Where was Top Gear filmed?
British automotive television show, 2002-2022
Top Gear (2002–2022) was filmed in Guildford, Dunsfold, Top Gear test track and Dunsfold Aerodrome: 4 recorded filming locations in the United Kingdom. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Filming locations
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Landmarks & buildings
Dunsfold Aerodrome
England
unlicensed airfield in Surrey, England; originally an air force base
“Top Gear (BBC) – the airfield served as the programme’s test track and studio base for over a decade.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Guildford
England
county town of Surrey in England
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Towns & cities
Dunsfold
England
village in Surrey, England, UK
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Landmarks & buildings
Top Gear test track
England
car test track located at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, United Kingdom
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 19 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
London
England
capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
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Landscapes & nature
Alps
Switzerland
major mountain range system in central Europe
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Landmarks & buildings
Kyōto Station
Japan
railway station and metro station in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
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Landmarks & buildings
Silverstone Circuit
England
motor racing circuit on the Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire border, UK
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Streets & squares
Shuto Expressway
Japan
Highway network in the metropolis of Tokyo in Japan
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Landmarks & buildings
Television Centre
England
television studio complex in West London, England, UK
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Towns & cities
Lillehammer
Norway
municipality in Innlandet county, Norway
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Landscapes & nature
Port of Yokosuka
Japan
port in Japan
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Towns & cities
Hakui
Japan
city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
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Landscapes & nature
Mount Nokogiri
Japan
mountain in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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Streets & squares
Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
Japan
Highway in Tokyo Bay (tunnel - bridge)
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Landmarks & buildings
Hakui Station
Japan
railway station in Hakui, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan
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Landmarks & buildings
Shin‐Yokohama Station
Japan
railway station and metro station in Kōhoku ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
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Landmarks & buildings
Yokohama Station
Japan
railway station and metro station in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
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Landmarks & buildings
Keikyū Kurihama Station
Japan
railway station in Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
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Landscapes & nature
Port of Hamakanaya
Japan
seaport in Futtsu, Chiba prefecture
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Towns & cities
Waverley
England
non-metropolitan district in Surrey, England
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Landscapes & nature
Makgadikgadi Pans
Botswana
salt pan landscape in Botswana
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Towns & cities
Fåberg Municipality
Norway
former municipality in Oppland, Norway
Places whose own article says it was shot there
4 places whose own Wikipedia article names this series as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this series’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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Willow Springs International Motorsports Park United States
“Willow Springs has been used for several TV shows including British BBC program Top Gear, several episodes of Wheeler Dealers and Jay Leno's Garage.” Wikipedia
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Lucca Italy
“Top Gear filmed a segment of the second episode of its 17th series here.” Wikipedia
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“On 14 July 2013, Top Gear aired a special feature film for the third episode of its 20th series, filmed earlier that year, in which presenters Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond visited the disused airport during a "budget" supercar challenge in Spain.” Wikipedia
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Cotswold Airport England
“The airport has been used as a film location for a number of television programmes and series, including Top Gear, Casualty, Ultimate Force, Car of the Year Show, Wheeler Dealers, Classic Car Club, Alex Rider, Drop the Celebrity and Fifth Gear.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this series as shot in Surrey, 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 Argentina as where this series 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
- Skyfall 2012
- Sherlock 2010–2017
- Gravity 2013
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 Top Gear have?
4 places recorded on Wikidata, and 19 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, all in the United Kingdom.
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.