The Great (2020): A Biographical Comedy-Drama Miniseries About Catherine the Great Locations
The Great is a biographical comedy-drama miniseries created by Tony McNamara that chronicles the rise of Catherine the Great, the Empress of Russia. The series stars Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Sacha Dhawan, Charity Wakefield, Gwilym Lee, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Belinda Bromilow, Bayo Gbadamosi, and Florence Keith-Roach. It premiered on Hulu on May 15, 2020.
The pilot episode was directed by Matt Shakman and written by Tony McNamara. The Great explores Catherine's tumultuous rise to power and the challenges she faced in the Russian court.
Filming for The Great took place at 3 Mills Studios in London, with additional locations including Reggia di Caserta in Italy and Hever Castle, Hatfield House, and Belvoir Castle in England.

Hever Castle. Photo by Yanny Mishchuk on Unsplash.
Where was The Great (2020): A Biographical Comedy-Drama Miniseries About Catherine the Great Filmed?
The Great (2020): A Biographical Comedy-Drama Miniseries About Catherine the Great was filmed in 3 Mills Studios, Belvoir Castle, Bow, Castle Howard, Ham House and Garden, Hampton Court Palace, Hatfield, Hatfield House, Hever, Hever Castle & Gardens, Reggia di Caserta, Richmond, St Clere Estate, Wrest Park and York.
The complete list of the locations with latitude and longitude coordinates are listed below in the table.
The Great (2020): A Biographical Comedy-Drama Miniseries About Catherine the Great Locations Map
The Great (2020): A Biographical Comedy-Drama Miniseries About Catherine the Great Locations Table
Location Name | Latitude | Longitude |
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3 Mills Studios | 51.527374 | -0.006995 |
Belvoir Castle | 52.894691 | -0.782495 |
Bow | 51.532528 | -0.031811 |
Castle Howard | 54.121769 | -0.906217 |
Ham House and Garden | 51.444183 | -0.314109 |
Hampton Court Palace | 51.403629 | -0.337878 |
Hatfield | 51.764164 | -0.224848 |
Hatfield House | 51.760620 | -0.209289 |
Hever | 51.186581 | 0.112577 |
Hever Castle & Gardens | 51.186863 | 0.113821 |
Reggia di Caserta | 41.073174 | 14.326996 |
Richmond | 51.461998 | -0.306651 |
St Clere Estate | 51.309353 | 0.261009 |
Wrest Park | 52.007847 | -0.412487 |
York | 53.959988 | -1.089205 |
Recent Comments
The Great was an interesting series. Beautiful locations. Caserta in Italy is a fabulous palace. I wondered why they didn’t use St Petersburg?