The postcard pretty setting was used as a film location for the award-winning Shakespeare movie Hamnet
13:39, 15 Jan 2026
Golden Globe-winning film Hamnet has just launched in cinemas across the UK but did you know that a lot of it was actually filmed right here in the Midlands?
There's a small black and white village just 90 minutes from Birmingham where you can feel like you're stepping back into Shakespeare's time.
It's easy to see why Hollywood descended on Weobley in Herefordshire back in the summer of 2024, bringing 300 cast and crew to shoot the film about Shakespeare and the death of his 11-year-old son Hamnet.
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Pronounced 'weblee', head here for a day out to discover timber-framed buildings, cruck cottages and Wealden houses - and look out for a pink and black house too.
There's a new walking trail to help you see the places where the movie was filmed, such as where Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his wife Anne / Agnes (Jessie Buckley) embrace with their children, and where Agnes strolls through the village with her brother, Bartholomew (Joe Alwyn).
Check out Visit Herefordshire's Through Tudor Landscapes Guide - a pocket guide you can download to follow the film's footsteps through Herefordshire’s cinematic hotspots.
It includes where to ‘bed down beneath Tudor beams’ and how to step into Shakespeare’s world with immersive experiences, from hedgerow plant medicine and falconry to traditional leather craft.
The village also boasts a 'Hamnet Behind the Scenes’ photography exhibition at the library, the remains of a castle and a church with a 185 feet high spire.
There are some lovely places to eat out here, such as a new cafe called the Wobbly Badger which opened in December 2025.
Its owner Hannah Richards said: "When I opened the Wobbly Badger Café just before Christmas, I never imagined we would be welcoming so much interest so quickly.
"The door next to us became a main location in the film, as Agnes’s front door.
"Seeing key scenes filmed here was thrilling. We’ve had visits from several national newspapers and news film crews already.
"It has bought a buzz to the village making such as difference, specially through the winter months."
Other places to eat include The Green Bean cafe, The Unicorn pub, Ye Olde Salutation Inn and Jules Restaurant.
From here, you can walk to Burton Hill, crossing peaceful fields and climbing to hilltop forest, discovering an Elizabethan manor and the remains of a 13th-century fort.
The film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel took place in Herefordshire as a result of the work by the newly formed Herefordshire Film Office, which helped deliver the film’s incredible backdrops, including the River Wye and further expansive landscapes that lent themselves perfectly to the needs of the studio.
Weobley is part of Herefordshire's Black and White Village Trail, a self-drive tour that includes Pembridge, Eardisland, Lyonshall, Eardisley, Dilwyn and Kingsland.
How to get to Weobley from Birmingham
It takes just over an hour and a half to reach Weobley from Birmingham, traffic permitting, via the M5 and the A44.
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