Where was Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes filmed?
1984 film by Hugh Hudson
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) was filmed in Natural History Museum, Blenheim Palace, Kensington Gardens, Hatfield House, Floors Castle, Bimbia and 1 more place — 7 recorded filming locations in the United Kingdom, Cameroon. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Hatfield House
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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🎬 Studios & sets
Elstree Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
8 film & TV studios in Borehamwood, UK
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Blenheim Palace
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Kensington Gardens
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
park in London, England, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Natural History Museum
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
museum in London, England, UK
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Floors Castle
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland
“The castle featured in the 1984 movie Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and was also featured on an episode of An American Aristocrat's Guide to Great Estates on the Smithsonian Channel and Amazon Prime Video: it first aired in 2020.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bimbia
🇨🇲 Cameroon
former independent state of Isubu people of Cameroon
Also per Wikipedia's Shooting section
Wikipedia’s Shooting section names 2 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Korup National Park
🇨🇲 Cameroon
National Park in Cameroon
“The film was shot in Korup National Park in southwestern Cameroon and in the United Kingdom.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kelso
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
“Much of the 1984 film Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes was filmed on location at Floors Castle in Kelso, which featured as the fictional Greystoke Manor.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Cameroon, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- V for Vendetta 2005
- The King's Speech 2010
- Batman 1989
- Sleepy Hollow 1999
- The Favourite 2018
- Get Him to the Greek 2010
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2016
- The Crown 2016–2023
- Wicked 2024
- Wicked: For Good 2025
- Spectre 2015
- Barry Lyndon 1975
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes have?
7 places recorded on Wikidata, and 2 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 2 countries.
In which countries was Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes filmed?
the United Kingdom and Cameroon.
Was Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes filmed at a studio?
Yes. Elstree Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
V for Vendetta (2005), The King's Speech (2010), Batman (1989), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.