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Portwenn Online
A Magical Cornish Village
Doc Martin is IN
Locations - S6E1
Sickness and Health
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Links to location websites in green
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All Photos are Thumbnails - click to enlarge
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The wedding was held at St Nonna's
Church in Alternun.  

They used both the exterior and the
interior of this church for filming.  
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Wedding Church
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Reception - Camelot Castle Hotel
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The reception was held at the Camelot
Castle Hotel in Tintagel.  They used both
the exterior and the interior for filming.

This is the third time that this building has
served as a filming location.
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We see the taxi taking Martin to the
church coming down the hill from Port
Isaac toward Port Gaverne.  We then see
it go past the Port Gaverne.  Finally, it
arrives at the church in Artarnun.
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Taxi ride to church
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Ride to the Honeymoon Lodge
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This shot is at an intersection just
southeast of Bradford (near St Breward)
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I haven't located this shot, but it is obviously near
Brown Willy and Rough Tor, so it's in the same
vicinity of the other filming.  

This is also the same location as the scene near the
end of the episode when Martin and Louisa are
walking toward civilization with his patient in the
wheelbarrow.
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In this shot, Bert is driving along a road that runs right next to
the Crowdy Reservoir.

Of course, Mark Crowdy is Executive Producer of Doc Martin
and he is from this area of Cornwall.  I expect that there is a
family relationship here.  They often film in this area.
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These are the areas where we know they filmed parts of the drive to the Honeymoon Lodge.  The red circle at top is the old
Davidstow Airfield, where they often film.  We saw photos of the classic limousine in that area during filming. The red circle
just below that is the spot next to Crowdy Reservoir where we have a match (see above).  The red circle at the bottom is
the intersection where we can see the signpost referencing Treswigga and Deacons.  The large black circle is the area
where I believe they filmed the wide open shots - the one with the grazing horse on the way to the lodge and the one with
Bellamy in the wheelbarrow.  There are no Google Street Views to verify.

The white circle is the location of the wedding.
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Honeymoon Lodge
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Many of us thought we'd never find this lodge because it seemed like it was in a very remote location. I had scoured Google
satellite maps and had pretty much given up. Then, one day several months back, Bev Teague posted a photograph of it - I
was so excited! Turns out it is very nearby her in Crackington Haven. When she pinpointed the location, I went to Google
Maps and it just wasn't there. But I tried Apple Maps and Bing Maps and found it. It's actually so easy to find that you can get a
glimpse of it from Google Street View. So much for the magic of film, making us believe it was in a completely remote location.

So, here's the story about why it's not on the Google satellite map. In August 2004, there was a severe storm that hit Cornwall
and created a flash flood in the town of Boscastle (just up the coast from Port Isaac). This is a very well known event because
it just about destroyed the picturesque harbour area. Several people had to be rescued, but amazingly no lives were lost. If
you just search on "Boscastle flood" you can read amazing stories, and see incredible photos and videos of the disaster. This
actually happened shortly after they filmed the first series of DM. What I never realized, because it's not always mentioned in
this story, is that one other place was affected, and that was Crackington Haven, which is just up the coast from Boscastle. In
Crackington Haven there were several homes and business flooded and two homes were destroyed in the flood. One of them
was, you guessed it, the original home on the property where the Honeymoon Lodge now sits (incidentally, the name of the
lodge is "Camryn" and it appears to be a private residence). So, the lodge was rebuilt (no idea how the original building
looked), and it was the fairly new building that was used for this location. Google Maps (as of July 2015) still has not updated
their satellite view in this area, but you can see it on Apple and Bing maps.
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Here are two overviews of Crackington Haven showing the location of the Honeymoon Lodge.
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Notice that the stream almost wraps
around the building and there is a
footbridge in front.  In the screenshot
above, Louisa is standing at the
entrance to the footbridge and she
and Martin cross it to get to the lodge.

Again, film magic.  I never suspected
that there was a stream there or that
they were crossing a bridge as they
walked to the porch stairs.
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Trek through forest and moor
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The only place I have identified (again,
thanks to Bev Teague) in these scenes is
the lane where Martin and Louisa walk as
they leave the lodge.

This is a lane off the main road heading
south out of Crackington Haven.

Notice that the gate next to Martin in the
second picture matches the gate in the
photo that Bev took.  The Google Street
View only shows the entrance to the lane.
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I haven't located this shot, but it is obviously near
Brown Willy and Rough Tor.

It appears to be the same road we saw in one of the
shots when Bert was driving them to the lodge.

There are several roads in that area that are not
visible on Google Street View.
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These shots in the woods at night are beautifully shot and staged, but they may be impossible to locate.  This area of
Cornwall has many different woods and forests and they could have used just about any of them.
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Surgery (see Main Locations)
Taxi ride to church
Wedding Church
Reception - Camelot Castle Hotel
Ride to the Honeymoon Lodge
Honeymoon Lodge
Trek through forest and moor