Emmerdale "is the heart of the community." Home Farm is a sprawling mansion in Emmerdale; it was first introduced on-screen as Miffield Hall in 1973 and was renamed in 1978. Other locales include a factory and a bed-and-breakfast. Character types on "Emmerdale" have included "bad boys", such as Cain Dingle, Ross Barton, Carl King, Robert Sugden and Aaron Livesy; "bitches", such as Kim Tate, Charity Dingle, Nicola King, Chrissie White, Kelly Windsor and Sadie King; "villains", such as Cameron Murray, Lachlan White, Pierce Harris, Steph Stokes, Rosemary King, Gordon Livesy, Emma Barton and Sally Spode; caring characters, such as Laurel Thomas,
Whatley Manor who owned it until 1957. The house was designated as Grade II listed in 1951. In 1961 the estate was bought and divided by R.J. Rennie. It was around this time that the estate was renamed to Whatley Manor and Twatley Farm became a separate estate and home. In 1987 Whatley Manor became a hotel for the first time. Twatley Manor Farm, with buildings converted from Cox’s stables, is now owned by Mr J. E. Willis. During this time, Marco and Alix Landolt stayed at Whatley Manor whilst visiting their son, Christian, who was competing at the Badminton Horse Trials.