Upper Boat Studios

Upper Boat Studios
Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
General information
StatusUsed as warehousing
TypeTelevision studio
Architectural styleModern
AddressUnit 1/2, Tonteg Road, Treforest Industrial Estate, Upper Boat, Pontypridd, CF37 5UA
CountryWales, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°34′33″N 3°18′00″W / 51.57583°N 3.30000°W / 51.57583; -3.30000 (Upper Boat Studios)
Current tenantsNone
Opened27 July 2006 (2006-07-27)
ClientBBC Wales
Grounds86,000 sq ft (7,990 m2)
Known forFilming of Doctor Who

Upper Boat Studios was a television studio complex leased to the BBC in mid-2006, and formerly operated by BBC Wales.

It is located in Upper Boat, a village on the outskirts of Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, near Cardiff in Wales. The studios, previously a seat belt manufacturing factory for the automotive industry, were officially opened on 27 July 2006, by Welsh Enterprise Minister Andrew Davies, for the purpose of producing Doctor Who, along with its related spin-off programmes.