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Alex Johnson Alex Johnson Alex Johnson has been part of The Independent's online team since 2007. He has been writing about microarchitecture on his internationally-acclaimed Shedworking blog since 2006 and is the author of Shedworking: The Alternative Workplace Revolution. His latest book is Bookshelf, published by Thames & Hudson.
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Print Your friend's email address Your email address Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email The return of ITV's Broadchurch has seen searches for property triple in West Bay in Dorset, one of its filming locations, says Rightmove. It has also prompted 12 times as many searches for the non-existent village of "Broadchurch" itself. "Property searches in West Bay have been increasing every week since the first episode," said Miles Shipside, Rightmove director and housing analyst.
"As well as these spikes in interest in filming locations, we also see hundreds of searches for fictional places on Rightmove every year, places like Downton Abbey and even Coronation Street." Rightmove reports that visits to its website were up more than 10 per cent in the first two weeks of January compared to last year.
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