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Upper Boat Studios | |
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Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales | |
General information | |
Status | Used as warehousing |
Type | Television studio[1][2] |
Architectural style | Modern |
Address | Unit 1/2, Tonteg Road, Treforest Industrial Estate, Upper Boat, Pontypridd, CF37 5UA |
Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°34′33″N 3°18′00″W / 51.57583°N 3.30000°W |
Current tenants | None |
Opened | 27 July 2006[2][3] |
Client | BBC Wales[3] |
Grounds | 86,000 sq ft (7,990 m2)[3] |
Known for | Filming of Doctor Who[1][2][3] |
Upper Boat Studios was a television studio complex leased to the BBC in mid-2006,[1] and formerly operated by BBC Wales.[3]
It is located in Upper Boat,[2] a village on the outskirts of Pontypridd,[3] Rhondda Cynon Taf, near Cardiff in Wales. The studios, previously a seat belt manufacturing factory for the automotive industry,[1] were officially opened on 27 July 2006 , by Welsh Enterprise Minister Andrew Davies,[2][3] for the purpose of producing Doctor Who, along with its related spin-off programmes.[2][3]