Film and TV locations in the United Kingdom
344 places to shoot in the United Kingdom: 47 theatres, arenas and venues, 42 transport and infrastructure locations, 39 industrial and derelict locations and 216 more. 270 have a photo and 95 carry practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
What the United Kingdom pays back
The United Kingdom runs the Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC), worth 34% as a tax credit. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison, and find a studio, service company or post house in the 113 companies we list in the United Kingdom.
Regions
- Greater London 70
- Belfast, Northern Ireland 14
- West Yorkshire 14
- Greater Manchester 13
- Glasgow, Scotland 12
- Surrey 10
- Somerset 10
- West Midlands 9
- Kent 9
- Hertfordshire 8
- North Yorkshire 8
- Edinburgh, Scotland 7
- Essex 7
- Hampshire 7
- Bristol 6
- South Yorkshire 6
- Oxfordshire 6
- Derbyshire 6
- Tyne and Wear 5
- Suffolk 5
- Buckinghamshire 5
- Cornwall 5
- Gloucestershire 5
- County Durham 4
- East Sussex 4
- Cardiff, Wales 4
- County Down, Northern Ireland 4
- West Sussex 3
- Falkirk, Scotland 3
- Shropshire 3
- Wiltshire 3
- Norfolk 3
- Northamptonshire 3
- Dundee, Scotland 3
- Wales 3
- Leicestershire 3
- Dorset 3
- Merseyside 3
- Nottinghamshire 3
And single locations in 31 more regions, all of them in the list below.
Theatres, arenas and venues in the United Kingdom 47
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them. All 47 on their own page.
Alexandra Palace
Theatre, arena & venue
Victorian exhibition palace on a hill in north London with a 10,000 capacity great hall, restored BBC television studios, a Victorian theatre, ice rink and 196 acres of park.
Seen in: A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, The X Factor
Assembly Rooms
Theatre, arena & venue
Category A-listed Georgian assembly rooms on George Street in Edinburgh's New Town, council-owned and hired out for events, conferences and film shoots.
Ayr Racecourse
Theatre, arena & venue
Scotland's principal racecourse on the Ayrshire coast, with grandstands, a parade ring and parkland hired for events between race meetings.
Barnsley Metrodome
Theatre, arena & venue
Sports and leisure complex in Barnsley from 1989 with a sports hall, dressing rooms and a ten-pin bowling centre that hosts international tournaments.
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Barrowland Ballroom
Theatre, arena & venue
Category B listed 1930s dance hall and live music venue in Glasgow's East End, with its original sprung floor and a neon sign facade on the Gallowgate.
Battersea Arts Centre
Theatre, arena & venue
Former Battersea town hall in south London: grand hall with a rebuilt lattice ceiling, council chamber, tiled corridors, staircases and small studio rooms.
Seen in: Slade in Flame, Portrait Artist of the Year
Birmingham Hippodrome
Theatre, arena & venue
Edwardian theatre in Birmingham's Southside, a working proscenium arch auditorium with a fly tower, used for touring opera, ballet and musicals.
Brighton Dome
Theatre, arena & venue
Former royal stables next to the Royal Pavilion, converted into a domed concert hall with a corn exchange and a studio theatre in the same block.
Bristol Old Vic
Theatre, arena & venue
Working eighteenth-century theatre in central Bristol, one of the oldest continuously operating in the English-speaking world, with a Georgian auditorium and backstage spaces.
City Halls and Old Fruitmarket
Theatre, arena & venue
Victorian civic hall in the Merchant City with a galleried recital room and, alongside it, the cast iron Old Fruitmarket with its balconies and market signage kept intact.
Conway Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
Grade II listed ethical society hall in Holborn with a main hall, library and characterful corridors and basements hired out for filming.
Seen in: Slow Horses
Copper Box Arena
Theatre, arena & venue
A copper clad multi sport arena built for the 2012 Olympics in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with a sprung floor hall hired for filming, sport and events.
Capacity: 7500 · Multi-purpose arena (capacity 7,500) with hospitality suites, VIP lounges, private bars, meeting rooms for breakout spaces, and an open-air plaza...
Dreamland Margate
Theatre, arena & venue
A restored 1920s seaside amusement park on the Kent coast with a wooden scenic railway and vintage rides, used as a period seaside backdrop.
Spaces include a Grade II* listed Art Deco Ballroom with Boardroom/Foyer, a Vintage Arcade, Retro Roller Rink and Roller Diner with retro-fitted...
Fairfield Halls
Theatre, arena & venue
Refurbished 1960s concert hall and theatre complex in central Croydon with a 1,800 seat auditorium, studio theatre, foyers and terrazzo staircases.
Capacity: 1800
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
City centre concert hall at the top of Buchanan Street with a two thousand seat main auditorium, wide foyers, a strathclyde suite and back of house corridors.
Grand Opera House
Theatre, arena & venue
Frank Matcham theatre of 1895 with an oriental themed auditorium, gilded boxes, elephant head consoles, horseshoe balconies and a restored Victorian foyer.
Hackney Empire
Theatre, arena & venue
Frank Matcham variety theatre of 1901 in east London with a gilded auditorium, boxes, orchestra pit, fly tower and terracotta facade.
Seen in: The British Soap Awards, Opportunity Knocks
Kempton Park Racecourse
Theatre, arena & venue
A Jockey Club racecourse near Sunbury with grandstands, a parade ring and open parkland, hired for filming and photography between race meetings.
Komedia Bath
Theatre, arena & venue
Comedy and music venue in Bath's former Beau Nash cinema, keeping the art deco auditorium, balcony and foyer, with a flat floor main room and bar.
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Manchester Central Convention Complex
Theatre, arena & venue
Former Manchester Central railway station, a wrought iron and glass Victorian train shed converted into an exhibition and convention venue in the city centre.
Music Hall Aberdeen
Theatre, arena & venue
Granite fronted assembly rooms of 1822 on Union Street, with a Doric portico, a galleried main auditorium and smaller panelled rooms after a full refurbishment.
Olympia London
Theatre, arena & venue
Victorian exhibition halls in west London with a barrel vaulted glass roof, cast iron structure and column free floors, plus newer conference spaces.
Perth Racecourse
Theatre, arena & venue
A Scottish jump racing course set in Scone Palace Park near Perth, with grandstands and parkland offered for film and television location filming.
Racecourse Ground
Theatre, arena & venue
Football stadium in Wrexham, north Wales, one of the oldest international football grounds still in use, with stands close to the pitch on all four sides.
Seen in: Welcome to Wrexham
Roundhouse
Theatre, arena & venue
Circular former railway engine shed in Camden turned performance venue, its exposed iron pillars and brickwork hired out for industrial-look filming.
High-standard AV package, in-house technical team, Circle balcony seating 503
Royal Albert Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
Circular Victorian concert hall with a domed glass and iron roof, tiered galleries and a large stage, available for filming and photography by arrangement.
Seen in: The Man Who Knew Too Much, The King's Speech
Royal Highland Centre
Theatre, arena & venue
A large showground and exhibition centre at Ingliston near Edinburgh Airport, with halls, arenas and outdoor space hired for events and productions.
SEC Centre
Theatre, arena & venue
Exhibition and conference centre on the Clyde in Glasgow, alongside the SSE Hydro concert arena, with large column-free halls used for events and filming.
Five interconnected exhibition and event halls with a combined area of over 22,000 sq m.
St George's Bristol
Theatre, arena & venue
A deconsecrated Georgian church on Brandon Hill in Bristol converted into a concert hall, its columned interior hired for recordings, filming and events.
Swansea Arena
Theatre, arena & venue
Arena of 2021 on the Swansea waterfront seating around three and a half thousand, with a wrapped LED facade, flat floor mode and a raised public plaza outside.
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Theatre, arena & venue
Foster designed concert building of 2004 on the Gateshead quayside, with a curved glass and steel shell, two halls, a rehearsal drum and a long river facing concourse.
The MAC
Theatre, arena & venue
Arts centre of 2012 in the Cathedral Quarter with two theatres, three galleries, a tall brick and basalt atrium and open stairways over several levels.
The O2 Belfast
Theatre, arena & venue
An indoor arena in the Odyssey complex on Belfast's Queen's Quay, home to ice hockey and concerts, with a bowl and function spaces for hire.
Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Theatre, arena & venue
Competition swimming venue with a ten lane fifty metre pool, diving and training pools, spectator seating and modern changing halls behind a red sandstone frontage.
Troxy
Theatre, arena & venue
A former 1930s cinema in Limehouse converted into an events venue, its art deco auditorium and foyers hired for filming, television and live shows.
Capacity: 3600 · State-of-the-art AV facilities; the art deco building opened in 1933 and underwent a GBP 1.5 million refurbishment.
Usher Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
Category A-listed Edwardian concert hall in Edinburgh seating up to 2,200, council-owned and hired out for conferences, concerts and film shoots.
Victoria Baths
Theatre, arena & venue
Disused Edwardian public baths in Manchester with three original pools, a Turkish suite and stained glass, hired as a filming location since its closure in 1993.
Wales Millennium Centre
Theatre, arena & venue
Steel and slate clad performing arts centre on Cardiff Bay, with a main theatre, studio spaces and a bronze-lettered curved facade.
Wembley Stadium
Theatre, arena & venue
National stadium seating 90,000 under a steel arch, with pitch, players tunnel, dressing rooms, wide concourses and hospitality suites available outside the event calendar.
Capacity: 90000
Wilton's Music Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
Surviving Victorian music hall in Wapping with a barley-twist column auditorium and worn brick backstage areas, hired for filming and photography.
Victorian rooms and spaces including the main stairway, the Cocktail Bar and the main Hall, plus the auditorium, Mahogany Bar and The Study. On-site...
Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Theatre, arena & venue
82,000-seat national rugby stadium with four concourse levels, 34 event suites, a gym and an on-site hotel, hired out as a filming location and unit base outside match days.
Capacity: 82000 · Onsite and nearby crew parking, multiple kitchens, gym and pool access, 150-bedroom on-site hotel
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
Victorian music hall in Leeds city centre, built 1865 and little altered since, with an intact period auditorium once used for the BBC's The Good Old Days.
Seen in: Ghost Stories, Testament of Youth, The ABC Murders
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English Institute of Sport Sheffield
Theatre, arena & venue
Indoor multi-sport arena in Sheffield with a 200m track, several sports halls and a large gym, built as a national athletics training base.
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Tapton Masonic Hall
Theatre, arena & venue
Grade II listed former family home in Sheffield turned Masonic hall, with a stairway, library, reception rooms, bar and a period dance floor room for hire.
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Utilita Arena Birmingham
Theatre, arena & venue
Indoor arena in central Birmingham seating several thousand, used for concerts, sport and other large events at the NEC Group's city centre site.
W5
Theatre, arena & venue
An interactive science discovery centre inside the Odyssey complex on Belfast's Queen's Quay, with exhibition floors and workshop spaces.
Winter Gardens Blackpool
Theatre, arena & venue
A Victorian entertainment complex in Blackpool covering almost five acres, with the domed Spanish Hall, an opera house and function rooms hired for events.
4.9 acres of connected space across multiple linked venues including the Opera House and Spanish Hall, with on-site cafes, bars and restaurants.
Transport and infrastructure in the United Kingdom 42
Stations, airports, ports, bridges, tunnels, metro lines and rolling stock, including disused stretches that can be closed off for a shoot. All 42 on their own page.
Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Preserved standard gauge line on the Forth with a rebuilt Victorian station, signal boxes, goods yard, steam and diesel stock and a large covered museum shed.
Bressingham Steam and Gardens
Transport & infrastructure
Steam preservation site near Diss with narrow-gauge railways, a collection of traction engines and steam locomotives, and surrounding show gardens.
Brooklands Museum
Transport & infrastructure
Site of the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit near Weybridge, with a surviving banked track section, aircraft hangars and early aviation and motoring exhibits.
Edwardian Grade II listed Clubhouse (1907); Aircraft Factory hangar with a Wellington Bomber; Flight Shed with a Hawker Harrier and Sopwith Camel;...
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Transport & infrastructure
Brunel designed chain suspension bridge of 1864 spanning the Avon Gorge seventy five metres above the river, with Egyptian style towers and vaulted abutments.
Conwy Suspension Bridge
Transport & infrastructure
1826 Thomas Telford suspension bridge across the Conwy estuary in north Wales, beside Conwy Castle, with its original tollhouse kept furnished.
Cotswold Airport
Transport & infrastructure
Former RAF airfield near Cirencester with active runways, hangars and a stored Boeing 747 available for interior and exterior aviation filming.
Runways, hangars, Boeing 747 'Negus' for exterior and interior filming, secure discrete site
Coventry Transport Museum
Transport & infrastructure
Museum in central Coventry holding one of the largest collections of British-made cars, motorcycles and bicycles, with large open display halls.
Hire spaces: Bettmann Suite (60 people), Starley Suite (150), Swift Centre (30) and Mezzanine Gallery (200). Onsite Baxter Cafe seats 120. Equipment...
Crich Tramway Village
Transport & infrastructure
National Tramway Museum built as a period street in a limestone quarry, with a working tram line, cobbles, gas lamps, shopfronts, pub and large depot sheds.
Cutty Sark
Transport & infrastructure
A preserved nineteenth century tea clipper in dry dock at Greenwich, its decks, rigging and cargo hold open for events and location hire.
Discovery Point and RRS Discovery
Transport & infrastructure
Antarctic research ship of 1901 moored on the Tay beside a visitor centre, with rigging, wardroom, cabins, engine room and galley kept as they were.
Dunsfold Aerodrome
Transport & infrastructure
Working airfield and business park in Surrey with runways, taxiways, hangars, a control tower and a Boeing 747 kept on site for filming.
Seen in: Top Gear
Hangars, runways and taxiways, a Boeing 747 available exclusively for filming, operational flying
Epping Ongar Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Preserved former Central line branch in Essex with country stations at North Weald and Ongar, a signal box, steam and diesel stock and heritage buses.
Falkirk Wheel
Transport & infrastructure
A rotating boat lift connecting two canals near Falkirk, managed by Scottish Canals with a visitor centre, basin and towpaths around it.
Foxton Locks
Transport & infrastructure
Grade II listed staircase of ten locks, the longest flight in Britain, on the Grand Union Canal, with a former inclined boat lift and towpath open for filming under Canal and River Trust permit.
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Transport & infrastructure
Curved 21-arch concrete railway viaduct of 1901 carrying the West Highland Line above the head of Loch Shiel.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Great Central Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Double track heritage main line between Loughborough and Leicester North with four period stations, signal boxes, a locomotive shed, bridges and open lineside.
Green Park Station
Transport & infrastructure
Former Midland Railway terminus of 1870 in Bath with a curved iron and glass trainshed, a Georgian style stone frontage and brick vaults beneath the platforms.
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HMS Caroline
Transport & infrastructure
First World War Royal Navy light cruiser preserved as a museum ship in Belfast's Titanic Quarter, with its decks and machinery spaces open for TV, radio and commercial filming.
HMS Trincomalee
Transport & infrastructure
Britain's oldest floating warship, an 1817 frigate preserved at Hartlepool's Maritime Experience quayside, with decks and rigging open for TV, radio and commercial filming.
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Preserved light railway from Tenterden to Bodiam with period stations, signal boxes, steam locomotives, carriages and ten miles of rural line.
National Railway Museum
Transport & infrastructure
National collection of historic locomotives and rolling stock in York, housed in former railway engine sheds with large open halls and turntables.
Capacity: 1000 · Great Hall (up to 1,000 guests) displays locomotives including Mallard, Flying Scotsman and a Bullet Train; Station Hall (up to 450 guests) features...
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Transport & infrastructure
Cast iron canal trough of 1805 carried thirty eight metres above the Dee on nineteen stone piers, with a towpath crossing and a wooded valley below.
Portland Port
Transport & infrastructure
Former Royal Navy base on Portland Harbour with deep water quays, breakwaters and forts, warehouses, dry dock, cranes and open hardstanding behind a secure gate.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Transport & infrastructure
Working Royal Navy dockyard and heritage site with historic warships, dry docks and Georgian storehouses along Portsmouth Harbour.
Ribblehead Viaduct
Transport & infrastructure
24-arch stone railway viaduct carrying the Settle to Carlisle line across open moorland in the Yorkshire Dales.
Severn Valley Railway
Transport & infrastructure
16-mile heritage steam railway between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth with five preserved Victorian stations, engine sheds and rolling stock used for period rail scenes.
Seen in: 28 Days Later, Enola Holmes, The Chronicles of Narnia, Goodnight Mister Tom
Silverstone Circuit
Transport & infrastructure
A motor racing circuit on a former airfield in Northamptonshire, with grandstands, pit garages and a test track hired for motoring productions.
Southwold Pier
Transport & infrastructure
Traditional seaside pier rebuilt in the 2000s on its Edwardian footings, with a pavilion, amusement arcade and end-of-pier walkway over the North Sea.
SS Great Britain
Transport & infrastructure
Preserved Victorian iron-hulled steamship in her original dry dock in Bristol, with restored decks, engine room and dockside museum buildings.
SS Nomadic
Transport & infrastructure
Restored 1911 tender ship in Belfast's Hamilton Dock, the last remaining vessel of the White Star Line, moored beside Titanic Belfast as a museum ship.
Standedge Tunnel
Transport & infrastructure
Britain's longest, deepest and highest canal tunnel, cut through the Pennines at Marsden on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, with a visitor centre and boat trips into the tunnel, open for filming under Canal and River Trust permit.
Tanfield Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Preserved colliery line on a 1725 waggonway route, with the Causey Arch, Marley Hill engine shed of 1854, wooden platforms and industrial tank engines.
The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Transport & infrastructure
80-acre former Royal Navy dockyard on the Medway with Georgian ropewalks, covered slips, dry docks and historic ships used as period maritime backdrops.
Seen in: Call the Midwife, Sherlock Holmes
The Tank Museum
Transport & infrastructure
Military vehicle museum on the Bovington army camp with several hundred tanks and armoured vehicles, indoor halls and outdoor arena space.
Ulster Transport Museum
Transport & infrastructure
A National Museums NI transport museum at Cultra on Belfast Lough, with halls of trains, cars and aircraft beside the adjoining Ulster Folk Museum's historic buildings.
Watercress Line
Transport & infrastructure
Preserved standard gauge railway between Alresford and Alton with restored country stations, a locomotive shed, steam engines and ten miles of track.
Bluebell Railway
Transport & infrastructure
11-mile heritage steam railway through the Sussex Weald with three Victorian stations and large carriage sheds also used for indoor and green-screen filming.
Seen in: Downton Abbey, Sherlock Holmes, Blitz
Charlestown Harbour
Transport & infrastructure
Small Georgian-era dry-dock harbour near St Austell, still used by tall ships, with quayside cottages and period pilchard cellars around the basin.
Seen in: Poldark
Inner Harbour is 151m long, 33m wide and 5m deep, holding over 5,400 sq m of water; vessels up to 75m length and 4m draught can sail in directly from...
Colne Valley Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Heritage standard-gauge railway on the Essex-Suffolk border with a rebuilt country station, signal box and steam and diesel locomotives.
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Five-mile heritage railway between Keighley and Oxenhope with preserved stations and rolling stock giving period scenes from the 1860s to the 1960s.
Seen in: The Railway Children, The Railway Children Return, Peaky Blinders, All Creatures Great and Small
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North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Transport & infrastructure
Heritage steam railway running 24 miles through the North York Moors, with period stations at Pickering, Goathland and Grosmont used for productions set from the 1930s onward.
Seen in: Downton Abbey, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Heartbeat, Dad's Army (2016)
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Tower Bridge
Transport & infrastructure
Bascule and suspension bridge over the Thames with twin Victorian Gothic towers and a glass-floored high-level walkway overlooking the city.
Seen in: The Mummy Returns, Spider-Man: Far From Home
Interior filming spaces include the High-Level Walkways (level 5), the North and South Towers and the Engine Rooms; a Film Liaison team, on-site...
Industrial and derelict locations in the United Kingdom 39
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build. All 39 on their own page.
Aerospace Bristol
Industrial & derelict
Aviation museum on the former Filton airfield site with a hangar housing a preserved Concorde alongside earlier Bristol-built aircraft.
Capacity: 500 · Spaces for hire include the Concorde Gallery and Balcony, the John James Theatre (raked seating), the Studio Space, and the Miami, Washington and New...
Amberley Museum
Industrial & derelict
Open-air industrial heritage museum on a former chalk quarry near Arundel, with narrow-gauge railways, a lime works, workshops and period industrial buildings.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Industrial & derelict
Nineteen fifties Baltic Flour Mills on the Gateshead quayside converted into a gallery, keeping the brick silo walls, with tall open galleries and a rooftop river view.
Battersea Power Station
Industrial & derelict
Decommissioned Thames-side coal power station with four white chimneys, its turbine halls and boiler house now restored inside a mixed-use redevelopment.
Seen in: The King's Speech, Children of Men
Event spaces include Control Room A (max 220 people), the Arcade Food Hall (max 600) and The Cinema in The Power Station (max 350).
Big Pit National Coal Museum
Industrial & derelict
Former working coal mine at Blaenavon in the South Wales valleys, part of a World Heritage industrial landscape, with pithead buildings and an underground tour.
Blaenavon Ironworks
Industrial & derelict
UNESCO World Heritage ironworks in the South Wales valleys with ruined blast furnaces, a water balance tower and rows of furnished workers' cottages, hired for filming and photography.
Cromford Mills
Industrial & derelict
Arkwright's water powered cotton mill complex of 1771, the earliest of its kind, with gritstone mill blocks, wheel pits, leats, yards and a walled site by the Derwent.
Crossness Pumping Station
Industrial & derelict
A Victorian sewage pumping station in south east London, its ornate cast iron interior housing a restored beam engine and hired for filming.
Dean Clough
Industrial & derelict
Former Crossley's carpet mill complex in Halifax, a chain of Victorian stone mill buildings around courtyards now used as offices, galleries and studios.
Discovery Museum
Industrial & derelict
A free museum in Newcastle housed in Blandford House, an Edwardian former Co-operative Wholesale Society warehouse, with galleries and a turbine ship on display.
Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
Industrial & derelict
Former Royal Navy armaments depot at Priddy's Hard, Gosport, with magazine buildings and quaysides on Portsmouth Harbour, welcoming TV, radio and commercial filming.
Fort Amherst
Industrial & derelict
Napoleonic-era fortification above Chatham with brick ramparts, gun batteries and a network of tunnels cut into the chalk.
Geevor Tin Mine
Industrial & derelict
Former working tin mine on the Cornish coast near Pendeen, with headframes, processing mills, underground tunnels and dressing floors preserved as a museum.
Seen in: Poldark
Kempton Steam Museum
Industrial & derelict
Edwardian water pumping station at Hanworth with two triple expansion steam engines in a tall galleried engine house, plus boiler house, yard and narrow gauge railway.
Seen in: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Holmes & Watson, Poirot
Landguard Fort
Industrial & derelict
Coastal artillery fort at the mouth of the River Orwell near Felixstowe, rebuilt in stages from the seventeenth to the twentieth century with gun casemates and magazines.
London Museum of Water & Steam
Industrial & derelict
Victorian waterworks in Brentford with a brick standpipe tower, working beam engines, boiler house, workshops and a cobbled yard, hired for filming and events.
Seen in: Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks, The Bill, EastEnders
Museum of the Gorge, Ironbridge
Industrial & derelict
Former riverside warehouse at Ironbridge, part of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site of 18th century ironworking remains along the River Severn.
National Mining Museum Scotland
Industrial & derelict
Preserved Lady Victoria Colliery with winding engine house, headframe, pithead baths, workshops and a surrounding Victorian mining village.
National Slate Museum
Industrial & derelict
A former slate quarry workshop at Llanberis in Snowdonia, with working machinery, a giant waterwheel and quarrymen's cottages preserved on site.
National Waterfront Museum
Industrial & derelict
Industrial history museum in Swansea Marina combining a restored 1901 dockside warehouse with a slate and glass extension, open galleries and quayside outside.
Old Billingsgate
Industrial & derelict
The former Victorian fish market hall on the Thames in the City of London, a column free riverside space hired for productions and functions.
Three hire spaces: the Grand Hall (47,000 sq ft / 4,300 sqm, sit-down dinner 1,800 / reception 2,500 / conference 1,200), the Gallery (10,000 sq ft /...
Orford Ness
Industrial & derelict
Shingle spit on the Suffolk coast used for decades as a secret military testing site, with derelict laboratories, pagoda-shaped test buildings and a lighthouse.
Papplewick Pumping Station
Industrial & derelict
Victorian waterworks of 1884 with two working beam engines, ornamental ironwork columns, stained glass, a boiler house with six Lancashire boilers and a cooling pond.
People's History Museum
Industrial & derelict
The national museum of democracy in Manchester, housed in a former Edwardian hydraulic pumping station beside the River Irwell, with galleries and an events space.
Rhondda Heritage Park
Industrial & derelict
A former colliery in the Rhondda valley, South Wales, preserved with pithead buildings and winding gear as a mining heritage museum.
Royal Gunpowder Mills
Industrial & derelict
Former explosives works at Waltham Abbey with 21 listed buildings, canals, tramways, blast mounds and 175 acres of woodland closed to the public.
Royal William Yard
Industrial & derelict
Georgian naval victualling yard in Plymouth built of limestone and granite, with a brewhouse, bakery, cooperage, slate roofs, a gatehouse arch and its own harbour.
Salts Mill
Industrial & derelict
Former Victorian textile mill in the Saltaire World Heritage village near Bradford, a vast stone and iron structure now used as galleries, shops and offices.
Snape Maltings
Industrial & derelict
Former Victorian malting complex on the River Alde, its brick maltings and kilns converted into a concert hall, galleries and shops.
The Custard Factory
Industrial & derelict
Former Bird's custard works in Digbeth turned into studios and shops, with brick factory blocks, iron walkways, loading bays, painted yards and canal frontage.
Tobacco Dock
Industrial & derelict
A Grade I listed early nineteenth century dock warehouse in Wapping, with exposed brick vaults and cast iron columns hired as an events space.
13 event spaces including the Great Gallery, Little Gallery, Dock Gallery, Quayside areas, Vaults and meeting suites, in a Grade I listed building...
Trinity Buoy Wharf
Industrial & derelict
Former lighthouse testing wharf at the mouth of the River Lea, with a lightship, converted shipping-container studios and dockside sheds.
Verdant Works
Industrial & derelict
A restored nineteenth century jute mill in Dundee with original machinery and mill buildings, run as a museum of the city's textile industry.
Woodhorn Museum
Industrial & derelict
A former colliery near Ashington in Northumberland with preserved pithead buildings, a winding engine and headstocks, run as a mining heritage museum.
Woolwich Works
Industrial & derelict
Arts venue in five restored Royal Arsenal munitions buildings in south east London, with brick halls, exposed roof trusses, rehearsal rooms and open yards.
Bentwaters Parks
Industrial & derelict
Former USAF cold war air base near Woodbridge with hardened aircraft shelters, a control tower, bunkers, hangars, runways and empty roads.
Seen in: One Shot, Space Cadets
Fleet Air Arm Museum
Industrial & derelict
Naval aviation museum on the working airbase at RNAS Yeovilton with historic aircraft, a Concorde and hangar interiors, welcoming TV, radio and commercial filming.
SWG3
Industrial & derelict
A converted warehouse and former whisky bond in Glasgow's Yorkhill, now a multi room venue used for music, events and film and television production.
The Old Truman Brewery
Industrial & derelict
Former East End brewery complex on Brick Lane with converted vat rooms, yards and warehouse floors hired as event and shoot space.
Film studios and backlots in the United Kingdom 37
Sound stages, backlots, water tanks and virtual production volumes you can hire, with the crew base and power that go with them. All 37 on their own page.
Bray Studios
Studio & backlot
A riverside Thames-valley studio near Windsor with over 95,000 sq ft of stages, a backlot and a long history of horror and blockbuster production.
Seen in: The Rings of Power, Dracula, Kingsman, Rocketman, Alien, The Mummy
Over 95,000 sq ft (8,900 sq m) of purpose-built stages across a 33-acre site; 10 workshops and 45,000 sq ft (4,300 sq m) of office/support space;...
Elstree Studios
Studio & backlot
Film and television studio complex at Borehamwood with several sound stages, dating back to the 1920s and long used for major British productions.
Seen in: Star Wars, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
9 film and TV stages with over 90,000 sq ft of filming space plus a backlot. The two George Lucas stages are 15,770 sq ft each with a height of 50 ft;...
Longcross Studios
Studio & backlot
A large Surrey studio site on former defence land with stages up to 46,000 sq ft, extensive workshop space and backlot and woodland grounds.
Seen in: Skyfall, Doctor Strange, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Andor
Over 250,000 sq ft of stage space in stages from 10,000 to 46,000 sq ft; more than 150,000 sq ft of workshops; over 9 acres of backlot; over a mile of...
Pinewood Studios
Studio & backlot
Major studio complex west of London whose facilities include large sound stages, the vast 007 Stage, backlots and an underwater filming tank.
Seen in: No Time to Die, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
30 stages including the 007 Stage (59,092 sq ft, 5,490 m2, 12 m high, with a 91 x 22 m interior tank 2 m deep), an underwater stage with a 20 x 10 x 6...
Shepperton Studios
Studio & backlot
A historic Thames-side studio complex with 31 stages across two backlots, a 17th-century manor house and river and woodland grounds for filming.
Seen in: Oliver!, Alien, Gandhi, Captain America: The First Avenger
31 stages plus 2 large backlots; workshops from 600 to 14,000 sq ft, some with mezzanines; production offices, hair and makeup rooms (1-6 positions),...
Shinfield Studios
Studio & backlot
A large new-build studio campus south of Reading, now operated as Shadowbox Studios Shinfield, with 18 stages up to 41,000 sq ft and a hard-standing backlot.
Seen in: Avengers: Doomsday, Squid Game, Greenland
18 soundproofed, air-conditioned stages from 17,250 to 41,000 sq ft; largest stages 3 and 4 at 41,000 sq ft with 50 ft working height, smallest stages...
Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden
Studio & backlot
A former aerodrome converted into one of Europe's largest film studios, with lettered and numbered stages, a large water tank and an extensive backlot.
Seen in: Harry Potter film series, GoldenEye, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, The Dark Knight
350,000 sq ft of sound stages across lettered stages (A to V) and numbered stages (1 to 11); Europe's largest interior water tank; a backlot of more...
Belfast Harbour Studios
Studio & backlot
Purpose-built film and television studio complex on Belfast's Queen's Island, including the former Paint Hall shipyard building converted into sound stages.
Seen in: Game of Thrones
Black Hangar Studios
Studio & backlot
A converted airfield hangar studio in Hampshire with one of the UK's largest uninterrupted sound stages and a permanent green-screen cyclorama.
Seen in: Dumbo, Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, Dance Monsters
Main stage of 32,000 sq ft of open, flexible space with the UK's largest permanent green-screen cyclorama; large workshops for set construction and...
Bovingdon Airfield Studios
Studio & backlot
Studio complex on a former RAF airfield near Hemel Hempstead with sound stages, workshops, offices and large open backlots on the runway and taxiways.
Seen in: 1917, Fury, Bohemian Rhapsody, Fast & Furious 6
Cardington Studios
Studio & backlot
Two former airship sheds near Bedford converted into some of the largest indoor filming spaces in Europe, used for blockbuster sets and stadium-tour rehearsals.
Main stages 1-4: one undivided space 248 m x 55 m, 55 m (180 ft) to roof pitch, 37.3 m (122.5 ft) to eaves, divisible for pricing; Stage 5 (first...
Dragon Studios
Studio & backlot
A 100-acre production complex in Welsh countryside near Bridgend, with five sound stages, private woodland, a lake and extensive backlot space.
Seen in: Willow, Brave New World, Keeping Faith
5 sound-treated stages, 10,000 to 28,000 sq ft; 100,000 sq ft of support space including production offices, workshops and post-production hubs across...
Ealing Studios
Studio & backlot
The UK's oldest working film studio in west London, with historic 1930s stages, a new net-zero-carbon stage and adjoining production offices.
Seen in: Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Lavender Hill Mob, Shaun of the Dead, Downton Abbey
Stage 1: 14,229 sq ft, new net-zero-carbon stage (opening 2025). Stage 2: 125 x 75 ft, 34 ft working height, water tank 25 x 20 x 7 ft, built 1931....
FirstStage Studios
Studio & backlot
A dockside studio complex in Leith, Edinburgh, with stages up to 24,000 sq ft, workshops and production offices on an 8.9-acre site.
Seen in: The Outrun
Multiple stages from 9,752 to 24,000 sq ft, up to 115,000 sq ft of stage space in total; around 35,000 sq ft of workshops across four workrooms...
Garden Studios
Studio & backlot
A B-Corp certified studio campus in west London with eight sound stages plus a dedicated LED virtual production volume.
8 sound stages, 5,000 to 23,000 sq ft: Iris Stage 1 23,414 sq ft (10.7 m), Rose Stage 1 15,207 sq ft (7.1 m), Orchid Stage 1 15,026 sq ft (9.9 m),...
Great Point Studios Wales
Studio & backlot
A Cardiff sound-stage complex at St Mellons (formerly Seren Stiwdios / Pinewood Wales), with seven stages and dedicated wardrobe, mill and scenic-dock space.
Seen in: The Bastard Executioner, Sherlock (series 4), Class
7 stages: Stage 1 21,000 sq ft, Stage 2 19,200 sq ft, Stage 3 16,000 sq ft, Stage 4 16,500 sq ft, plus stages 5-7 (20,000-23,000 sq ft) opening 2026....
Kelvin Hall Studios
Studio & backlot
A BBC Studioworks television studio built inside the historic Kelvin Hall exhibition building in Glasgow's west end.
Seen in: Balamory, Pointless, The Weakest Link, Bridge of Lies, Frankie Boyle's New World Order
One studio of 10,500 sq ft, 115 x 92 ft, 33.5 ft height, with advanced LED lighting, production, lighting and sound galleries, green rooms, make-up...
MediaCity Studios
Studio & backlot
A purpose-built television production hub at MediaCityUK in Salford, formerly branded dock10, with ten studios from small green-screen sets to the UK's largest television studio.
Seen in: The Voice (ITV), Match of the Day, Wheel of Fortune
Capacity: 1000 · 10 studios: HQ1 (UK's largest TV studio) 1,165 sq m, audience 1,000; HQ2 710 sq m, audience 600; HQ3 422 sq m, audience 200; HQ4 583 sq m, audience...
North Light Film Studios
Studio & backlot
Converted 19th-century woollen mill near Huddersfield with four sound stages totalling over 19,000 sq ft, plus surrounding mill buildings used as extra sets.
Seen in: Happy Valley, Jericho, Jamaica Inn, Where the Heart Is
Four stages, over 19,000 sq ft total, converted mill buildings for additional sets
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Prime Studios
Studio & backlot
Film and TV production hub in Leeds with several sound stages, warehouse space, production offices and an on-site cinema, also home to a film school.
Seen in: Bank of Dave, The ABC Murders, Girlfriends, The Duke
Studio 01: 2,394 sq ft (222.22 m2), 17 ft 4 in (5.30 m) high, drive-in access 15 ft 3 in (4.66 m), with an infinity cove. Studio 03: 1,100 sq ft with...
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Production Park
Studio & backlot
Studio complex in Wakefield with Yorkshire's first LED virtual production volume (over 3,000 panels), plus rehearsal studios, crew accommodation and dining space.
Modular LED volume of 3,000+ panels, on-site crew and artist accommodation, multiple studios, production offices, dining and green rooms
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Pyramids Studios
Studio & backlot
A large studio campus on a former industrial site between Edinburgh and Glasgow, with two very large sound stages and extensive support office space.
2 stages totalling 105,000 sq ft (individual stages 45,000-60,500 sq ft), 22-32 ft clear height; 380,200 sq ft facility on a 93-acre campus; 80,000 sq...
Sands Films Studio
Studio & backlot
A small riverside soundstage in a former Rotherhithe granary, combined with the long-running Sands Films costume and production house.
Capacity: 50 · One soundproofed stage with 50-seat theatre capacity, DMX LED lighting control, multi-camera HD recording (up to 5 remotely controlled cameras),...
Sky Studios Elstree
Studio & backlot
A newly built studio campus in Elstree and Borehamwood with twelve large-format sound stages and on-site production offices and workshops.
12 sound stages ranging from 10,000 to 40,000 sq ft with a minimum 40 ft height clearance; workshops on ground and mezzanine floors plus two larger...
Space Studios Manchester
Studio & backlot
Purpose-built film and TV production complex in Beswick, Manchester, with 760,000 sq ft of space including a 30,000 sq ft main stage, offices, workshops and unit base parking.
Six dry-hire stages: Stage 1 11,194 sq ft (30 ft), Stage 2 10,669 sq ft (30 ft), Stage 3 10,096 sq ft (21.9 ft), Stage 4 10,150 sq ft (21.9 ft), Stage...
Studio Ulster
Studio & backlot
A dedicated virtual production facility at Belfast Harbour Studios, with in-camera VFX stages, an LED motion-capture stage and a CoSTAR screen lab.
Seen in: First Woman
VP Stage 1: 12,750 sq ft, 55 ft to steel, NantStudios Dynamic Volume with nine configurable LED walls and five motorised ceiling pods. VP Stage 2:...
The Bottle Yard Studios
Studio & backlot
Council-run studio complex on the site of a former sherry bottling plant in south Bristol, with eleven sound stages across two sites and a rooftop solar array.
Seen in: Poldark, Wolf Hall, Broadchurch series 3, The Pale Horse, Rivals, Hellboy
11 BAFTA albert-accredited stages over two sites. Studios 1-8 at the original TBY1 site range up to 22,000 sq ft and include a 5,000 sq ft green...
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The Depot
Studio & backlot
Purpose-built studio at Liverpool Innovation Park with two 20,000 sq ft stages, production offices, workshops and a 1.7-acre unit base with parking for 200 vehicles.
Seen in: Hollyoaks, The Batman, Fantastic Beasts, Peaky Blinders, House of Guinness
Two purpose-built stages, Depot 01 and Depot 02, each 20,000 sq ft, 195 ft (60 m) long by 96 ft (30 m) wide and 39 ft (12 m) high, with 400 amps of...
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The Northern Studios
Studio & backlot
Teesside University production facility in Hartlepool with a sound stage, green screen, virtual production volume, edit suites and workshop space.
The Sharp Project
Studio & backlot
A converted industrial estate in north Manchester built as television and digital production studios, with offices, a yard and outdoor space for crews and vehicles.
Capacity: 200 · 200,000 sq ft refurbished warehouse campus. Stage One is a 3,700 sq ft production space with room for up to 110 people in theatre-style seating, wifi,...
Three Mills Studios
Studio & backlot
An East London production campus on an old mill island, with around a dozen stages, rehearsal rooms and 130-plus production offices near the 2012 Olympic Park.
75,000 sq ft of stage space across stages 4-15, plus rehearsal spaces (stages 1-2, rehearsal rooms 1-5, stage 10 A/B/C); 130+ offices and ancillary...
Troubadour Meridian Water Studios
Studio & backlot
A modern north London studio built beside the Meridian Water rail interchange, with three large-format sound stages, production hubs and workshops.
Stage 1: 20,914 sq ft (1,943 sq m), 166.6 x 125.3 ft, 65.6 ft (20 m) apex height. Stage 2: 11,216 sq ft (1,042 sq m), 141.4 x 79 ft, 57.7 ft (17.6 m)...
Twickenham Studios
Studio & backlot
A century-old riverside studio in south-west London combining three sound stages with post-production and, since 2025, a virtual production volume.
Seen in: Enola Holmes 3, Trigger Point (series 2), Masters of the Universe, His Dark Materials
Stage 1: 7,552 sq ft (701 sq m), 118 x 64 x 34 ft. Stage 2: 2,000 sq ft (186 sq m), 50 x 40 x 23 ft. Stage 3: 5,551 sq ft (515 sq m), 93 x 60 x 24 ft,...
Versa Leeds Studios
Studio & backlot
Multi-stage production facility on Whitehall Road, Leeds, opened 2020, with four stages up to 27,000 sq ft, production offices, workshops and on-site parking.
Seen in: Bodies, Boat Story, Platform 7, Marvel's Secret Invasion
Over 140,000 sq ft of production space with four sound stages: Stage 1 1,487 sq m (16,004 sq ft), 8.496 m (27.87 ft) high; Stage 2 1,167 sq m (12,558...
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Wardpark Film and Television Studios
Studio & backlot
Scotland's fully integrated film studio complex at Cumbernauld, with five sound stages and on-site accommodation for cast and crew.
A Stage 13,000 sq ft x 40 ft; B Stage 12,000 sq ft x 21 ft; C Stage 11,500 sq ft x 26 ft; D Stage 11,500 sq ft x 26 ft; E Stage 5,000 sq ft x 18 ft....
West London Film Studios
Studio & backlot
A two-site studio complex in Hayes with ten stages in total, including the UK's only permanent standing hospital set.
Seen in: Ted Lasso, Killing Eve, The Father, Venom: The Last Dance, Good Omens, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Imitation Game
10 stages across two sites, all with drive-in access. Springfield Road: Stage 1 6,240 sq ft, Stage 2 5,300 sq ft, Stage 3 7,100 sq ft, Stage 5 7,100...
Wolf Studios Wales
Studio & backlot
A producer-built Cardiff studio complex of seven sound-treated stages and a serviced backlot, run by the production company Bad Wolf.
Seen in: Doctor Who, His Dark Materials, A Discovery of Witches, Industry
7 stages totalling 137,000 sq ft: Stage 1 21,661 sq ft (32-41 ft); Stage 2 14,531 sq ft (35-41 ft); Stage 3 14,531 sq ft (35-41 ft); Stage 4 27,000 sq...
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Private houses, villas, apartments and period interiors available for filming, from workers' housing to architect-designed homes. All 33 on their own page.
Ardverikie Estate
House & apartment
Scottish baronial house of the 1870s on Loch Laggan with panelled interiors, stable courtyard, estate cottages, farm buildings, moor, forest and loch shore.
Seen in: Monarch of the Glen, The Crown, Mrs Brown, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Belfast Castle
House & apartment
Scottish baronial mansion of 1870 on the slopes of Cave Hill, with a serpentine stair, panelled reception rooms, cellar restaurant and terraced gardens over the city.
Brocket Hall
House & apartment
Palladian house of 1760 near Welwyn with a painted saloon, ballroom, lake and Paine bridge, set in an estate with golf courses and woodland belts.
Seen in: The Queen, Johnny English Reborn, Night of the Demon
Chatsworth House
House & apartment
Baroque country house in the Derwent valley with painted hall, sculpture gallery, state apartments, stable block and a thousand acre park laid out by Capability Brown.
Seen in: Pride and Prejudice, The Duchess, Peaky Blinders
Delapre Abbey
House & apartment
Country house on the site of a Cluniac nunnery just south of Northampton, with Georgian reception rooms, a stable courtyard, servants quarters and walled gardens.
Fulham Palace
House & apartment
Moated former residence of the Bishop of London beside the Thames at Putney, combining Tudor courtyards, Georgian rooms and walled gardens available for filming.
Tudor courtyard, Georgian rooms and 13 acres of garden.
Gainsborough Old Hall
House & apartment
One of England's best-preserved medieval manor houses, in the town of Gainsborough, with a great hall and timber-framed rooms used for period filming.
Seen in: Peterloo
Haddon Hall
House & apartment
Fortified medieval and Tudor manor above the Wye with a banqueting hall, long gallery, chapel with wall paintings, kitchens and terraced gardens, little altered since 1600.
Seen in: Jane Eyre, The Princess Bride, The Other Boleyn Girl, Elizabeth
Hedsor House
House & apartment
Georgian house above the Thames near Taplow with a domed entrance hall, ballroom, marble staircase and private parkland, hired exclusively.
Seen in: The Golden Compass
Hylands House
House & apartment
Neoclassical villa near Chelmsford set in landscaped parkland, with Regency reception rooms available for filming and events.
Kenwood House
House & apartment
Neoclassical villa on the edge of Hampstead Heath with Robert Adam interiors and a fine art collection, its library and grounds used for period romance filming.
Seen in: Belle, Mansfield Park, Notting Hill, Venus
Kirby Hall
House & apartment
Part-ruined Elizabethan mansion near Corby with elaborate carved stone facades and formal gardens, used as a country-house filming location.
Seen in: Mansfield Park
Knole
House & apartment
Sprawling calendar house near Sevenoaks with medieval and Tudor courtyards, a deer park and largely unaltered seventeenth-century state rooms.
Seen in: Orlando, Wolf Hall
Lincoln's Inn
House & apartment
Inn of Court off Chancery Lane with a Great Hall, chapel, library, crypt and Georgian squares, hired out for film, television and photography with an on-site recce available.
Loseley Park
House & apartment
Elizabethan mansion near Guildford with panelled state rooms, a walled garden and surrounding parkland, hired for filming.
Seen in: Bridget Jones's Diary, The Wedding Date
The Great Hall has oak panelling and an imposing fireplace; the Tithe Barn is a restored 17th-century barn with high beams; outdoor grounds and...
Margam Country Park
House & apartment
Council run estate with a Tudor Gothic mansion of the 1830s, an eighteenth century orangery, abbey ruins, walled gardens, deer park and farm buildings.
Middle Temple
House & apartment
Elizabethan Inn of Court hall with a 1570s double hammer-beam roof, panelled rooms and riverside gardens in the City of London, hired for period and legal-drama filming.
Seen in: The Da Vinci Code, Sherlock Holmes, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Pirates of the Caribbean
No.1 Royal Crescent
House & apartment
End-of-terrace Georgian townhouse on Bath's Royal Crescent, restored and furnished as a museum showing how it looked in the 1700s.
Seen in: Bridgerton
Grand Georgian townhouse with interior rooms furnished in period style, including the Kitchen, Servants' Hall, Withdrawing Room, Dining Room, Lady's...
Nonsuch Mansion
House & apartment
Regency Gothic mansion in Sutton with panelled reception rooms, a service wing with Victorian kitchen and laundry, stable yard and walled garden in public parkland.
Penshurst Place
House & apartment
Medieval manor house near Tonbridge with a 1341 barons hall under a chestnut roof, state rooms, a walled Tudor garden and estate farmland.
Seen in: The Other Boleyn Girl, The Princess Bride, Merlin, The Hollow Crown
Sutton Scarsdale Hall
House & apartment
Roofless shell of a Georgian country mansion on a Derbyshire hillside, its bare facades and empty window openings used as a ruined-grandeur filming backdrop.
Seen in: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Two Temple Place
House & apartment
Neo-Gothic mansion built for William Waldorf Astor beside the Thames, with a galleried great hall and carved wood interiors offered for filming.
Wentworth Woodhouse
House & apartment
Country house near Rotherham with one of the longest facades in Europe, a marble saloon, state rooms, service corridors, stables and parkland.
Wingfield Manor
House & apartment
Ruined 15th-century fortified manor house in Derbyshire, once used to hold Mary, Queen of Scots, its great hall and undercroft used for period filming.
Seen in: Jane Eyre
Wollaton Hall
House & apartment
Elizabethan prodigy house of 1588 on a hill in Nottingham, with a stone screen facade, hall under a clerestory prospect room, cellars and a five hundred acre deer park.
Seen in: The Dark Knight Rises
Wrotham Park
House & apartment
Palladian house of 1754 north of Barnet with a portico front, marble hall, panelled rooms and 2,500 acres of park, kept for private hire and filming.
Audley End House and Gardens
House & apartment
Jacobean mansion near Saffron Walden remodelled in the eighteenth century, with state rooms, a service wing and Capability Brown parkland.
Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
House & apartment
Preserved Victorian country house near Doncaster with original 1860s interiors and terraced Italianate gardens, let for costume drama filming.
Seen in: Darkest Hour, Testament of Youth, Victoria
Dyrham Park
House & apartment
Baroque country house near Bath set in a steep deer park, with panelled state rooms, a Delftware collection and a walled garden.
Seen in: The Remains of the Day
Park Hill
House & apartment
Grade II* listed 1960s brutalist housing estate overlooking Sheffield city centre, its long deck-access blocks partly restored and partly awaiting refurbishment.
The Grange, Northington
House & apartment
Greek Revival country house shell near Northington in Hampshire, its giant portico and roofless interior used as a grand filming backdrop.
Seen in: Onegin
Tretower Court and Castle
House & apartment
Fortified 15th-century manor house beside a Norman round tower in the Brecon Beacons, with a restored great hall and period garden, available for filming.
Wrest Park
House & apartment
Country house near Silsoe built in French chateau style, set within formal gardens with canals, pavilions and woodland walks.
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Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs. All 31 on their own page.
Belfast City Hall
Office, school & public building
Baroque Revival city hall of 1906 in central Belfast, with a domed rotunda, marble entrance hall, council chamber and banqueting hall.
Capacity: 500 · Great Hall: theatre 500, round dinner 400 (40 tables), standing reception 500. Banqueting Hall: theatre 225, round dinner 150 (15 tables), standing...
Bletchley Park
Office, school & public building
Wartime codebreaking site at Milton Keynes with a Victorian mansion, wooden huts, brick blocks, a lake and period offices kept as they were in the 1940s.
Seen in: The Imitation Game
Bodleian Library
Office, school & public building
Historic university library in central Oxford with the vaulted Divinity School and Duke Humfrey's medieval reading room, hired for filming by arrangement.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Chiswick Park
Office, school & public building
A landscaped west London business park of glass office buildings around a lake, promoted by its operator as a filming location for adverts and corporate shoots.
Christ Church, Oxford
Office, school & public building
Oxford college and cathedral with Tom Quad, a hammerbeam dining hall, cloisters, the Bodley staircase and a meadow running to the river.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Golden Compass
Dovecot Studios
Office, school & public building
Tapestry studio and gallery in the former Infirmary Street Baths, keeping the top lit swimming hall, viewing balcony and tiled Edwardian entrance.
Freemasons' Hall
Office, school & public building
Art deco masonic headquarters in Covent Garden with the Grand Temple, bronze doors, long processional corridors and marble stairs, released to crews on non event days.
Seen in: Assassin's Creed, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Hustle
Guildhall
Office, school & public building
Medieval great hall of the City of London with a stone porch, crypts, art gallery and the remains of a Roman amphitheatre below, hired for events and filming.
Hackney Town Hall
Office, school & public building
Art deco civic building of 1937 with marble entrance hall, council chamber, assembly hall and panelled committee rooms, hired out through the council's venue team.
Ikon Gallery
Office, school & public building
Contemporary art gallery in a restored Victorian board school building in Birmingham's Brindleyplace, with galleries, a tower and a public square outside.
Capacity: 500 · Victorian building with versatile spaces accommodating 10 to 500 guests (own site).
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Office, school & public building
Red sandstone Edwardian museum and art gallery in Glasgow's West End, with an organ-fitted central hall, galleries and a park setting beside the River Kelvin.
King's College, Cambridge
Office, school & public building
Cambridge college with a perpendicular Gothic chapel and fan vault, a front court, dining hall and lawns running down to the river and the Backs.
MediaCityUK
Office, school & public building
A media and business campus on Salford Quays with BBC and ITV studios, offices and waterside plazas, including the purpose built Coronation Street set, used for broadcast and corporate productions.
Seen in: Coronation Street
Mitchell Library
Office, school & public building
Edwardian domed public reference library in Glasgow, one of Europe's largest, with a grand entrance hall, reading rooms and function spaces.
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Office, school & public building
Museum on Falmouth harbour with a timber clad main hall hung with small boats, a lookout tower and an underwater gallery with windows below the waterline.
St Mary's Guildhall
Office, school & public building
Fourteenth century guildhall next to Coventry's ruined cathedral, with a great hall under an angel roof, medieval tapestry, undercroft kitchen and stone court.
The Bluecoat
Office, school & public building
Britain's oldest surviving purpose-built arts centre, a Grade I listed early Georgian charity school building in central Liverpool with galleries, a courtyard and function rooms.
The Burrell Collection
Office, school & public building
Museum of 1983 set in Pollok Country Park, rebuilt in 2022, with glazed galleries facing woodland, sandstone walls and reconstructed medieval doorways inside.
The Guildhall
Office, school & public building
Neo Gothic civic hall of 1890 beside the city walls, with a clock tower, stained glass windows across the main hall, council chamber and stone stairways.
The Signet Library
Office, school & public building
Neoclassical law library beside St Giles with a colonnaded upper hall, painted cupola, galleries of leather bound books and a lower library used for events.
Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
Office, school & public building
A science museum at Millennium Point in Birmingham with galleries of steam engines, vehicles and interactive exhibits across four floors, available for venue hire.
Trades Hall of Glasgow
Office, school & public building
Robert Adam designed 18th century guild hall in central Glasgow, with a domed saloon and panelled function rooms still used by the city's trade incorporations.
Ulster Museum
Office, school & public building
National museum at the edge of the Botanic Gardens, joining an Edwardian classical block to a brutalist concrete extension of 1972 with cantilevered galleries and a top lit atrium.
University of Leeds
Office, school & public building
Redbrick campus in central Leeds with Gothic, Art Deco and modern buildings around the Parkinson Building, available for external filming through the university press office.
University of Salford
Office, school & public building
A university campus beside MediaCityUK on Salford Quays, with lecture theatres, media production studios and modern teaching buildings.
Exeter College, Oxford
Office, school & public building
City-centre Oxford college with a Gothic Revival chapel, front quad and gardens on Turl Street, used as a filming location for period and detective drama.
Seen in: Endeavour
Horniman Museum and Gardens
Office, school & public building
South London museum with a Victorian conservatory, bandstand, aquarium and 16.5-acre gardens overlooking the city, hired for filming and photography by arrangement.
Magdalen College, Oxford
Office, school & public building
Medieval Oxford college with a bell tower, cloisters, deer park and riverside walk, hired for documentary, feature film and photography outside term time.
Royal Holloway, University of London
Office, school & public building
Victorian university campus at Egham centred on the ornate French Renaissance-style Founder's Building, with quadrangles, a chapel and a picture gallery.
University College, Oxford
Office, school & public building
Oxford's oldest college, fronting the High Street with a 17th-century quadrangle and chapel, available for filming during university vacations with the Domestic Bursar's permission.
Wolfson College, Oxford
Office, school & public building
1970s Oxford college on the banks of the Cherwell with modernist buildings and riverside gardens, available for filming with the events office's permission.
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Hotels, spas and their lobbies, ballrooms, bars and corridors, including closed or seasonal properties that can take over a whole unit. All 22 on their own page.
Brown's Hotel
Hotel & interiors
Mayfair townhouse hotel behind a row of Georgian facades, with panelled drawing rooms, a fireplace lounge, small private dining rooms and stair halls.
Celtic Manor Resort
Hotel & interiors
Large resort hotel above the Usk valley with a glass atrium lobby, ballrooms, a convention centre, spa, lodges and three golf courses on a two thousand acre estate.
Claridge's
Hotel & interiors
Mayfair hotel with an art deco lobby and staircase, mirrored ballroom, panelled suites and private event rooms, hired for events and shoots.
Seen in: Perfect Strangers, Inside Claridge's
Cliveden
Hotel & interiors
Italianate mansion above the Thames at Taplow, now a hotel, with formal parterre gardens, a walled garden and woodland grounds managed by the National Trust.
Seen in: Scandal
Coombe Abbey Hotel
Hotel & interiors
Former Cistercian abbey turned country house hotel outside Coventry, with cloister remains, a Victorian wing, medieval style banqueting rooms and five hundred acres of parkland.
Corinthia London
Hotel & interiors
Hotel in the former Metropole building at Whitehall Place with a domed lobby, chandelier atrium, marble spa and Victorian facades near the river.
Seen in: Red Sparrow
Gleneagles
Hotel & interiors
Nineteen twenties country hotel in Perthshire with marble halls, a ballroom, panelled lounges, spa, stables and three golf courses on an eight hundred acre estate.
Grim's Dyke
Hotel & interiors
Norman Shaw country house of 1872 at Harrow Weald, now a hotel, with oak panelling, a galleried music room, terrace and wooded grounds on the edge of London.
Lucknam Park
Hotel & interiors
Palladian country house hotel near Bath approached by a mile long beech avenue, with panelled drawing rooms, a walled garden, equestrian centre and spa in the grounds.
Rivoli Ballroom
Hotel & interiors
1950s dance hall in Brockley with red velvet walls, chandeliers, booth seating and a sprung maple floor, one of the last intact ballrooms in London.
Seen in: Good Times, Lana Del Rey: Burning Desire
Rosewood London
Hotel & interiors
Hotel in the Edwardian Pearl Assurance building on High Holborn with a carriage archway, courtyard, Pavonazzo marble staircase and panelled function rooms.
Seen in: The Politician's Wife, The Saint
Sea Containers London
Hotel & interiors
Hotel in a 1970s office block on the South Bank with a copper clad lobby, riverside rooms, screening room and a roof terrace over the Thames.
Slieve Donard Resort and Spa
Hotel & interiors
Red brick railway hotel of 1897 on the beach at Newcastle, with a ballroom, panelled lounges, long corridors and the Mourne Mountains directly behind.
St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel
Hotel & interiors
Gilbert Scott's Gothic revival Midland Grand at St Pancras station, with the Grand Staircase, vaulted corridors, ballroom and a red brick clock tower facade.
Seen in: Batman Begins, The Secret Garden, Spice Girls: Wannabe
The Grand Brighton
Hotel & interiors
Victorian seafront hotel of 1864 with a white stucco facade, central atrium staircase, ballroom and a former library with marble pillars.
Seen in: Only Fools and Horses
The Grand Hotel Birmingham
Hotel & interiors
Restored 1879 hotel on Colmore Row with a French Renaissance facade, the gilded Grand Ballroom, marble lobby and a first floor suite of period reception rooms.
The Landmark London
Hotel & interiors
Former Great Central Hotel at Marylebone station with a glass roofed eight storey atrium, palm filled winter garden, ballroom and Victorian brick exterior.
The Langham, London
Hotel & interiors
Victorian grand hotel opposite Broadcasting House with a colonnaded Palm Court, ballroom, marble lobby and a long facade on Portland Place.
Seen in: Wonderland, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Burnt
The Royal Crescent Hotel and Spa
Hotel & interiors
Hotel occupying two houses at the centre of Bath's Royal Crescent, with Georgian drawing rooms, a rear garden, a coach house and a spa in the former stable block.
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The Savoy
Hotel & interiors
Riverside hotel on the Strand with an art deco entrance court, the American Bar, a mirrored ballroom, Thames facing suites and Edwardian dining rooms.
Thermae Bath Spa
Hotel & interiors
Spa built around Bath's hot springs, joining the Georgian Cross Bath and Hot Bath to a glass and stone New Royal Bath with a rooftop pool over the city.
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The Ned
Hotel & interiors
Hotel and club in the former Midland Bank headquarters by Lutyens in the City, with a banking hall of green marble columns, vaults, offices and a roof pool.
Castles and estates in the United Kingdom 17
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place. All 17 on their own page.
Alnwick Castle
Castle & estate
Medieval border castle with a walled outer bailey, gatehouse, keep and Italianate state rooms, set in a Capability Brown park above the River Aln.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Downton Abbey, Elizabeth
Blackness Castle
Castle & estate
Fifteenth century artillery fortress shaped like a ship on the south shore of the Forth, with a curtain wall, tower house, prison pit and a stone pier.
Seen in: Outlander, Hamlet, Ivanhoe
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Cardiff Castle
Castle & estate
City centre castle combining a Roman wall, a Norman shell keep on its motte and Victorian Gothic revival apartments by William Burges, with a large green interior court.
Castell Coch
Castle & estate
Victorian Gothic Revival castle above Cardiff, rebuilt from a ruined 13th-century fortress with richly decorated interiors, hired out for filming.
Seen in: Da Vinci's Demons
Doune Castle
Castle & estate
Late fourteenth century courtyard castle with a gatehouse tower, great hall with open timber roof, kitchen tower and a walled yard above the River Teith.
Seen in: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Outlander, Game of Thrones
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Goodwood Estate
Castle & estate
Sussex estate of 11,000 acres with a Regency house, motor circuit, aerodrome, racecourse, farm buildings and downland, handled by an in house locations team.
Hatfield House
Castle & estate
Jacobean house of 1611 with a marble hall, carved staircase and long gallery, next to the surviving wing of the Tudor Old Palace and formal gardens.
Seen in: Batman, Shakespeare in Love, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hot Fuzz
Hever Castle
Castle & estate
Moated Tudor castle, childhood home of Anne Boleyn, with panelled rooms, a drawbridge, Italian garden, lake and Edwardian Tudor style wing.
Seen in: Andor, The Third Day
Knebworth House
Castle & estate
Gothic revival house with turrets and gargoyles near Stevenage, with Victorian panelled rooms, a banqueting hall, courtyard and 250 acres of park.
Seen in: Batman, The King's Speech, Nanny McPhee, Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga
On site catering, support staff, out of hours access possible
Leeds Castle
Castle & estate
Castle on two islands in a lake near Maidstone with a gatehouse, medieval and 1930s interiors, a maze, aviary and 500 acres of parkland.
Seen in: Kind Hearts and Coronets, Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
Old Wardour Castle
Castle & estate
Ruined hexagonal 14th-century castle beside a lake in Wiltshire, its courtyard and roofless halls used for medieval action filming.
Seen in: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Powderham Castle
Castle & estate
Fortified manor of 1391 remodelled in Georgian and Victorian phases, with a rococo staircase hall, music room, chapel, stables and a deer park on the Exe estuary.
Syon Park
Castle & estate
Ducal house in west London with Robert Adam state rooms, a great conservatory, stable block and 200 acres of parkland and water meadow beside the Thames.
Seen in: Gosford Park, Killing Eve, Belgravia, Bridgerton
Tilbury Fort
Castle & estate
17th-century artillery fort guarding the Thames Estuary near Tilbury Docks, its moated ramparts and parade ground used for war and period filming.
Seen in: Wonder Woman, Tulip Fever, SS-GB, Taboo
Arbeia Roman Fort
Castle & estate
A reconstructed Roman fort and supply base at South Shields, with a rebuilt gatehouse, barrack blocks and commanding officer's house on the original foundations.
Chiswick House and Gardens
Castle & estate
Palladian villa and 18th-century gardens in west London with courtyards and a walled kitchen garden, booked through Film Fixer for filming.
Seen in: Bridgerton, The Sandman, The Great, You, Red White & Royal Blue, Pennyworth
Segedunum Roman Fort
Castle & estate
The excavated remains of a Roman fort at Wallsend marking the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall, with a reconstructed bathhouse, viewing tower and museum.
Villages and countryside in the United Kingdom 15
Villages, farmland, meadows and rural roads: open country with somewhere to put a unit base. All 15 on their own page.
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
Village & countryside
19-acre open-air museum near Bromsgrove with 30 rescued historic buildings including a medieval town house, a 1940s prefab and a working windmill, available for commercial filming.
Seen in: Doctors, Nativity 2
Chiltern Open Air Museum
Village & countryside
45-acre open-air museum of rescued historic buildings near Chalfont St Peter, from rustic farmsteads and Victorian cottages to wartime Nissen huts, hired out for filming.
Seen in: Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey, Midsomer Murders, Grantchester, Taskmaster
Heaton Park
Village & countryside
Large historic park on the edge of Manchester with Heaton Hall, play areas, a boating lake, golf course and open grounds adaptable for period or contemporary scenes.
Seen in: Coronation Street, It's a Sin, Brassic, Ridley, Bancroft
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Painshill
Village & countryside
Eighteenth century landscape garden at Cobham with a serpentine lake, Gothic temple, ruined abbey, crystal grotto, vineyard and long open lawns.
Seen in: Dorian Gray, Suffragette, Black Mirror, Bridgerton
Portmeirion
Village & countryside
Italianate village on the Gwynedd coast built by Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975, with pastel-coloured buildings, a piazza and subtropical gardens.
Seen in: The Prisoner
Richmond Park
Village & countryside
Former royal hunting park of 2,500 acres in south west London with ancient oaks, deer herds, ponds, walled plantations and long open grassland.
Seen in: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Into the Woods, Heat and Dust
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Village & countryside
Seventy acre botanic garden a mile north of the centre, with Victorian palm houses, a modern glasshouse range, rock garden, arboretum and Georgian Inverleith House.
Ryedale Folk Museum
Village & countryside
Open-air museum of relocated rural buildings at Hutton-le-Hole in the North York Moors, spanning Iron Age to 1950s interiors, hired out for filming.
Seen in: Death Comes to Pemberley, Hacker the Dog
St Fagans National Museum of History
Village & countryside
Open air museum in a hundred acre park west of Cardiff with more than forty re-erected Welsh buildings, from medieval church and farmhouses to a row of ironworkers cottages and a working mill.
Weald and Downland Living Museum
Village & countryside
40-acre open-air museum near Chichester with 50 rescued and rebuilt historic buildings from the 13th to 19th centuries and a reconstructed Saxon hall, used for period film and TV interiors and exteriors.
Seen in: The Repair Shop, Good Omens, The Hollow Crown: Henry VI Part II
Butser Ancient Farm
Village & countryside
Open-air archaeological site near Chalton with reconstructed Iron Age roundhouses, a Roman villa and Anglo-Saxon buildings set in working farmland.
Cotswold Farm Park
Village & countryside
A working rare breeds farm in the Cotswolds founded by broadcaster Adam Henson, with barns, fields and animal enclosures across open hillside.
Seen in: Countryfile
St John's Gardens, Manchester
Village & countryside
Small public garden square off Quay Street in central Manchester, laid out in 1932 on the site of a former church and graveyard, used for quieter scenes near the city centre.
Seen in: Domino Day, Cobra, Fresh Meat, Age Before Beauty
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Ulster Folk Museum
Village & countryside
Open-air museum at Cultra near Belfast with relocated cottages, shops, a meeting house and cobbled streets recreating rural and small-town Ulster life, hired out for filming.
Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village
Village & countryside
Earthwork remains of a deserted medieval village in a secluded Yorkshire Wolds valley, with a ruined church, used as a rural period-filming location.
Seen in: Yorkshire, Great & Small
Churches and monasteries in the United Kingdom 13
Cathedrals, churches, chapels, monasteries and cloisters, plus the crypts and refectories behind them. All 13 on their own page.
Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn
Church & monastery
14th-century stone tithe barn built for Shaftesbury Abbey, its vast timber roof space used as a medieval interior for filming.
Seen in: Wolf Hall
Castle Acre Priory
Church & monastery
Ruined Cluniac priory in a Norfolk village with an ornate carved west front and extensive monastic remains, used as a fantasy filming location.
Seen in: The Sandman
Durham Cathedral
Church & monastery
Norman cathedral of 1093 on a wooded peninsula, with massive incised piers, the earliest rib vault of its scale, a cloister, chapter house and monastic ranges.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Avengers: Endgame, Elizabeth
Ely Cathedral
Church & monastery
Norman cathedral above the fens with a long nave, the octagon lantern tower, Lady Chapel and monastic buildings, used to double for larger abbeys.
Seen in: The Crown, The King's Speech, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Other Boleyn Girl
Rievaulx Abbey
Church & monastery
Extensive ruined Cistercian abbey in a wooded North Yorkshire valley, its arches and undercroft used for fantasy, period drama and documentary filming.
Seen in: Transformers: The Last Knight, Gentleman Jack
St Davids Bishop's Palace
Church & monastery
Ruined 14th-century bishop's palace beside St Davids Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, with a great hall, arcaded parapets and undercrofts, available for filming and exhibitions.
St Paul's Cathedral
Church & monastery
Working Anglican cathedral in the City of London with Wren's dome, geometric staircase and west steps, hired for feature and TV filming through its press office.
Seen in: Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Mary Poppins Returns, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Paddington 2, Wonka, The Diplomat
The Charterhouse
Church & monastery
Former Carthusian monastery and Tudor mansion turned almshouse near Smithfield, its Great Hall, cloister, chapel and square hired for period filming around resident life.
Union Chapel
Church & monastery
A working Victorian Gothic chapel in Islington that doubles as a music venue, its galleried octagonal interior hired for filming and concerts.
Waverley Abbey
Church & monastery
Ruined 12th-century Cistercian abbey beside the River Wey in Surrey, its stone arches and open meadow setting used as a fantasy and period backdrop.
Seen in: Into the Woods, The Huntsman: Winter's War, The Mummy, The Witcher
Whitby Abbey
Church & monastery
Ruined Benedictine abbey on Whitby's East Cliff above the North Sea, its Gothic skeleton and headstone-lined churchyard used for gothic and period drama.
Seen in: Dracula, The Radleys
Winchester Cathedral
Church & monastery
Norman and Gothic cathedral with the longest medieval nave in Europe, a crypt that floods in winter, cloister ruins and a walled close.
Seen in: The Crown
Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate
Church & monastery
Small parish church in a secluded churchyard in York, with fabric from the 12th to 15th centuries, box pews and 1470s stained glass, hired out for period filming.
Seen in: Gentleman Jack
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Bars, restaurants and shops in the United Kingdom 10
Cafes, bars, restaurants, markets, shops and shopping streets, the everyday interiors a schedule eats through quickly. All 10 on their own page.
Bluewater
Bar, restaurant & shop
Large shopping centre in a chalk quarry near Dartford with three malls, glazed roofs, service corridors, lakes and extensive car parks.
Borough Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Covered Victorian food market south of London Bridge with wrought-iron arcades, market stalls and surrounding cobbled streets.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Bridget Jones's Diary
Camden Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Sprawling market complex of stalls, warehouses and canalside units in Camden Town, licensed for professional filming through its own film office.
King Street, Manchester
Bar, restaurant & shop
18th and 19th-century shopping street in central Manchester lined with former bank and insurance buildings now used as shops and restaurants.
Seen in: Peaky Blinders, Genius, Boiling Point, The Stranger
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Leadenhall Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Victorian covered market in the City of London with ornate painted ironwork and a glass roof over its cobbled arcades, filmed as the entrance to Diagon Alley.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Leeds Corn Exchange
Bar, restaurant & shop
A domed Victorian former corn trading hall in Leeds city centre, now independent shops and studio units under a cast iron and glass roof.
SouthGate Bath
Bar, restaurant & shop
Open air shopping quarter of 2010 next to Bath Spa station, built in Bath stone with modern shopfronts, colonnades, a public square and a multi storey car park.
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St George's Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Late Victorian covered market hall in Belfast, a red brick and steel structure with market stalls, used for markets, events and filming when not trading.
The Piece Hall
Bar, restaurant & shop
Grade I listed 18th century cloth hall in Halifax, a colonnaded stone quadrangle of former merchants' rooms around a large open square, now shops, bars and an events space.
Victoria Leeds
Bar, restaurant & shop
Restored Victorian shopping arcade in Leeds combining the 1990 Victoria Quarter and 2016 Victoria Gate, with Britain's largest stained-glass ceiling and mosaic floors.
Seen in: The ABC Murders
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Hospitals, prisons and institutions in the United Kingdom 10
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly. All 10 on their own page.
Bodmin Jail
Hospital, prison & institution
Georgian county gaol of 1779 in granite, part restored as an attraction and part left as roofless ruin, with cell wings, barrel vaulted corridors and an execution pit.
Inveraray Jail
Hospital, prison & institution
Georgian county courthouse and two nineteenth century prison blocks kept as a museum, with cells, airing yards, a semicircular courtroom and original ironwork.
Lincoln Castle
Hospital, prison & institution
Norman castle in Lincoln whose Victorian separate-system prison building, with its wedge-shaped chapel and cells, is used as a filming location.
Seen in: Downton Abbey
National Justice Museum
Hospital, prison & institution
Former courthouse and prison in Nottingham's Lace Market, with Georgian courtrooms, Victorian cells and a medieval undercroft, now a museum of law and punishment.
Peterhead Prison Museum
Hospital, prison & institution
Former Scottish state prison at Peterhead, closed in 2013, with its original cell blocks, exercise yard and perimeter wall open as a museum.
Spaces include A Hall, the Segregation Block, the Booking In Office, the hospital wing, laundry and a woodwork area; over 125 years of prison history...
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Hospital, prison & institution
Wren designed home for army veterans with a Great Hall, chapel, panelled Long Wards, Figure Court and 66 acres of grounds running down to the Thames.
Shepton Mallet Prison
Hospital, prison & institution
Former English prison dating to 1610, closed in 2013, with cell wings, exercise yards and a gatehouse now hired as an events and filming venue.
Shrewsbury Prison
Hospital, prison & institution
A closed Victorian prison on The Dana in Shrewsbury, with wings, cells and exercise yards intact from its use until 2013.
Crumlin Road Gaol
Hospital, prison & institution
Former Victorian prison in north Belfast, closed in 1996, with its radial cell wings, a tunnel to the courthouse and an execution chamber preserved for tours and hire.
Littledean Jail
Hospital, prison & institution
A former Victorian prison and police lock up in the Forest of Dean, now a museum with original cell blocks and a courtroom.
Modern architecture in the United Kingdom 9
Contemporary buildings with a strong shape: museums, concert halls, campuses, glass towers and brutalist concrete. All 9 on their own page.
Barbican Centre
Modern architecture
Brutalist arts complex of concrete terraces, lakeside walkways, a conservatory, foyers and concert halls, set inside the Barbican housing estate in the City.
Seen in: Andor, Slow Horses
Canary Wharf
Modern architecture
Privately managed estate of high rise offices, dock water, malls, roof gardens and underground service roads in east London, with an in house filming team.
Eden Project
Modern architecture
Environmental attraction built into a former china clay pit near St Austell, with two giant geodesic biome domes housing rainforest and Mediterranean planting.
Seen in: Die Another Day
Here East
Modern architecture
A converted Olympic press and broadcast centre beside the canal in Hackney Wick, now offices, television studios and workshop space.
Campus totals 1.2 million sq ft of flexible space; around 6,500 people work and study on site.
Museum of Liverpool
Modern architecture
Angular white waterfront museum on Liverpool's Pier Head, part of National Museums Liverpool's group of seven sites made available for commercial filming.
National Space Centre
Modern architecture
A space science museum in Leicester with a distinctive rocket tower, planetarium and exhibition halls, available for venue hire including production use.
Riverside Museum
Modern architecture
A Zaha Hadid designed transport museum where the Kelvin meets the Clyde in Glasgow, with a zigzag roofline, a recreated street and a tall ship moored outside.
Titanic Belfast
Modern architecture
A six floor angular aluminium clad museum on the Belfast slipway where the Titanic was built, with galleries and function spaces hired for events.
V&A Dundee
Modern architecture
Waterfront design museum on the Dundee riverside with a stacked-stone exterior by architect Kengo Kuma, opened in 2018 beside the historic ship RRS Discovery.
Historic towns and streets in the United Kingdom 6
Old towns, squares and streets that can double for a period without dressing out a modern skyline. Historic towns and streets across Europe.
Beamish Museum
Historic town & street
Open-air museum in County Durham recreating a Georgian, Victorian and 1950s north-east England landscape with a working colliery, tramway, town street and farm.
Black Country Living Museum
Historic town & street
Open air museum on a former colliery site in Dudley with a rebuilt 1930s high street, canal arm and boat dock, back to back houses, pit head and working workshops.
Seen in: Peaky Blinders
Blists Hill Victorian Town
Historic town & street
Reconstructed late Victorian industrial town in the Ironbridge Gorge with a high street of shops, a bank, chapel, foundry, blast furnaces, canal inclined plane and mine.
Castlefield
Historic town & street
Mixed historic and modern quarter of central Manchester with a Roman fort site, canals, red-brick Victorian warehouses and a disused railway viaduct alongside glass towers.
Seen in: Peaky Blinders, Fool Me Once, World on Fire, The Irregulars, Cold Feet, Coronation Street
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Northern Quarter
Historic town & street
Grid of red-brick streets and back alleys in central Manchester whose look has doubled for other cities on screen, from 1940s Brooklyn to 1980s Manhattan.
Seen in: Captain America, The Crown, It's a Sin, Boiling Point, Morbius
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Halifax town centre
Historic town & street
West Yorkshire mill town with Georgian townhouses, a Victorian arcade, cobbled streets, pubs and a working indoor market, used repeatedly for period and present-day drama.
Seen in: Ackley Bridge, Gentleman Jack, Last Tango in Halifax
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Forests and lakes in the United Kingdom 5
Woodland, forests, lakes and rivers, with the access tracks and permits that shooting in them needs. Forests and lakes across Europe.
Bourne Woods
Forest & lake
Forestry England woodland near Farnham with a natural bowl clearing used for battle scenes and forest exteriors, bookable through the national filming team.
Seen in: Gladiator, Napoleon, Robin Hood
Epping Forest
Forest & lake
Ancient wood pasture of 6,000 acres on the north east edge of London with pollarded hornbeams, heath, ponds and green rides, managed by the City of London.
Seen in: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Tollymore Forest Park
Forest & lake
Six hundred hectare forest park at the foot of the Mournes with mixed conifer and broadleaf woodland, the Shimna river, stone bridges, follies and gate arches.
Seen in: Game of Thrones
Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
Forest & lake
A Forestry England arboretum in Gloucestershire with thousands of labelled trees, formal avenues and a treetop walkway.
Thetford Forest
Forest & lake
England's largest lowland pine forest, spanning the Norfolk-Suffolk border, with rides and clearings bookable for filming through Forestry England's national team.
Palaces and landmarks in the United Kingdom 4
Palaces, state rooms and recognisable landmarks, the places an establishing shot is built around. Palaces and landmarks across Europe.
Lancaster House
Palace & landmark
Government mansion beside St James's Palace with a Versailles style staircase hall, a 35 metre long gallery, Louis XIV interiors and a walled garden, run by the FCDO.
Seen in: The Crown, The King's Speech, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Capacity: 350
Old Royal Naval College
Palace & landmark
Baroque waterfront complex of colonnaded courts and a domed Painted Hall at Greenwich, hired as a stand-in for period Paris, Victorian London and other settings.
Seen in: Bridgerton, The Crown, Les Misérables, Thor
Royal Pavilion
Palace & landmark
Regency seaside palace in Brighton with Indian domes outside and Chinese style interiors, a banqueting room, music room and great kitchen.
Somerset House
Palace & landmark
Neoclassical courtyard building on the Strand with a fountain court and river terrace, hired for events and productions in central London.
Seen in: The Duchess, Sherlock Holmes
Capacity: 3000 · Multiple spaces for hire: the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court (3,000 capacity), Embankment Galleries (800), River Terrace (500), West Wing (500),...
Mountains and wilderness in the United Kingdom 2
Mountains, moors, volcanic ground, glaciers and empty terrain, where access and weather decide the schedule. Mountains and wilderness across Europe.
Cheddar Gorge
Mountains & wilderness
England's largest gorge, with 130-metre limestone cliffs, show caves and a clifftop footpath managed as part of the Longleat Estate.
Wookey Hole
Mountains & wilderness
A show cave complex in the Mendip Hills near Wells, with limestone chambers, an underground river and an attached Victorian paper mill.
Coast and beaches in the United Kingdom 2
Beaches, cliffs, harbours and coastline, including stretches that can be closed off in the off season. Coast and beaches across Europe.
Freshwater West
Coast & beach
Wide Atlantic surf beach backed by dunes and low cliffs on the open Pembrokeshire coast.
Seen in: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Robin Hood (2010), Their Finest
Lulworth Estate
Coast & beach
Twelve thousand acre estate on the Jurassic Coast taking in Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, chalk cliffs and downland, plus a seventeenth century castle and a walled park.