Theatres, arenas and venues to film in the United Kingdom
47 of them, 40 with a photo and 10 with practical details the location publishes itself. 7 have a documented shooting history. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them.
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.
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.
Theatres, arenas and venues elsewhere in Europe
- Germany 39
- Spain 38
- France 30
- Austria 26
- Hungary 23
- Poland 22
- Belgium 20
- Netherlands 19
- Croatia 14
- Italy 14
- Czech Republic 13
- Sweden 11
Other kinds of location in the United Kingdom
- Industrial and derelict locations 39
- Offices, schools and public buildings 31
- Transport and infrastructure 42
- Film studios and backlots 37
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 10
- 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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