Film and TV crew accommodation in Dorset, from Bournemouth
Cast and crew housing for productions filming in Dorset: serviced apartments in Bournemouth on flexible schedules, unit blocks, late check-in and one invoice.
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Dorset's coast and the New Forest are among the most photographed landscapes in England, and film and television productions come to them regularly. What they find when they arrive is that the locations have no beds. Lulworth, Kimmeridge, Studland and the Purbeck villages have a handful of pubs and holiday cottages between them, none of which will take a unit of forty for six weeks on a schedule that changes weekly. Bournemouth, an hour or less from all of them, is where the crew sleeps.
Why Bournemouth is the base
- Distance. Studland and Old Harry Rocks are across the Sandbanks Ferry, around half an hour from the West Cliff; Corfe Castle and Kimmeridge about 45 minutes; Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door an hour; the New Forest starts twenty minutes east. The Sandbanks Ferry now runs cashless with number-plate recognition, which matters for a fleet of unit vehicles.
- Transport. London is two hours by train, Bournemouth Airport twenty minutes by car and growing, and the town has the taxis and the roads a unit needs.
- The evening. A town centre with a Purple Flag for its night-time economy, restaurants, and a seafront to walk on after a wrap.
- Local talent. The Arts University Bournemouth and Bournemouth University turn out film and media graduates every year, which is where a production finds its local runners and trainees.
How cast and crew housing works with Flexiestays
Productions book on a company account. That means multiple apartments in the same building for the unit, a named production contact on our side, one consolidated invoice with VAT itemised, and dates that move with the schedule: extend, shorten or shift a booking through the account manager rather than through a cancellation policy. Family rooms and two-bedroom apartments sleep two to six; heads of department take one-beds. Every apartment has a kitchen, a living room, fast wifi and a smart TV, with linen, towels and weekly cleaning included, and every hotel uses self check-in with a code sent before arrival, so a crew back at midnight after a night shoot lets itself in. Corporate accommodation in Bournemouth sets out the account and the partner organisation programme, which gives a returning production priority availability and a locked rate card.
Get in touch
Send the schedule, the headcount and the department mix to enquiries@flexiestays.com or through the business desk, and the team comes back with availability and a rate the same working day. For a first look at the town, where to stay in Bournemouth explains why the West Cliff is the practical base.
Frequently asked questions
Studland and Old Harry Rocks are across the Sandbanks Ferry, about half an hour from the West Cliff; Corfe Castle and Kimmeridge around 45 minutes; Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door about an hour; the New Forest starts twenty minutes east. London is two hours by train and Bournemouth Airport twenty minutes by car.
Corporate bookings with Flexiestays can be extended, shortened or moved as the schedule changes, through the account manager, with no rigid cancellation traps. That is the point of a company account rather than a marketplace booking.
Every hotel uses self check-in with a code sent before arrival, so a crew arriving at midnight after a night shoot lets themselves in, and the team is reachable 24 hours a day. Kitchens and laundry in the apartments suit a unit on a long schedule better than hotel rooms.
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