How the team behind today 's Poldark transformed Corsham in Wiltshire into 18th - century farmland in Cornwall . Shop roads and neat parking spaces were replaced by grass - covered roads , rickety roads and wandering bicycles . Tell - tale signs of the modern age were cleverly hidden or temporarily removed - all in just one weekend .
How the team behind BBC 's Poldark transformed Corsham in Wiltshire into 18th-century Truro in Cornwall . Shop fronts and neat parking spaces were replaced by dirt-covered roads , rickety carts and wandering horses . Tell-tale signs of the modern age were cleverly hidden or temporarily removed - all in just one weekend .