Where was Skyfall filmed?
2012 film by Sam Mendes
Skyfall (2012) was filmed in London, Istanbul, Shanghai, National Gallery, Pinewood Studios, Charing Cross tube station and 7 more places: 13 recorded filming locations in the United Kingdom, Turkey, China. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the James Bond film series · the Eon James Bond series
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
London
England
capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
“Logan asserted that they deliberately sought locations that were "in opposition" to London, with an exotic quality as "places for Bond to be uncomfortable".” Wikipedia
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Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
England
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
“The Golden Dragon casino in Macau was constructed on a sound stage at Pinewood Studios, with 300 floating lanterns and two 30-foot-high dragon heads lighting the set.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Glencoe
Scotland
main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands
“The area has been seen in numerous films, including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as the home of Hagrid, and the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Istanbul
Turkey
largest city in Turkey
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Towns & cities
Shanghai
China
provincial-level municipality in China
“Scenes with the principal actors were not filmed on location in Shanghai, but in the UK.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Old Royal Naval College
England
architectural landmark in Greenwich, London and UNESCO World Heritage Site
“Scenes were shot in London Underground stations, Smithfield car park in West Smithfield, the National Gallery, Southwark, Whitehall, Parliament Square, Charing Cross station, the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, Cadogan Square and Tower Hill.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
National Gallery
England
art museum in London, England, UK
“The meeting between Q and Bond was filmed when the National Gallery was closed at night.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Hankley Common
England
common near Elstead, Surrey, England
“Although supposedly in Scotland, Bond's family home was constructed on Hankley Common in Surrey using a plywood and plaster full-scale model of the building.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
St Bartholomew's Hospital
England
UK public sector teaching hospital in the City of London, England, UK
“St Bartholomew's Hospital was used for the scene in which Bond enters MI6's underground headquarters, while the Old Vic Tunnels underneath Waterloo Station served as the MI6 training grounds.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Charing Cross tube station
England
London Underground station
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Landmarks & buildings
Ascot Racecourse
England
horse racing venue in England
“The Virgin Active pool in London's Canary Wharf acted as Bond's hotel pool, Ascot Racecourse stood in for Shanghai Pudong International Airport, and London's Broadgate Tower was used as the entrance and lobby of the Shanghai office building.” Wikipedia
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Streets & squares
Cadogan Square
England
square in Knightsbridge, London, England
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Landmarks & buildings
The Old Vic Tunnels
England
Arts venue and performance space in London, England
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 25 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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Towns & cities
Oxford
England
city in Oxfordshire, England
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Streets & squares
Whitehall
England
road in the City of Westminster, in central London
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Towns & cities
Canary Wharf
England
privately-owned district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Towns & cities
Greenwich
England
town in south-east London, England, UK
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Studios & sets
Longcross Studios
England
Film and television production facility in Surrey, England
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Towns & cities
Southwark
England
district of Central London, England
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Towns & cities
London Borough of Southwark
England
borough in the London Region in England
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Towns & cities
Adana
Turkey
central district and city in Adana Province, Turkey
“Adana stands in for the outskirts of Istanbul.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
SIS Building
England
Government office building in Lambeth, London, England
“Vauxhall Bridge and Millbank were closed to traffic for filming the explosion at the MI6 headquarters at Vauxhall Cross.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Smithfield
England
area in the City of London
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Towns & cities
Constantinople
Turkey
capital of the Eastern Roman, Latin and Ottoman Empires, currently Istanbul, Turkey
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Streets & squares
Parliament Square
England
square in London, United Kingdom
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Streets & squares
Vauxhall Bridge
England
arch bridge in central London
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Towns & cities
Vauxhall
England
area in the London Borough of Lambeth, England
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Landmarks & buildings
Spice Bazaar
Turkey
food market in Istanbul, Turkey
“Parts of Istanbul—including the Spice Bazaar, Yeni Camii, the Grand Post Office, Sultanahmet Square and the Grand Bazaar—were closed for filming in April.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Grand Bazaar
Turkey
bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey
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Towns & cities
Tower Hill
England
hill and neighbourhood in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Streets & squares
Varda Viaduct
Turkey
railroad bridge in Turkey
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Towns & cities
Fethiye
Turkey
district and town in Muğla Province, Turkey
“The production team negotiated with 613 part-owners of Calis Beach in Fethiye to film along the coastline.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
London Borough of Lewisham
England
borough in the London Region in England
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Landmarks & buildings
New Mosque
Turkey
mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Landmarks & buildings
Istanbul Main Post Office
Turkey
office building in Istanbul, Turkey
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Landmarks & buildings
Hippodrome of Constantinople
Turkey
historic square in Istanbul
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Landmarks & buildings
Broadgate Tower
England
skyscraper in the City of London, London, England
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Landmarks & buildings
Tower Hill tube station
England
London Underground station
From published sources
Places a newspaper, a film office, a broadcaster, a national film archive, a city filming permit or the production itself names, where no wiki records them. Each one below says where it comes from, with its source linked beside it: a sentence found on its page and read before the place was added, a permit a person matched to the production, or an archive's own record of the spot and the scene.
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Towns & cities
New Cross
England
district of South London, England
“A scene from the latest 007 film, Skyfall, which sees James Bond driving through New Cross, has caused a stir among local residents.” EastLondonLines, 2012
Places whose own article says it was shot there
5 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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London Zoo England
“Raja was filmed in his exhibit for an action sequence in the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall.” Wikipedia
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Ascot Racecourse England
“The racecourse was used again in Skyfall (2012) where it stood in for Shanghai Pudong International Airport.” Wikipedia
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Hayes England
“Following its 2010 closure, the derelict old Hayes Pool building was close to being used as a location for 2012 James Bond film Skyfall, but in late 2012 the Council demolished it, and in 2017 a branch of Lidl opened on the former baths site.” Wikipedia
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Longcross England
“Now no longer used for its original purpose, the site was sold by QinetiQ, and is now the site of Longcross Film Studios, where the James Bond film Skyfall and several other films have been made since 2010.” Wikipedia
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“The building serves as MI6 headquarters after a terrorist attack on the SIS Building in Skyfall.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Japan, Turkey, 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.
Its Wikipedia article also names Goa as where this film was shot, without naming a place inside that could be pinned. That is prose rather than a Wikidata statement, and it is labelled here as such rather than guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- Doctor Who 1963–
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010
- Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011
- Lawrence of Arabia 1962
- The King's Speech 2010
- Sherlock 2010–2017
- Gravity 2013
- Doctor Strange 2016
Set in the same places
- Cars 2 2011
- Captain Flamingo & Pac Man And The Ghostly Adventures 2006
- Assassin's Creed III 2012
- Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 1999
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 2011
- Mass Effect 3 2012
- Need for Speed: Shift 2009
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate 2015
- Tomb Raider III 1998
- Rise of the Tomb Raider 2015
- Resistance: Fall of Man 2006
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Skyfall have?
13 places recorded on Wikidata, and 25 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 3 countries.
In which countries was Skyfall filmed?
the United Kingdom, Turkey and China.
Was Skyfall filmed at a studio?
Yes. Pinewood Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Doctor Who (1963–), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) 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.