Gardens · South Wales
Upper Boat Studios
Upper Boat Studios — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Upper Boat Studios is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Upper Boat Studios was a television studio complex leased to the BBC in mid-2006, and formerly operated by BBC Wales. It is located in Upper Boat, a village on the outskirts of Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, near Cardiff in Wales. The studios, previously a seat belt manufacturing factory for the automotive industry, were officially opened on 27 July 2006 (2006-07-27), by Welsh Enterprise Minister Andrew Davies, for the purpose of producing Doctor Who, along with its related spin-off programmes.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
By 2011, Doctor Who was the only programme still based at Upper Boat, following the move of several BBC Wales productions to the new permanent home at the new Roath Lock studios. Doctor Who itself relocated to Roath Lock throughout 2012, Despite the studio closure, production on Sherlock series 3 continued at the studios
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.5758, -3.3000
- Address
- Unit 1/2, Tonteg Road, Treforest Industrial Estate, Upper Boat, Pontypridd, CF37 5UA
- Established
- 2006
Sources
- wikidata: Q3380184 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Upper Boat Studios (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Upper Boat Studios?
- Upper Boat Studios is in South Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was Upper Boat Studios built?
- Built or established in 2006.
- Who owns Upper Boat Studios?
- Upper Boat Studios is owned by |landlord =.