Visiting movie locations is a popular activity for tourists to do when visiting a city.  People love to grab selfies and recreate scenes from their favourite movie locations. When the location is an already famous historical location, it makes the experience and the visit that much more special.

Tourists and holidaymakers are now more cultured than ever and have far more choices for things to do and activities when looking at traveling abroad. More and more people are wanting to learn and experience the locations seen in the movies and design their vacations around events and locations.

What is filming in London right now?

A lot of people ask what is filming in London right now. London is a magnet for film production so there will be a film set in London somewhere. Finding it is the tricky part. Film companies try to keep locations as hush-hush as possible, but make get leaked. With social media, it’s not long before someone lets the cat out of the bag. To find filming locations in London today you will have to do some googling and fishing.

Movies filmed in London

There are several movies filmed in London with locations you can visit on a trip to London. Some of the most famous film locations can be found on one of our organised tours. Of course, you can create your own tour. Below are some of the most popular and famous films filmed in London.

Harry Potter
Love Actually
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Notting Hill
Shaun of the Dead
Bridget Jones’s Diary
James Bond
A Fish Called Wanda
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Paddington
The Bourne Ultimatum
Snatch
An American Werewolf in London
Sliding Doors
The Parent Trap
Bend it like Beckham
About a Boy
An Education

Films Set in London from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s

The Elephant Man
A Clockwork Orange
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin
Death Line
The Long Good Friday
A Hard Day’s Night
Peeping Tom
Victim
The Day the Earth Caught Fire

TV Shows filmed in London

Some of the best TV shows were filmed in and around the capital.  Below are some of the most popular TV shows filmed in London:

Only Fools and Horses – Filmed in Peckham in the 1980s.
EastEnders –  Filmed in Walford and the Elstree Studios in Borehamwood.
Upstairs, Downstairs – The house used for the exterior shots of 165 Eaton Place is still a real house near Belgravia. 65 Eaton Place
Yes Minister – Whitehall
Jeeves and Wooster – Mayfair
House of Cards – Westminster
Sherlock – Baker Street
Killing Eve – part London

Famous film locations in London

Notting Hill

Notting Hill is one of the most famous and popular films filmed in the City.  Portobello Road is one of the top locations to visit in Notting Hill. We wrote an article on all the filming locations in London Notting Hill here.  If you want to take a tour of the best North London filming locations, take a look at our Notting Hill tour below:

Notting Hill Film Locations

Harry Potter – King’s Cross Station

Platform 9¾ at King’s Cross Station is a very popular destination for Harry Potter fans.  There are many more London filming locations for the Harry Potter films.  We wrote a comprehensive article on Harry Potter locations which you can read here.

For those wanting a guided Harry Potter walk in London which visits more than 10 locations see below:

Wizards London Walk – Guided Tour of Harry Potter London locations

Paddington Station

Iconic Paddington Station is another top London filming location.  The bear was named after the London train station.  Many folk head to this train station in London to see the Paddington statue inside.   Here at BMT, we offer the only official Paddington Bear tour:

Paddington Walking Tour

Bridget Jones’ Diary – Borough Market

Fans of Bridget Jones ‘ Diary head Borough Market. Bridget Jones’ home was situated above The Globe Tavern in Bedale Street.

James Bond – MI6

One of the more striking buildings in London is the MI6 Building in Vauxhall.  The building was blown up in Skyfall which of course was all CGI.  You can view the building which was featured as the headquarters in the James Bond films.

Four Weddings and a Funeral – South Bank

London’s South Bank has been the back drop to a number of award winning films.  Visions of Hugh Grant running along South Bank in Four Weddings and a Funeral mainly come to mind

Killing Eve film Locations in London

Killing Eve is a British spy thriller TV series and was produced in the UK. Many people ask where was Killing Eve filmed.  The series was filmed in several locations including Tuscany, Paris, Berlin, Bucharest, Cheshunt, Turville, and London.  The West London Film Studios was also used.  The building used as Eve’s base is in Warwick House Street, just off Trafalgar Square in London.  A roadside cafe off the A2 near Gravesend in Kent was used as Nell’s Café.   Filming locations included Viscri, Romania, and Barcelona, Spain.

You can view more than 10 locations from the show on our very own Killing Eve tour below:

Killing Eve Tour of London – Self Guided Audio Walk

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Love Actually was filmed mainly in and around London, but some scenes were filmed in Surrey and France. The hit British Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis and has become a modern-day Christmas Classic.

Daniel and Sons Heart-to-Heart

The location of where Liam Neeson’s had the heart-to-heart with his son was filmed on the Queen’s Walk which is a path on Gabriel’s Wharf, South Bank, London. Just in front of the Riviera Restaurant outside 56 Upper Ground, you’ll find the bench.  This was the location of the tear-jerking scene where Daniel’s son reveals that the pain and stress he is going through is the fact that he is in love.

10 Downing Street

All the internal filming scenes of 10 Downing Street were filmed at Shepperton Studios.

The most photographed front door in all of Britain is 10 Downing Street, the official address for British prime ministers since 1735.  Today you can’t walk down Downing Street, however the famous number 10 can be seen when looking through the gates from Whitehall:

Dodgy end of Wandsworth

The scene where the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) searches for Natalie (Martine McCutcheon) in ‘the dodgy end of Wandsworth’ was actually filmed at 102 Poplar Road, Herne Hill, Brixton, London, SE24 0BP:

Peter and Juliet’s Wedding

Peter’s (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Juliet’s (Keira Knightley) Wedding was filmed at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2PA to the East of Hyde Park:

The pretty Anglican church dates back to the 1730s.  The couple walk down the aisle to ‘All You Need is Love’ by The Beatles with the ceremony being filmed by best man and love-struck Mark.

Mark Declares his Love to Juliet

The heartwarming scene where lovestruck Mark (Andrew Lincoln) declares his love to Juliet silently with his cue cards was filmed outside 27 St Luke’s Mews, Notting Hill, London W11 1DF:

Mark’s Home

The external shots of where Mark leaves his flat after Juliet’s discovery was filmed outside Oxo Tower Wharf Barge House Street, London SE1 9GY:

Jamie’s House

The house where Jamie discovers his girlfriend cheating was located at 2a Blenheim Road, Turnham Green, London:

Portuguese Restaurant

The Portuguese restaurant, where writer Jamie (Colin Firth) declares his love for Aurelia (Lucia Moniz) was filmed in South of Frane.  The actual address is  Le Bar de la Marine, 15 quai de Rive Neuve, the Old Port in Marseille, South of France:

Christmas Concert

The Christmas Concert where Natalie sneaks the Prime Minister into a school  to watch the concert from back stage was filmed at Elliott School, in Pullman Gardens, London, SW15 3DG.  Today the school has a new name is is called Ark Putney Academy:

Harry Buys Mia Necklace

The scene where Harry (Alan Rickman) buys the necklace for his new secretary Mia (Heike Makatsch) was filmed at Selfridge’s,  400 Oxford St, Marylebone, London W1A 1AB:

Opening and Closing Scenes

The film’s opening and closing scenes take place at Heathrow Airport:

Other Locations

Other locations you see in the film include Trafalgar Square, Somerset House in the Strand, Grosvenor Chapel on South Audley Street near Hyde Park, St. Paul’s Clapham on Rectory Grove, the Millennium Bridge, Lambeth Bridge, the Tate Modern in the former Bankside Power Station, Canary Wharf, Marble Arch, the St. Lukes Mews off All Saint’s Road in Notting Hill, Chelsea Bridge and London City Hal.

Love Actually Cast

Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Liam Neeson, Billy Bob Thornton, Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Emma Thompson, Andrew Lincoln, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Edward Hardwicke, January Jones, Shannon Elizabeth, Elisha Cuthbert and Rodrigo Santoro,

Love Actually Tour

Here at Brit Movie Tours we offer a number of Rom Com tours which take you to locations from films such as Love Actually.  The details of our self guided Rom Com sites Tour can be found here. 

Also our Notting Hill Tour also takes in some of the filming locations from Love Actually and also locations from Notting Hill and Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason and Sliding Doors

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The now iconic romantic comedy film was written by Richard Curtis, directed by Roger Michell and produced by Duncan Kenworthy. It was released in May 1999 and was the highest-grossing British film released that year. It won a number of awards including a BAFTA and to-date has made nearly 400 million dollars.

The idea of a normal person going out with a really famous person was apparently loosely based on a real story where one of Richards friends fell in love with an extremely famous person.  As Curtis lived in the area, he thought it was a perfect place to shoot the film.  Today its known as a cosmopolitan neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello Road Market that attracts tourists from around the world.

Where was Notting hill filmed?

The Travel Bookshop

142 Portobello Road was used as the location for the Travel Bookshop, but there was never a book shop there. Today it’s a gift shop but on the side of the building is a sign saying ‘The Travel Book Shop’. This is just what the owners had made up to cash in on the fact that the location was used as Notting Hill bookstore. This is what the shop looks like today:

The interior shots of the store were done in Shepperton Studios, however the book shop was inspired by The Notting Hill Bookshop at 13 Blenheim Crescent, just around the corner. The shop opened in 1979 and specialised in only travel books. Since the release of the film the interest in the shop boomed and today it is still a book shop but with a more broadened stock of books. There is still a large travel section though.

Notting Hill Blue Door

William Thacker’s flat with its famous blue door can be found at London W11 1EH.  The interior of the flat again was filmed in studio and nothing like on the film, apparently it was a home once owned by Richard Curtis.

Today the flat is valued at around £5 million. The original blue door is long gone as it was auctioned off for charity.  A black replacement door was in situ for a while but was painted blue to keep the tourists happy. Today it is one of the most famous doors in the world.  The Notting Hill blue door address is 280 Westbourne Park Rd, London W11 1EH:

The Cinema

The cinema where William watched the sci-fi movie ‘Helix’ that starred Anna Scott was The Coronet which can be found at 103 Notting Hill Gate.

Notting Hill Restaurant

Will and Anna go on a date at the Nobu restaurant at 19 Old Park Ln, Mayfair.  Anna stands up to confront some rude tourists she over hears talking about her.

Anna’s press conference

The location of Anna’s press conference was filmed at the Lancaster room in the Savoy.

Henry James Film Location

Kenwood House in Hampstead Heath is the Henry James film location they used in the film. It is a former stately home which is open to the public. For more information about opening times visit: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/kenwood/

Max’s failed restaurant

William’s friend Max had a struggling restaurant which the location of can be found on the corner of Golborne Road and Bevington Road. Today it’s a gift and card shop called ‘Portfolio’.

Private Gardens Anna and William broke into

The private gardens where Anna and William broke into can be found at Rosmead Gardens. However, they are still private and locked so you can’t go inside, but you can see the entrance though and reenact the funny whoops-a-daisy scene.  This is also the location of the bench location.  The actual bench on was simply a prop for the film and has long gone.

Little known Notting Hill Facts

The book William was reading at the end of the movie in the park is ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’.  Rumors are that this was going to be which was going be Roger Michell’s next film although he was taken ill before filming started.

Apparently Rhys Ifans really got into his character Spike by not bathing much during the filming.  I am sure this was not so fun for the rest of the cast!

The name Portobello (from the famous Portobello Road) actually honours the capture of Puerto Bello from the Spaniards in 1739.

Notting hill Cast/Actors

For those that haven’t seen the film, ermm where have you been? It’s a story about a Notting Hill bookstore owner who falls in love with a well-known American actress. The Notting Hill cast stars Julia Roberts who plays the Hollywood actress Anna Scott, and Hugh Grant plays William Thacker the book store owner. Great characters include Williams scruffy house mate Spike who was played brilliantly by Rhys Ifans.  Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Tim McInnerny and Gina McKee make up the rest of the cast all with brilliant roles and each with exceptional performances.

Notting Hill Quotes

The movie has a number of great lines which melted the hearts of many fans. Anna asks Will he she can stay a while, he replied “stay forever. Another scene shows Will telling Anna “It’s as if I have taken love heroin, and now I can never have it again.” One of the most memorable scenes and lines is where Anna tells Will “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her”.
One hilarious scene is where William Thacker tells Spike “I’ve opened Pandora’s Box”, Spike replies “I knew a girl named Pandora in High school once . . . Never did see her box though!”
In the car scene Bernie says “James Bond didn’t have to deal with this sorta shit” as he tries to negotiate London traffic.

Notting Hill Movie Tour

Notting Hill is a great part of London to visit regardless of being a Notting Hill film fan. The area is vibrant colourful and trendy with a number of shops and cafes as well as high end Notting Hill restaurants.  Antiques and vintage fashion can be found in its busy market which is open most days. Thousands turn up for its annual carnival.

Those wanting to visit the area, the Notting hill postcode is W11 2PA.

Here at Brit Movie Tours we offer a comprehensive Notting Hill walking tour.  Your local guide will give you the background and history of the Notting Hill area as well as all the inside information about the filming locations on tour. You will be shown places and learn facts that are not on any other tour. You will learn all about Rachman landlord controversy.  He became notorious for his exploitation of his tenants in the late 50’s and early 60’s. The word “Rachmanism” entering the Oxford English Dictionary as a synonym for the exploitation and intimidation of tenants. You will also be shown places such as recording studios where legendary tracks were made and the location of where Jimi Hendrix took his fatal overdose.  Our tour is great for those that want to learn about the whole area as well as going to all the main filming locations from the movie.

Those only interested in the Notting Hill filming locations will get the chance to post for a picture in front of the ‘blue door’ and visit the Travel Bookshop that was the inspiration for film. There are a number of celebrities that have made Notting Hill their home and our guide will point them out. The tour is a great way to see the area and enjoy the hustle and bustle of one of the most famous street markets in the world. Our guide will happily recommend all the best places to eat and drink.

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