A new adaptation of the classic Gothic novel Wuthering Heights is being released in cinemas on 14 February 2026 – just in time for Valentine's Day.
Emerald Fennell (who was behind the hit film Saltburn) is the latest director to adapt Emily Brontë's only novel, which was published in 1847. The Brontë's, sisters Emily, Charlotte (Jane Eyre and The Professor) and Anne (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey) are synonymous with Yorkshire, as their family lived in Haworth in the Yorkshire Dales.
Numerous previous film adaptations notably include the 1939 version starring Merle Oberon as Cathy and Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff, and the 1992 Paramount film, with Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes. Almost 35 years later, the audience can expect a rather different and derisive interpretation from Fennell, who is known for provocative satires.
The bleak and desolate landscape in Wuthering Heights sits at the heart of the novel and many waited with bated breath to see just how Fennell chose to reflect the characters' tumultuous storylines in their surroundings.
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Where is Wuthering Heights filmed?
Yorkshire Dales
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the new adaptation's outdoor scenes have mainly been filmed in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The book is set on the Yorkshire moors, with the wild landscape as much of a character as Cathy and Heathcliff – as well as reflecting their tempestuous relationship.
The BBC reported that the valleys Arkengarthdale and Swaledale, as well as the village of Low Row, were specifically used for filming. The cast is reported to have stayed at the hotel Simonstone Hall, near Hawes.
Also used was local landmark Surrender Bridge, on the Coast to Coast path, which appears in the opening credits for the original BBC adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small (although not in the later Channel 5 adaptation).
Fennell chose not to avoid filming in the same locations as previous adaptations and typically aimed for more remote and wild settings. This led to remote stretches of moorland, including Booze Moor and Reef Moore.
Hertfordshire
When not on location in the Yorkshire Dales, most of the filming for Wuthering Heights took place at Sky Studios Elstree, near Watford. The state-of-the-art studio has 12 sound stages designed to recreate any kind of movie setting. It is likely where some of the more fantastic interior shots were filmed.
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Top image: Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff and Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw in “Wuthering Heights,” a Warner Bros. Pictures Release. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures
