Long before it became a favourite of returning guests, The Headland had a brush with Hollywood. In 1990, it starred as the Hotel Excelsior in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches, directed by Nicolas Roeg. Anjelica Huston swept through as the terrifying Grand High Witch, Rowan Atkinson played the fussing hotel manager Mr Stringer and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop brought the witches (and a good few mice) to life.
More than three decades on, the film still has a devoted following and fans regularly arrive keen to see the setting for themselves.
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