Film and TV locations in Greater London
70 places to shoot in Greater London, the United Kingdom: 13 theatres, arenas and venues, 12 hotels and hotel interiors, 9 industrial and derelict locations and 36 more. 57 have a photo and 29 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Theatres, arenas and venues 13
- Hotels and interiors 12
- Industrial and derelict locations 9
- Film studios and backlots 7
- Houses and apartments 6
- Offices, schools and public buildings 5
- Modern architecture 3
- Bars, restaurants and shops 3
- Palaces and landmarks 3
- Churches and monasteries 3
- Castles and estates 2
- Transport and infrastructure 2
- Villages and countryside 1
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 1
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
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
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
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).
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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...
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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 /...
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
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.
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
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
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 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.
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.
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),...
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
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
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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
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....
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),...
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.
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),...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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