Great 'Is there a film or TV location near you?' Hunt

tigger955

Hawley lake in Hawley woods, Farnborough was used for "It ain't half hot mum", James Bond films and Scrapheap Challenge. Probably loads more as well.

Eleanory

Lots of Dr Who and Torchwood filmed in Cardiff. The Hub is in Cardiff Bay with the fountain outside the Wales Millenium Centre. The railway station in the episode where the boy keeps saying 'Are you my Mummy?' was Barry Island Steam Railway station. The scene where David Tennant saves the baby outside a shop in the episode where he is a teacher called John Smith was filmed in the Museum of Welsh Life in Cardiff. The episode where Rose is at her Mum and Dad's wedding and they are trapped inside the church was filmed (I think) at St Mary the Virgin Church in Cardiff.

piefelstead

Love Misfits, its brilliant! :rotfl:

Elle1267 wrote: »

I work in Thamesmead where Misfits is filmed. The lake that appears on the show is Southmere Lake and I often drive past the crew while they are filming by it.

talla4a

Fans of The Wicker Man film can visit some of the locations where it was shot in southwest Scotland including Anwoth churchyard and the Ellangowan Hotel in Creetown.

There is also the popular Wickerman music festival held every July.

cheekyherb

Cambridge University (various College's) have been used for films such as Elizabeth - The Golden Age...
Oh and the bank advert (can't recall which one) where they are punting down the river!

cakeordeath_2

Carnforth Railway Station was the location for the 1945 film Brief Encounter, and the (now closed) Carnforth Steamtown railway museum was the location of Richard III's military headquarters in the 1995 rilm Richard III.

Carnforth Station was refurbished a few years back and now includes a visitors centre, where the Brief Encounter film is shown during opening hours, a gift shop and Brief Encounter tea room.

MrsK180807

I had a day out at Chatsworth House a few years back, just as they were beginning filming for new Pride & Prejudice film. Amazing place with gorgeous gardens and absolutely HUGE. Totally worth a visit!

nits67

Hambledon in Oxfordshire is a pretty little village that has been used in lots of things, The two ronnies, Striker ( a very old kids football drama in the 70's) Also Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was filmed around that area.

On a separate note Beachy Head at Eastbourne was the setting for the Landrover going over the cliffs at the beginning of one of the Timothy Dalton 007 films.

Fulham_Mark

St Bartholomew the Great at Smithfields in London is the final church in 4 weddings and also used in Elizabeth and the most recent Shakespeare film. It's a very beautiful, medieval place and worth finding.

The ACME factory in Roger Rabbit is actually Shepherds Bush bus depot. This helped prevent it from being demolished a few years ago.

Most Hammer House of Horror films used a gothic building on the Thames which is now a posh hotel called Oakley Court.

The bit in the Omen where the cross falls off the church and lands in the man's head is All Saints in Fulham.

Frensham ponds in Surrey is used as a cheap film set when they need desert islands, spanish beaches or carribean beaches.

Finally the 2004 Christmas episode of The Bill was filmed outside my house and in the local pub.

The going rate for giving your house/shop for a week of filming is £3000.

nelsons_column

Hampstead Heath in NW London has probably been home to many film sets in the past (including the Kenwood House reference)

For Monty Python fans, a scene in Holy Grail was filmed there (I think nearby to Parliament Hill). When Sir Lancelot (John Cleese) is racing to save the princess from the tower (who turn out to be the castle owners wimpy son), Sir Lancelot is filmed from a distance running towards the camera , on his mission to liberate the 'princess', with some tense music playing.

This was done on Hampstead Heath.

Much of the rest of the film was done at Doune Castle in Scotland, for those north of the border.