Site Hire
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans filmed at Butser (Photo: Nick Wall)
Our unique location can be made available to hire for a range of activities from film shoots to private and corporate events hire.
We can work with you to hire individual buildings right through to whole site takeover. Please Get in touch to find out more. Here are a selection the many buildings available for hire at Butser:
FILMING location
Butser Ancient Farm is an ideal location for filming feature films, documentaries and television programmes using our Stone Age, Iron Age, Roman and Saxon buildings as a stunning backdrop. We have a large network of re-enactors, traditional crafts people and archaeologists available for filming projects. We can provide your team with power, WiFi and sell hot and cold drinks and snacks. The farm is nestled into a wooded corner of timeless, sweeping Hampshire downland. Because we are a real working farm, we can also offer shots of prehistoric livestock, cereals and other plants.
Our team are experienced at working with film and TV crews. We have been a film location for feature-length movies, documentaries and TV series including Horrible Histories the Movie, Sky Atlantic’s Brittania, Channel 4’s Time Team, BBC Countryfile and Escape to the Country.
We can also provide you with professional B-roll footage and drone shots of the farm. For more information see Butser Plus for the quality of footage or send us a message.
“Filming ‘Horrible Histories - the movie’ at Butser Ancient Farm was a total pleasure. Not only is Butser a beautiful location but the authenticity and attention to detail are incredible. The staff who run it are knowledgable, enthusiastic and extremely friendly and made our shoot there a delight. It really is living history and unlike many museums and visitor attractions it is genuinely interactive without unattractive signage and other modern clutter diminishing the experience. As a film location it was incredibly valuable giving the scenes we filmed tremendous texture and realism. I would very happily return to film at Butser again.”
“As a period drama it was a huge privilege to be able to film at Butser Ancient Farm - the level of detail of the roundhouses is incredible. Maureen and her team really helped advise and facilitate a complex and large scale shoot run smoothly.”
