Hospitals, prisons and institutions to film in the United Kingdom
10 of them, 8 with a photo and 1 with practical details the location publishes itself. 1 have a documented shooting history. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly.
Shooting in the United Kingdom pays back through the Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC) (34%): work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
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.
Hospitals, prisons and institutions elsewhere in Europe
Other kinds of location in the United Kingdom
- Theatres, arenas and venues 47
- Industrial and derelict locations 39
- Offices, schools and public buildings 31
- Transport and infrastructure 42
- Film studios and backlots 37
- Houses and apartments 33
- Hotels and interiors 22
- Bars, restaurants and shops 10
- Castles and estates 17
- Churches and monasteries 13
- Villages and countryside 15
- Modern architecture 9
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