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Someone mentioned Arthur Daley (from the TV series 'Minder', for anyone not old enough to remember the 1980's) on another thread. It reminded me of the location of the Winchester Club in the show, where Arthur and Terry used to hang out. The interior was done in a studio, but the door that supposedly was the enterance is located on Star Street in Paddington, west London. In later series' they (for some reason) used to film Terry and Arthur walking away from the Winchester Club at a completely differnt location - the wide pavement outside Chalk Farm tube station in north London.

If I racked my brains I could probably think of another one or two TV or films locations in London or elsewhere. Can anyone else think of any? List them here if you know of any...

The new 'Minder' lock up is filmed just off Commercial Street, East London.

Most Carry On films- somewhere on the Pinewood studios back lot.

The 'hospital' in Carry On Behind: Maidenhead Town Hall

Mr.Darcy's mansion in Pride And Prejudice: Lyne Park near Stockport

Brideshead Revisited: Castle Howard, Yorks.

Heartbeat: Goathland, Yorks.

They filmed one of the Carry On films, that was meant to be in Egypt or somewhere, on Camber Sands in Sussex! They got loads of earth movers to create a 'dessert' on the beach!

"Kes" was filmed where I live. Thats my local chippy in the film!

And my PE teacher at school was (we think due to circumstance) the inspiration for the Brian Glover character.

Follow That Camel!

Up the Khyber had the 'Khyber Pass' scene filmed in Snowdonia: the Governor's residence was/is Heatherdown House, the studio offices for Pinewood- used as the girls' school in the film where Babs Windsor's top flies off.

Emmerdale is now filmed on part of Harewood Park, the Earl of Harewood's country estate in Yorks. Previously, it was flmed at Esholt, near Leeds.

Crossroads used the Warwickshire village of Tanworth in Arden as King's Oak; with the Worcestershire town of Droitwich used as the nearest big town- in reality they are 25 miles apart.

The Worcs. village of Inkberrow is used as the inspiration for Ambridge in the Archers and is used for publicity photos. Barchester is only ever shown as a map- one created by cutting two AA Town Maps of Evesham and Malvern in Worcs. down the middle on the main street north-south axis and sticking the two together!

max_tranmere wrote:

> They filmed one of the Carry On films, that was meant to be in
> Egypt or somewhere, on Camber Sands in Sussex! They got loads
> of earth movers to create a 'dessert' on the beach!

planeterotica wrote:

That is correct it was in the1960s and i was there watching them film it !cool!

Colonel, Eastenders is filmed on a lot in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, just north of London. If you go to Microsoft Vrtual Earth and look for Welbeck Close in Borehamwood, click 'birdseye' to get the above, angled, shot, you can see Albert Square and all the other roads of 'Walford' next to it. Welbeck Close is the nearest 'real' road to the set.

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The outside scenes for Open All hours were filmed in (and around) Lister Avenue, Doncaster - just a couple of streets away from where I grew up. 'Arkwright's Shop' was actually a hairdresser's. One some shots, in the distance, you could see the factory where my dad used to work.

Also, one scene for the recent movie Stardust was filmed right here in Norwich, in Elm Hill - which is a well preserved Medieval street - with the Briton's Arms coffee shop becoming the Slaughtered Prince inn for the movie.