<P> Nearly all the locations mentioned in the books are based on real places . Over Sea , Under Stone and Greenwitch are set in Trewissick , which is based on a village in southern Cornwall called Mevagissey . Susan Cooper used to visit Mevagissey as a child . The Dark Is Rising is set in the part of Buckinghamshire where Cooper grew up : Huntercombe is based on the small village of Dorney , and the Great Hall is Dorney Court . The Welsh setting in The Grey King and Silver on the Tree is the area around Aberdyfi , the village where Cooper 's grandmother was born and where her parents lived . </P>
<P> Nearly all the locations mentioned in the books are based on real places . Over Sea , Under Stone and Greenwitch are set in Trewissick , which is based on a village in southern Cornwall called Mevagissey . Susan Cooper used to visit Mevagissey as a child . The Dark Is Rising is set in the part of Buckinghamshire where Cooper grew up : Huntercombe is based on the small village of Dorney , and the Great Hall is Dorney Court . The Welsh setting in The Grey King and Silver on the Tree is the area around Aberdyfi , the village where Cooper 's grandmother was born and where her parents lived . </P>
where does the dark is rising take place
where does the dark is rising take place
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire