Park in West Bexington. The hut is so small it looks like a doghouse, which is fitting for a man who communicates mostly through sighs. Fact: The production crew had to sandbag it during storms because the real English weather is just as dramatic as the fake versions.
The cliff-top scene where Hardy and Miller have their quiet, emotional talks? That’s Thorncombe Beacon, a chunk of cliff that requires a moderately terrifying hike to reach. Let’s be honest: any conversation about a child’s death would be less bleak if you weren’t sweating and out of breath from the climb. The actors have confirmed they shot those scenes on windy days, so their “stoic faces” were actually just “please don’t fall off the cliff” faces.
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