PORT GAVERNE GETS DOC MARTIN TREATMENT
Port Gaverne I expect you have never heard of it? But the fishing village next door of Port Isaac you would most certainly have heard about.
This little coastal hamlet in North Cornwall is a regular star on TV all over the world. Known to millions of viewers in the medical lighthearted ITV series Doc Martin starring actor Martin Clunes.
Martin Clunes or Doc Martin.
A little up-staged by Port Isaac but it’s often to the much smaller Port Gaverne that the film crew head to for alternative filming locations. Also for rest and recuperation after the action scenes have wrapped for the day and they head for the very popular hotel there.
The hamlet has been used many times with the former café used as a radio station the latest policeman has his make believe home there and the headlands and cliffs have also been used.
The cafe that was turned in a radio station at Port Gaverne.
PORT GAVERNE PARKING
The village of Port Isaac although much more popular never the less does have its down side as parking in the village itself is at a premium. Visitors often have to park high above the village and walk back to their charming holiday cottages of which there are I have to say, many! Risking taking your car into the village and unless you know the narrow lanes very well can often end up with either scratches or having irate residents to deal with.
However I was lucky to find an alternative in nearby Port Gaverne a set of charming holiday homes with their own parking right outside, pretty rare thing in this neck of the woods.
Green Door Holiday cottages interior of Rose in Port Gaverne.
Grouped around a central internal garden the Green Door Holiday self-catering cottages are all fitted out to a high modern standard, with of course Wi-Fi. One newer idea from the owners is that heating can controlled remotely and Pip and Mike Oldrieve are able to turn on the heating at colder times of year, so that its toasty warm for your individual arrival time!
Doc Martin’s surgery in the ITV series found in Port Isaac.
If the self-catering idea falters, then right across the road is the Port Gaverne Restaurant and Hotel who will be more than happy to feed and water you in their excellent establishment if they have reopened due to the Covid19 lockdown!
The fudge shop in Port Isaac becomes a pharmacy in Doc Martin.
The Doc Martin team could be back filming the next series (Number 10). That depends on a number of factors, his wife for instance, Philippa Braithwaite the series producer and whether she can get the cast members together and script writing completed for the series. Normally the shows have had a gap between series, so its likely that 2021 could be the time it would be aired. However, with shooting likely to be normally done in 2020 and with Covid19 and social distancing requirements, that could well get pushed back now?
