Where was The World Is Not Enough filmed?
1999 film by Michael Apted
The World Is Not Enough (1999) was filmed in London, Istanbul, Baku, Bilbao, Swindon, Snowdon and 9 more places — 15 recorded filming locations in the United Kingdom, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Spain. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the James Bond film series · the Eon James Bond series
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Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
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🏙 Towns & cities
Istanbul
🇹🇷 Turkey
largest city in Turkey
“Istanbul, Turkey, was used in the film, also using the famous Maiden's Tower which was used as Renard's hideout in Turkey.” Wikipedia
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🎬 Studios & sets
007 Stage
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
sound stage located at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
“The studio work for the film was shot as usual in Pinewood Studios, including Albert R. Broccoli's 007 Stage.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Chatham
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Kent, England, United Kingdom
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
RAF Northolt
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Royal Air Force station in Hillingdon, West London, England
“RAF Northolt was used to depict the airfield runway in Azerbaijan.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Baku
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
capital of Azerbaijan
“Other locations include Baku, Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Oil Rocks and Istanbul, Turkey, where Maiden's Tower and Küçüksu Palace are shown.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bilbao
🇪🇸 Spain
municipality and city in Spain
“Bilbao, Spain was used briefly for the exterior of the Swiss bank and flyover-bridge adjacent to the Guggenheim Museum.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Elstead
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village and civil parish in Surrey, UK
“The exterior of the oil pipeline was filmed in Cwm Dyli, Snowdonia, Wales, while the production teams shot the oil pipeline explosion on Hankley Common, Elstead, Surrey.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Bardenas Reales
🇪🇸 Spain
protected area
“The exterior of Kazakhstan nuclear facility was shot at the Bardenas Reales, in Navarre, Spain, and the exterior of the oil refinery control centre at the Motorola building in Groundwell, Swindon.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kyle of Lochalsh
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village in Highland, Scotland, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Neft Daşları
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
human settlement
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🏙 Towns & cities
Swindon
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Eilean Donan Castle
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
castle in Highland, Scotland, UK
“In 1999, it served as the Scottish headquarters of MI6 in The World Is Not Enough.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Snowdon
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
highest mountain in Wales
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Millennium Dome
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
original name of a large dome-shaped building in South East London, England
“In London outdoor footage was shot of the SIS Building and Vauxhall Cross with several weeks filming the boat chase on the River Thames eastwards towards the Millennium Dome, Greenwich.” Wikipedia
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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🎬 Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
River Thames
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
river in southern England
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🏙 Towns & cities
Greenwich
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in south-east London, England, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Hankley Common
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
common near Elstead, Surrey, England
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Halton House
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in the Chiltern Hills above the village of Halton in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
“The interior (and single exterior shot) of L'Or Noir casino in Baku, Azerbaijan, was shot at Halton House, the officers' mess of RAF Halton.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
SIS Building
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Government office building in Lambeth, London, England
“The Daily Telegraph claimed that the British Government prevented some filming in front of the actual MI6 Headquarters at Vauxhall Cross, citing a security risk.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Vauxhall
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
area in the London Borough of Lambeth, England
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Chatham Dockyard
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
former Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent, United Kingdom
“Chatham Dockyard was also used for part of the boat chase.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Stowe School
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
school in Buckinghamshire, UK
“Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, was used as the site of the King family estate on the banks of Loch Lomond.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Wapping
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
“The canal footage of the chase where Bond soaks the parking wardens was filmed at Wapping and the boat stunts in Millwall Dock and under Glengall Bridge were filmed at the Isle of Dogs.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Snowdonia
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
mountainous area in Wales
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🏙 Towns & cities
Isle of Dogs
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
large peninsula in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Chatham Historic Dockyard
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England
“The remote-controlled model submarine used in the film was displayed at Chatham Historic Dockyard until 2022, when it was converted into holiday accommodation on the Isle of Wight.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Eilean Donan
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
small tidal island in the western Highlands of Scotland
“Filming continued in Scotland at Eilean Donan Castle which was used to depict the exterior of MI6 temporary operations centre "Castle Thane".” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
🇫🇷 France
commune in Haute-Savoie, France
“The skiing chase sequence in the Caucasus was shot on the slopes of Chamonix, France.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
RAF Halton
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Royal Air Force training station in Buckinghamshire, England
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Luton Hoo
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house and estate in Hyde, Bedfordshire, England, UK, designed by Robert Adam in 1767
“Exteriors for Elektra King's Baku villa were shot at Küçüksu Pavilion in Istanbul, and interiors were shot at Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire, England.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
🇪🇸 Spain
Museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Spain
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Loch Lomond
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Maiden's Tower
🇹🇷 Turkey
lighthouse at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus in Turkey
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Küçüksu Pavillion
🇹🇷 Turkey
Pavilion in Istanbul, Turkey
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Millwall Dock
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
dock in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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🛣 Streets & squares
Glengall Bridge
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
double-leaf bascule bridge in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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🏙 Towns & cities
Blunsdon
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
civil parish in Wiltshire, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Cwm Dyli
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
hydroelectric power station in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Places whose own article says it was shot there
4 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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Hankley Common United Kingdom
“It was used in the James Bond films The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. The sets depicted a pier in the Caspian Sea where James Bond was attacked by a helicopter saw, a chase scene through the Korean Demilitarized Zone on hovercraft.” Wikipedia
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Isle of Dogs United Kingdom
“In modern times the Isle of Dogs has provided locations for many blockbuster films, including the opening scenes of the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, Full Metal Jacket, and more recently Batman Begins, The Constant Gardener, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Love Actually.” Wikipedia
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Eilean Donan United Kingdom
“In 1999, it served as the Scottish headquarters of MI6 in The World Is Not Enough.” Wikipedia
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Blunsdon United Kingdom
“The estate is the location of the Motorola headquarters building, which featured in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Spain, The Bahamas, 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
- 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 1-8 2011
- Lawrence of Arabia 1962
- The King's Speech 2010
- Skyfall 2012
- Sherlock 2010–2017
- Gravity 2013
Set in the same places
- Assassin's Creed III
- Grand Theft Auto: London 1969
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
- Mass Effect 3
- Need for Speed: Shift
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate
- Tomb Raider III
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Resistance: Fall of Man
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- Steamboy
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The World Is Not Enough have?
15 places recorded on Wikidata, and 25 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 4 countries.
In which countries was The World Is Not Enough filmed?
the United Kingdom, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Spain.
Was The World Is Not Enough filmed at a studio?
Yes. 007 Stage, 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.