London Area Filming Locations: Wherton: Friday Street between Abinger Hammer and Dorking, Surrey (A few km west of Dorking on a road that branches south from the A25 at Wotton). The Paris Metro: Bank station, central line, London tube Hiding place where "thing" is removed from Will's arm: A disused railway tunnel under the Archway Road, at the end of Holmesdale Road in Highgate, North London. Paris department store: Old Whitely's store in central London City of Gold gardens: The Barbican, London. Other Locations in Southern England: Chateau Ricordeau: Saltwood Castle, Kent. Rhymney: Charlestown, Cornwall. Vichot's Vineyard: North Wooton vineyard near Glastonbury in Somerset. North West Locations: Games Stadium: Manchester's White City Stadium (close to Old Trafford). (It was already disused at the time and closed soon after. It is now the site of a retail park, however, the Stadium's ornate stone gateway has been preserved.) Place where Beanpole rescues Will from the river: Hole in the Wall, Herefordshire. Locations in Wales: Beanpole's lookout at the beginning of episode 3, Boulevard Champs Elyses in Paris (minus sets): An abandoned WWII era airfield somewhere in North Wales French "Fete Village" and trial sequence: Portmerion The place where they cross the river and Beanpole falls in: Swallow Falls, Betwys-y-Coed. The place where they kill the tripod: Lechwedd slate mines in Blaenau Ffestiniog, near Betws-Y-Coed. Where Will escapes from the city, and Fritz is beaten up: A nuclear power station in North Wales. The hideout where Freemen posed as black guards: Snowdonia, some sort of hydroelectric station near Rhyd Ddu, with large unused pipes piled on the ground. I came upon this by accident while hiking up to Pen-y-pas from Beddgelert about ten years ago. A big thanks to Pete Nekola for compiling this list, big thanks also to everybody who has given hints about the locations! |