Where is The Gentlemen season 2 filmed? Real locations found in the hit Netflix show

The Gentlemen is finally back after a very long wait of two and a half years. With the new season comes new filming locations, as the tweed-clad characters move their scheming and deals to another country.

When we first met Eddie (Theo James,) he'd joined forces with Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario) to help lead the cannabis operation her family had been running from a bunker on his family's estate.

Now Eddie would quite like to be rid of Susie and her dad Bobby (Ray Winstone.) They helped him sort out the financial mess Eddie’s brother Freddy (Daniel Ings) got himself into during season 1, which mean they had quite a strong hold over him.

But now he wants to go solo and be free of their clutches, by venturing to Italy to do a few drug deals and get himself a nice bit of sunshine in the process.

With the story moving between sun soaked Italy and the UK, we look at where the cast and crew actually filmed season 2 of The Gentlemen.

Where is The Gentlemen season 2 filmed?

Italy

In Italy, filming took place predominantly around Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region of the country - the lake sits in northern Italy along the border of Switzerland next to the city of Verbania.

Verbania itself also features heavily in the character's Italian adventures. In the Pallanza district of the city, the Villa Rusconi-Clerici was used as a filming location.

This neoclassical lakeside estate features tiered formal Italian gardens, and the production crew built a temporary pier at the location that sees characters arrive at the villa on speedboats.

Elsewhere in Pallanza, the Grand Hotel Majestic also makes an appearance in the show. The luxury hotel was used as a filming location for key pre-wedding strategy meetings scenes, while the Catholic parish church Chiesa di San Leonardo was used to film the actual ceremony.

Outdoor scenes in Pallanza were shot at the district's Piazza Garibaldi and Via Vittorio Veneto. These areas were closed off to the public at various points to allow for uninterrupted filming of exterior and street scenes.

It's also been reported that Theo James spoke about filming in Stresa, a town on the shores of Lake Maggiore, and the Borromean Islands, which sits between Verbania and Stresa.

Speaking about filming in Italy, Guy Ritchie says, "This chapter sees a deliberate expansion, both geographically and thematically, as we journey from the English countryside to the Italian lakes.

"Eddie and Susie find themselves navigating an increasingly volatile empire as they’re besieged on all fronts by an influx of enigmatic new players."

Ashcombe House

One of Guy Ritchie's own properties features in season 2 of The Gentlemen, in the form of Ashcombe House in Wiltshire. The manor sits roughly halfway between the villages of Berwick St John and Tollard Royal, near Salisbury.

The estate and its lake serve provide the the setting for Eddie’s hunting party in the opening episode of the season.

The Grade II-listed Georgian manor was bought by Ritchie in 2001 when he was married to Madonna.

It remained his home following the couple's divorce, and the estate is open for private bookings. On site activities are also available, including a spa and wild swimming.

Salisbury Cathedral

Some scenes involving Eddie Horniman and Stanley Johnston (Giancarlo Esposito) were filmed in Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire.

Considered a masterpiece of Early English Gothic architecture, the Cathedral is home to both Britain's tallest spire (123 metres high) and the largest cloister court in England (roughly half an acre.)

The cathedral's Chapter House also holds one of only four surviving original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta. While in conversation with Eddie during one of their scenes there, viewers can see Stanley pause to look at the document.

Swakeleys House

Swakeleys House is a Grade l-listed Jacobean mansion built in 1638. It is a central feature of the Swakeleys Estate, a historic 25-acre estate located in Ickenham, in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Swakeleys House can be seen in The Gentlemen when it's used as the St. Bartholomew's rehab facility where Eddie’s older brother Freddie is staying.

If you remember Freddie's spending, drug taking, chicken dancing and trying his best to financially ruin his family during season 1, you'll see that getting the help he needs (and getting out of his younger brother's way) is the best place for him right now.

The house and the estate are usually closed to the public, except for a few days a year when it opens as part of London's open house festivals.

The house is visible from Swakeleys park, a public park that was originally part of the estate's grounds before being sold to the council in the 1920s - this would be the perfect place to have a look at the location for those wanting to see it in real life.

Badminton House

Badminton House, Gloucestershire, makes a welcome return as Halstead Manor, where Eddie and his family were born and raised. The home has been in their family for generations.

The Grade I listed country house can be found in the village of Badminton, South Gloucestershire, surrounded by the 52,000-acre Badminton Estate. The house and estate sit around 15 miles north-east of Bristol.

The estate hosts multiple events throughout the year, including the famous Badminton Horse Trials. Some areas can be hired for weddings and events, but the house generally isn't open to the public apart from occasional heritage open days as it's actually somebody's home.

The house is actually the private residence of Harry Somerset, the 12th Duke of Beaufort, and his wife, Georgia Beaufort.

Speaking about the estate, The Gentlemen location manager Iggy Ellis says, "Badminton felt immediately right for Halstead because it's a proper, lived-in home, rather than a National Trust museum."

Iggy adds, "So inside there'd be some walking sticks by the door or a few shotgun rounds from where they'd been out shooting. There were cracks and tired bits, as you'd get in every family home. But there was also an oil painting and history and majesty. It felt perfect for our story."

The Gentlemen airs on Netflix from September 3.