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Borrowdale

civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 54.5292, -3.1458

Borrowdale is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“In his commentary for the 2004 DVD release of the film, Ken Russell stated that the opening and closing outdoor scenes were shot in the Borrowdale valley of the English Lake District, near his own home, the same area that he had used to double for rural Austria and Bohemia in his earlier film Mahler, in which Robert Powell had starred.”

Tommy (1975) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Borrowdale as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Tommy 1975

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Borrowdale?

1 production is recorded as filmed in Borrowdale, including Tommy (1975). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Where is Borrowdale?

Borrowdale is in the United Kingdom, at 54.5292, -3.1458.

What other filming locations are near Borrowdale?

Lake District, Buttermere, High Crag, Robinson and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Steve Mason, CC BY-SA 2.0.