British film locations
December 13th 2007 21:47
A Clockwork Orange
This may seem like an obtuse topic to write a post about, but I’m going to yabber on anyway. Have you ever wondered where films are set, especially British ones with their broad range of accents?
I always wanted to find out where A Clockwork Orange was located with its unusual sounding voices, now I know because I found some information on the BBC website. It is Thamesmead South Housing Estate in London. I also learnt that another one of my long-standing revered films, Secrets and Lies was set in Bethnal Green where I spent a lot of time when I lived in London. Another additional influential film, My Beautiful Laundrette was set in Lambeth, another place that I spent time in.
I was already aware of some locations such as Billy Elliot, The Full Monty, Human Traffic and 24 Hour Party People, but it was engrossing to learn others.
Here is the alphabetical listing if you feel like having a look:
A
A Clockwork Orange - Thamesmead South Housing Estate, London
A Hard Day's Night - Marylebone Station, London
A Man for All Seasons - Beaulieu, Hampshire
A Matter of Life and Death - Middle Street, Shere, Surrey
B
Billy Elliot - Easington Village, Durham
Billy Liar - Forster Square, Bradford
Bridget Jones's Diary - Flat above The Globe Pub, Bedale Street, London
Brief Encounter - Carnforth Railway Station, Carnforth, Lancashire
Brief Encounter - Brockenhurst, Hampshire
C
Carry on Camping - Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire
Carry on Cowboy - Cobham Common, Surrey
Chariots of Fire - Bebington Oval Sports Centre, Wirral, Merseyside
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Russells Water, Oxon
F
Far from the Madding Crowd - Maiden Castle, Dorchester, Dorset
Four Weddings and a Funeral - Crown Hotel, Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Frenzy - Covent Garden, London
The French Lieutenant's Woman - The Cobb, Lyme Regis, Dorset
The Full Monty - Shiregreen Working Mens Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
G
Get Carter - Trinity Square Multistorey Car Park, Gateshead
Gladiator - Bourne Wood, near Farnham, Surrey
Goodbye, Mr Chips - Repton School, Repton[/B], Derbyshire
Great Expectations - St Mary's Marshes, Kent
Gregory's Girl - Abronhill High School, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
H
Henry V - Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland
Human Traffic - Emporium Nightclub, High Street, Cardiff
I
If ... - Cheltenham College, Cheltenham
The Italian Job - Crystal Palace Car Racing Track, London
K
Kes - St Helen's Comprehensive School, Athersley South, Barnsley
Kind Hearts and Coronets - Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent
L
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Vic Naylor Bar and Grill, St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London
The Ladykillers - Frederica Street, Holloway, North London
The Long Good Friday - Wapping, London Docklands
M
Mona Lisa - Liverpool Street area, City of London
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Castle Stalker, Appin, Argyll, Scotland
My Beautiful Laundrette - 11 Wilcox Road, Lambeth, London
The Mayor of Casterbridge - Corfe Castle, Dorset
P
Peeping Tom - 29 Rathbone Place, Fitzrovia, London W1
Possession - Whitby, North Yorkshire
Q
Quadrophenia - Alley off East Street, Brighton
R
The Railway Children - Oakworth Station, West Yorkshire
The Remains of the Day - Dyrham Park, Bath
S
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Raleigh cycle factory, Radford, Nottingham
Scum - Shenley Mental Hospital, Shenley, Hertfordshire
Secrets and Lies - House on Quilter Street, Bethnal Green, London
Shaun of the Dead - The Duke of Albany pub, 39 Monson Road, New Cross, London
Straw Dogs - Tor Noon, Morvah, Cornwall
T
24 Hour Party People - The Hacienda (aka FAC51 Hacienda), the corner of Whitworth Street West and Albion Street, Manchester
28 Days Later - London, various sites
The 39 Steps - Big Water Of Fleet Viaduct, Dromore, Gatehouse Of Fleet, Dumfries & Galloway
Tommy - South Parade Pier, Southsea, Portsmouth
Trainspotting - Princes Street, Edinburgh
Truly Madly Deeply - Goldney Hall, Clifton, Bristol
W
The Wicker Man - Burrow Head, Isle of Whithorn, off the coast of Dumfries and Galloway
Willow - Brocket Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire
Withnail and I - Sleddale Hall, Penrith, Cumbria
Secrets and Lies
Source: BBC website
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Comment by KylieW
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I love trivia like this kind of stuff.
Comment by Tracy
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I know what you mean, I love castles, palaces, old houses. I love the feel of the history and imagining who lived there and what they did.
I didn’t know that about Jane Austen’s house. I would love to go there too.
Byee
Comment by Tracy
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It’s good to have some company in my zeal for Clockwork Orange. It definitely was an edgy film and difficult to watch in parts, but unique and compelling. I've never seen anything like it.
Thanks for popping in,
Tracy
Comment by Tracy
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Glad you found the info helpful and interesting, good to see you,
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Comment by Ash
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ooooh i didn`t know Four Weddings and a Funeral was filmed in Amersham - I used to live near there at one of my stops in my UK travels. Very cool!
And now I`ll have to watch Quadrophenia (haven`t heard of it before) just because it was filmed in Brighton. I get all teary when I see movies of there.... you gotta LOVE the place.
Thanks for a trip down memory lane.
Ash
Comment by Tracy
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It's great finding out how close we might've been to some of these film locations isn't it?
I haven't seen Quadrophenia either, but I also hold Brighton close to me. My sister and I had many great weekends there in and out of those little windy streets and the eclectic markets. I love the place.
Glad you enjoyed the post,
Trace
Comment by Miswanderlust
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Interesting Post! I love to wait in a theater while the credits roll to note the movie's location. Thanks for the listing. I hope to travel overseas next year and am in the process of choosing locations.
Thanks
Mis
Comment by Tracy
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Now that is a logical thing to do...to wait until the credits to learn where it was filmed!! Why hadn't I thought of that before...silly moi.
Ooh, travelling next year, do you have any idea which area you might go to?
Tracy