While the show is set in Britain and mostly shot in Wales, the Netflix<\/a> series captures the feel of an American teen show, complete with bright colours, American footballs and Breakfast Club-style lockers \u2013 an intentional move by the creative team to recreate the tone of beloved 1980s teen films.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted it to have that John Hughes influence of green and happiness to it,\u201d producer Jon Jennings told RadioTimes.com<\/strong> on a visit to the set of the series in Penarth, Wales. \u201cAll our locations are un-filmed locations, which we pride ourselves on. You won\u2019t see that on telly, I don\u2019t think.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Indeed, the stunning South Wales backdrop is now almost as synonymous with the show as the raunchy antics of the characters. Read on to find out more about Sex Education\u2019s filming locations.<\/p>\n The team\u2019s first port of call was to find a building that could fit the bill as Moordale High, and build out from there. That brought them to the Caerleon Campus in Newport, Wales<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Formerly part of the University of Wales, Newport, it had been vacant since 2016 until Jennings and his colleagues discovered it. It was such a great find that they made a move to build their entire show around it.<\/p>\n \u201cWe went everywhere, Newcastle, Hastings, until we found our school which, we\u2019re very lucky to have found, because it\u2019s turned into a studio, everything is based out of Newport.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n However the school\u2019s sports facilities were not filmed on the campus but instead at other locations around Newport \u2013 the school\u2019s swimming pool is actually part of Newport International Sports Village, while Cwmbran Stadium doubled for the Moordale High running track.<\/p>\n A post shared by Asa Butterfield (@asabopp)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> Another gem in the show is Jean Milburn (Gillian Anderson) and her son Otis\u2019s (Asa Butterfield) house, which is set against the stunning Wye valley in Herefordshire.<\/p>\n \u201cWe struck gold with Jean\u2019s house,\u201d Jennings says. \u201cIt\u2019s insane. We were driving around and we just saw it at the other side of the valley. We found this house and literally knocked on the door!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He added: \u201cThat part of the Wye valley has become a massive tourist attraction just because of Jean\u2019s house. We\u2019ve had to build fences around it because of people always knocking on the door. It\u2019s beautiful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Other attractions in the area include the 900-year-old ruin of medieval Tintern Abbey.<\/p>\n Many other scenes were also filmed nearby, with Tintern\u2019s Wireworks Bridge featuring prominently during Otis and Eric\u2019s daily cycle ride to school. It also appears during several scenes while Otis is walking home, such as after Aimee\u2019s party and when Otis and Maeve almost kissed in season one.<\/p>\n The shop where Ola and Adam work in season two is a real shop in\u00a0Llandogo called Browns Village Stores, which has become quite the tourist attraction according to Roger Brown who has been running the establishment since 1958.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are being asked about the show continually now. It is amazing. And I haven\u2019t even seen it yet as I don\u2019t have\u00a0Netflix,\u201d Roger Brown told The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cPeople stop when they see our name, which they kept for the show. So it is doing very well for us, which is lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n Otis and Eric\u2019s disastrous camping trip was also filmed in the nearby Forest of Dean, which has also been as a shooting location for Doctor Who<\/a>, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.<\/p>\n Finally season two\u2019s fairground was filmed at Vauxhall Fields in Monmouth, Jackson has a heart-to-heart with his mum at St Briavels Castle and Bigsweir House stands in as Aimee\u2019s home.<\/p>\n Moordale! Jennings describes the fictional setting as a \u201cquiet village\u201d, hinting at why we haven\u2019t seen much beyond the school.<\/p>\n \u201cThe school is probably the busiest place in Moordale,\u201d he says. \u201cOutside of the school you see houses with like three people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n As many of the interiors are shot in locations around Cardiff and Newport, it can be difficult to conjure up an image of what the town itself actually looks like. So Jennings and co drew out a map.<\/p>\n \u201cWe drew a map, like in The Goonies,\u201d he says. <\/span>\u201cThe caravan park [where Emma Mackey\u2019s Maeve lives) is like 10 minutes from [Jean\u2019s house]. There are bridges nearby, there is a lot of water there. School, bridge, water, Jean\u2019s house.\u201d<\/span><\/p> \u201cWe knew it shouldn\u2019t be shot in London,\u201d Jennings says. \u201cThat was the first thing even before future episodes were written. It was definitely not going to be\u00a0 London-based show. We wanted it to be different, we didn\u2019t want it to be Grange Hill or Ackley Bridge, we just wanted it to have that John Hughes influence of green and happiness to it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n And it was nearly much further afield.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we did a nationwide search. I had just done a job abroad, and I had this crazy idea of shooting the whole thing in Denmark, but casting it as England, because the architecture there is beautiful, so I did scout over there. It\u2019s incredible. Then I realised how much a cup of coffee costs\u2026.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n While filming principally takes place around Newport, other parts of Wales have also been featured in the show. The school hall scenes are not shot in Caerleon Campus but instead twenty miles away in Penarth\u2019s Paget Rooms, while Margam Country Park and Castle in Port Talbot doubled as Adam\u2019s military college in season two.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First-look photos of season three also see the unlikely mix of Eric, Adam and Ruby together on a bowling trip, which was filmed at Rhondda Bowl in Tonyrefail.<\/p>\n Sex Education season 3 drops Friday 17th September on Netflix\u2013 read our guides to the best series on Netflix<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0best movies on Netflix<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Netflix series is shot in England and Wales <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4439,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/where-is-sex-education-filmed-all-the-major-locations-for-the-netflix-show-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/where-is-sex-education-filmed-all-the-major-locations-for-the-netflix-show-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/where-is-sex-education-filmed-all-the-major-locations-for-the-netflix-show-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/where-is-sex-education-filmed-all-the-major-locations-for-the-netflix-show-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/where-is-sex-education-filmed-all-the-major-locations-for-the-netflix-show-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/where-is-sex-education-filmed-all-the-major-locations-for-the-netflix-show-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/where-is-sex-education-filmed-all-the-major-locations-for-the-netflix-show-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Netflix series is shot in England and Wales","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/4438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Where is Sex Education\u2019s Moordale High?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Where is Jean and Otis\u2019s house from Sex Education?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
![\""Sex\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Otis-Eric-1-c91d1d2-scaled.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413"\" "\\"\"Otis\\"")
<\/div>Where is Sex Education set?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Why is Sex Education filmed in Wales?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
![\""Mimi\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Sex-Education-season-three-510a213.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413"\" "\\"\"Sex\\"")
<\/div>\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"