Film set to lure visitors - Local - Sheffield Telegraph

THE Peak District is bracing itself for a tourism windfall following next week’s release of Jane Eyre in the U.K. Medieval Haddon was the obvious choice when director Cary Fukunaga was looking for a suitable Thornfield Hall.Charlotte Brontë visited Hathersage in 1845 and is thought to have based much of her novel on landmarks she encountered in the area.Haddon is no stranger to the role – it was cast as Thornfield by Franco Zeffirelli in 1996 and ten years later in the BBC version.

The ruins of Wingfield Manor  crich parish manor of crich book

Other locations include the ruins of Wingfield Manor near Alfreton, which double as Thornfield after it is ravaged by fire, and White Edge Lodge – a former gamekeeper’s cottage, now a National Trust holiday home on the Longshaw Estate – which serves as The Moor House. And the wild romantic landscape that first inspired Charlotte Brontë is allowed to speak for 

itself

Stanage Edge- Partyhouses/Rock Climbing

Stanage Edge, one of the area’s most dramatic natural landmarks, has been chosen to capture Jane Eyre’s profound sense of isolation. The area around her school is filmed near Edale and the softer countryside where Rochester rides around Thornfield is represented by the lush water meadows below Haddon Hall. Jane Eyre is due for UK release on Friday, September 9.Read more:Film set to lure visitors - Local - Sheffield Telegraph