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Port Isaac is a small and picturesque fishing village on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The nearest towns are Wadebridge and Camelford, both ten miles away. Since the 1980s the village has served as backdrop to various television productions, including the ITV series Doc Martin, and is home to the group Fisherman's Friends, sea-shanty singers. Port Isaac pier was constructed during the reign of Henry VIII, and the village centre dates from the 18th and 19th centuries. The historic core of the village was designated a Conservation Area in 1971 and North Cornwall District Council reviewed this in 2008 with the endorsement of detailed Port Isaac Conservation Area Appraisal document and a related Conservation Area Management Plan. The village has around 90 Listed buildings. The local area has been used on many occasions as a film and TV location. The BBC series Poldark (1975–77) used locations in the area. The BBC drama serial The Nightmare Man (1981) was filmed in and around the village, which doubled for a Scottish island, and it was a location for the film of Oscar and Lucinda in 1997. The village hall was decorated by the team of DIY SOS, and to date, six series of ITV's Doc Martin have been filmed there using the fictional name of "Port Wenn." Saving Grace, a comedy film, was filmed in and around the village. From October 2005, the village was used as the backdrop to the television production of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers.
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Location: Port Isaac Cornwall England
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