The Great British Baking Show is primarily filmed at Welford Park, a quintessentially British estate located in Newbury, Berkshire. This estate has been the main filming location since 2014, except during the COVID-19 pandemic years when filming temporarily moved to the Down Hall Hotel in Essex. The show's iconic white tent is set up on the grounds of Welford Park, alongside the Grade-I Listed Welford Park House and its distinctive round-tower church. The filming usually takes place over about ten weeks in the spring and early summer, with contestants staying in nearby hotels during production.