Self-Guided Walk of Cinematic Cardiff Including Doctor Who and Other Film

What your day looks like

Cardiff is packed full of television locations, if you know where to find them. On this walking tour of central Cardiff, you will see several different locations from the BBC sci-fi drama, from the ninth to the fifteenth Doctor. You will have the chance to enter many of these iconic locations and, with guidance, be able to picture the scenes that took place here. Along the way, locations from Torchwood, The Sarah-Jane Adventures, the BBC’s Sherlock, and a few more television productions are also included. The tour starts at Cardiff Castle, where you will find out how versatile it has been as a TV location. As you walk around the Canal Quarter, you will hear about directors and CGI enhancements, along with film shoot stories, including why it was tricky filming a particular scene with Kylie Minogue. You will also learn about Cardiff’s war-time history, its medieval past, and how it grew from a small town into a major coal exporting city. The tour ends at Cambrian Tap, a popular pub featured in Sherlock, where you have the option to sample local food and drink. Other highlights include discovering the exact spots where Sherlock’s Moriarty tries to steal the crown jewels, where Sarah-Jane finds the last of the Gorgons, and where the TARDIS library scenes were filmed, all located in Cardiff Castle. You will also find out about Winston Churchill’s offices at Cardiff City Hall, learn how many productions were filmed at the National Museum Cardiff, visit the Cambrian Tap on St Mary Street, explore Cardiff Market and Spillers Records, see locations used as St Luke’s University Bristol and Sherlock’s Mind Palace at the University of Wales, walk through Castle Arcade in the Castle Quarter, and hear about the Gorsedd Stones in the Gorsedd Gardens. On this Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Sarah-Jane Adventures, and Sherlock-themed walking tour of Cardiff, you will also have the benefit of walking with a licensed tour guide. When you finish this tour, you will have seen Cardiff’s top central locations and learned what makes the city unique.