Poldark Places – Warmley village

  Location filming appears to be taking place around the South Gloucestershire village of Warmley today we are hearing. 

  Warmley is a village to the east of Kigswood on the outskirts of Bristol, which was home to the 18th century metallurgist, William Champion who patented a process to distill zinc metal from calamine using charcoal in a smelter. In 1746 William constructed the Warmley Works in the village, which became the biggest metal processing plant in the world. 

 Warmley House, home to the Champion family and Warmley District Council, is now a retirement home – the gardens there being a rare example of an 18th century industrialist’s garden. 

     

Warmley House photo credit Paul Towsend

Warmley House photo credit Paul Towsend

Warmly House photo credit kingswoodmuseum.org

Warmly House photo credit kingswoodmuseum.org

Warmley Clock Tower photo credit warmleyclocktower.org.uk

Warmley Clock Tower photo credit warmleyclocktower.org.uk

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