Top 10 Sherlock Holmes locations

St Paul’s Cathedral, London

St Paul's Cathedral (www.stpauls.co.uk) is one of the most striking buildings on the London skyline and is one of London's top attractions - a must on any sightseeing tour of the capital. The cathedral has starred in many films and serves as an atmospheric location for the new Sherlock Holmes film.

Sherlock Holmes Museum, London

221b Baker Street is the home address of Holmes and Watson as seen in the new Sherlock Holmes film and as described in the classic Sherlock Holmes books. It's now one of the most famous addresses in London and the home of the Sherlock Holmes Museum (www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/).

Explore the beautiful Victorian interiors that have been carefully created from references in the stories and see Holmes' famous pipe, deerstalker and magnifying glass.

Manchester Town Hall

Manchester's magnificent Town Hall (www.visitmanchester.com/WhatToSeeDetail.aspx?ProductId=MAN-10091) in Albert Square was built by Alfred Waterhouse from 1867-1877 and is a superb example of Victorian Neo-Gothic architecture. It provides a suitably grand location in the new Sherlock Holmes film, where it stands in for the Houses of Parliament in London.

Take a tour to see the Great Hall with its 12 large murals by Ford Madox Brown (the celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painter), the tile mosaic work, the vaulted corridors and the 3 stone spiral staircases.

Edinburgh

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in May 1859 and studied medicine in the city. Conan Doyle's studies under Joseph Bell, a surgeon and President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh with brilliant powers of deduction led to the development of the world's most famous scientific detective - Sherlock Holmes.

Find out more about Conan Doyle's early years and the remarkable Joseph Bell: the real Sherlock Holmes at Surgeons' Hall Museum (www.museum.rcsed.ac.uk/content/content.aspx), the very place Conan Doyle sat anatomy exams. Afterwards, why not have a drink at the Conan Doyle pub?

Liverpool Docks

A key action sequence in the new Sherlock Holmes motion picture was filmed at Stanley Dock (www.liverpoolworldheritage.com/visitingthewhs/areas/stanleydock/index.asp), situated within Liverpool's Conservation Area and home to evocative warehouses and wharves. The historic dock was built in the 19th century and is a superb example of industrial architecture from the time.

Clivedon, Berkshire

Cliveden hotel (www.clivedenhouse.co.uk) is a grand stately home set in the heart of the Berkshire countryside, surrounded by 376 acres of magnificent formal gardens and parkland. The chalk cliffs that give the estate its name have panoramic views over the beautiful Berkshire countryside and an idyllic bend in the River Thames. Parts of the new Sherlock Holmes film were shot at Cliveden, both in the National Trust owned hotel and the grounds.

Freemasons’ Hall, London

Tour Freemasons’ Hall (www.ugle.org.uk/) in Central London and experience one of Britain's finest art deco buildings. The centre of British Freemasonry, the hall was built from 1927-1932 as a monument to Masons killed in World War I. Book a free tour to explore the dazzling interiors used in the Sherlock Holmes film.

Historic Dockyard Chatham

The Historic Dockyard (www.chdt.org.uk/) at Chatham was used as a location in the new Sherlock Holmes film and has an atmospheric collection of Victorian buildings, a museum and three historic warships.

Discover what life is like onboard a submarine, a World War II destroyer and a Victorian sloop and journey back to a time when sail reigned supreme and Britain ruled the waves.

Brompton Cemetery, London

Explore one of the finest Victorian cemeteries in London. You'll find shady walks and a host of famous and interesting monuments including the grave of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.

Brompton Cemetery (www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/brompton_cemetery) has a formal layout with a central avenue leading to a chapel based on St Peter's Basilica in Rome. It provided a spooky, gothic backdrop for scene in the new Sherlock Holmes film in which Holmes makes an important discovery.

Peckforton Castle, Cheshire

Built in 1851, the Medieval style, Peckforton Castle (www.peckfortoncastle.co.uk/) is the backdrop for many episodes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes television series, including one in which the basement became a set of 19th-century prison cells. As well as having luxury accommodation Peckforton Castle offers falconry experiences, medieval banqueting and archery.