Mad About ‘The Great Outdoors’? Stay in These On-Screen Locations Inspired By Bridget Jones!

As Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy hits cinemas today, singletons and happily marrieds across the UK will be admiring views of the Lake District, where Bridget finds herself helping to supervise her own children and others on a school camping trip.

With set-jetting a key inspiration for today’s traveller, experts at Pitchup.com, have handpicked a selection of sites for fans of Bridget Jones and her exploits in the first three films in the franchise as well as the newest offering. 

Luxury yurts in the Lakes

One of 100 sites across the Lakes and Cumbria, these beautiful yurts near Cockermouth are set on a working family farm. Each yurt comes with beds and bedding for four, a wood-burning stove and cooking equipment, plus a handy box of board games for analogue entertainment.

Price from: £74.75 per night including 4 guests, two-night minimum stay – site opens 1 April. 

Chocolate-box Cotswolds cabin

Avid fans will also recall the beautiful village of Snowshill in Gloucestershire, which featured as the location of Bridget’s parent’s home in the first instalment, Bridget Jones’s Diary. Head to Great Wolford, just a few miles away and equally picturesque, and stay in a smart wooden cabin with comfy bedding, an ensuite bathroom and a well-equipped kitchen.

Price from: £85 per night including 2 guests – open all year round.

Festival fun in fabulous style 

Who can forget Bridget’s life-changing weekend at a Glastonbury-esque festival in Bridget Jones’s Baby? To experience the legendary Somerset town in a more peaceful way, head to these luxury yurts just ten minutes from Glastonbury Tor (though no guarantees that Patrick Dempsey will also be on-site). Tucked into a wildflower meadow, with easy access to a natural wild swimming pond, yurts are furnished with India-inspired interiors and kingsize beds, plus all guests can use the equipped outdoor kitchen.

Price: from £110 per night including 2 adults, two-night minimum stay – site opens 18 April. 

Glamp it up in an Austrian chalet

Bridget regaled us with her ski antics while on a trip to Lech, Austria with Mark Darcy and friends in the second instalment of the franchise Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason. Stay in a contemporary chalet on a purpose-built holiday park in Carinthia, just four kilometres from the pistes.  Petzen is a small yet perfectly formed ski resort in Austria’s most southerly state, and the nearby chalet park sits directly on Lake Pirkdorfersee and is open all year round making it an ideal spot for mountain and lake lovers.

Price: two-bed chalet from £91.51 per night including 2 adults. 

Mountain madness (no need for skis)

Fans of mountain escapes can enjoy an outdoor break closer to home in Eryri (Snowdonia) in a wooden camping pod with a double bed, and indoor and outdoor seating. There’s plenty of action to be had in the nearby area with Blaenau Ffestiniog, the Zip World Slate Caverns and Antur Stiniog’s mountain biking trails as well as Mount Snowdon itself, all within half an hour’s drive of the site.

Price: from £80 per night including 2 guests – opens 18 April.

Recreate the iconic ‘lake’ scene

The original inspiration for Bridget Jones herself came from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. For those looking to recreate the iconic ‘lake’ scene from the BBC’s 1995 adaptation filmed at Lyme Park in Cheshire (and referenced in the new film with a similar scene featuring Leo Woodall and a swimming pool), opt for a stay in the grounds of a stately home. Bed down in a handcrafted shepherd’s hut with an ensuite bathroom and all mod cons, and enjoy the run of the glorious grounds. The same site also has an accessible shepherd’s hut with a spacious bathroom and ramped access

Price: from £90 per night including 2 guests – open now.

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